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Originally Posted by Steely Dan
where did you get the 13 acres from? i got 15 acres for the site when i measured in google earth (and i left out the parcel at harrison/wells).
it doesn't change the math much, but 15 acres equals .023 sq. miles, so with 3700 units x 1.5 residents, that would equal 241,000 ppsm.
anyone who thinks that 241,000 ppsm isn't dense enough for this parcel simply has no idea what they're talking about.
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I Googled it and the article I pulled said 13 acres. I think the latest ones are still saying 14 acres. We probably should also include half the acreage of the surrounding streets as well to account for the fact that streets are included when looking at ppsm in a larger neighborhood/city context. That said, even if this development were double the landmass, it would still be in excess of 100,000 ppsm. That certainly satisfies my own appetite for density.
While we're on the topic, does anyone know of good studies or reading on residential density in terms of infrastructure cost and livability? I feel like numbers and research would be a good thing to have on hand when talking to the anti-density crowd (i.e. NIMBYs).