A Case Study for Packard Plant Redevlopment

[steve from virginia]

Packard plant rehab/reconstruction:

- It certainly can be done,

- It would cost a lot of money; + $5-600 million just for the basics; demolition, trash-cleanup, roofs, windows, doors, structure repairs, paint, mechanical, elevators, utilities ...

- Doing so would add a lot to a part of the city that needs help,

- Just cleaning up the site and keeping out scrappers would be a big leap forward [[and would cost + $5 million by itself).

- The structure is largely sound but the site is cluttered with decrepit, half-demolished sheds and other 'junk structures' along with thousands of tons of trash,

- It has good circulation within the site and potential for tram service downtown and elsewhere,

- It can be used for housing, art- and performance spaces, workshops, retail, as a business incubator, etc. It's big enough for + 5,000 full-time residents if put together properly.

- Packard as a self-contained city-within-a-city: keep the cars out. Bikes and peds only.