HOWARD COMMONS

HIGHLIGHTS:

• This project started as a master planning exercise presenting the community with a mixture of office, retail and living uses ranging from single family duplexes to senior living and anchored with a mixed use development comprised of three buildings.
• The three buildings open up to a public green space that is planned to offer a band shelter, enclosed community ice rink and beer garden.
• By creating the connection to a main thoroughfare in Howard, the design team was able to create a destination for the building residents and the greater community.
• The retails aspects of the project tie to the public green space and apartment building amenity spaces, such as the community room and raised outdoor patio also face this public area.
• The more private amenities are centralized and shielded between the three buildings. This creates a sense of privacy in a fairly public area for resident access to a pool, fire pit and grill area.
• First floor units that face the public green space offer a walk-out capability from elevated patios.