MAPLE RIDGE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT SITE

Client: Urban Land Institute BC | District of Maple Ridge | 2012

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The District of Maple Ridge was host to a ULI BC Technical Assistance Panel (TAP). The advice requested related to several adjoining properties in the Town Centre area purchased by the District in 2010. The main question was: “How can the District of Maple Ridge most effectively use its centrally-located 3.04-acre site to demonstrate the financial viability of a LEED TM standard, mixed-use development in its downtown core and to accelerate further like development?”

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ULI BC retained Uplift Engagement Communications (Uplift) to plan and execute the event as well as deliver a final report. Our work included meeting with the District to understand their project challenge, developing a challenge statement and five key questions, advising on the creation of a Project Briefing Book, and identifying and inviting stakeholders for participation.

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We worked with the ULI BC TAP Committee to solicit professional volunteers for the event; in this case, eight professionals formed bringing expertise in Architecture, urban planning, Landscape Architecture, Real Estate Strategy & Development, Economics, and Transportation Planning.

 

We coordinated the logistics of introductory presentations, a site tour, and a group dinner. Following this, she managed a one-day charette with the TAP volunteers, developed a presentation of the recommendations (on the fly), and completed the production of the final report.

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The work of this TAP provided the District with highly informative considerations and recommendations in relation to the site development potential.

 

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