The first building utilizing the new Mesa Form-Based Code, which was adopted in June of 2012, is deep into its construction with four floors already framed. This building is $17-million, 81-unit senior-living complex built on a 2.4-acre parcel on First … Continue reading
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Dan Parolek and Tony Perez of Opticos Design along with Jennifer Carlat from the Nashville Davidson County Planning Department, Bill Spikowski of Spikowski Planning Associates and Ed Starkie of Urban Advisors, will lead an Advanced Form-Based Planning and Zoning workshop … Continue reading
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Our Hue workshop wrapped up this past Thursday, April 4, with a final presentation to distinguished guests in Hue’s 19th-century Royal Theater. The workshop was an incredible experience in many ways, one that I am just beginning to fully comprehend. … Continue reading
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During many of our projects for small towns and rural communities we spend some time researching local growth projections and housing needs. This helps to give us a sense of how much development might be realistically anticipated over the timeframe … Continue reading
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We’ve worked in a lot of small towns and rural communities where the supply of quality, affordable housing is a big issue. Despite the recent downtown most places in California are expected to grow. Municipalities struggle to meet their RHNA … Continue reading
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We are very excited to announce that we have been awarded the rewrite of the Austin Comprehensive Land Development Code. This project, spanning over the next couple years, is the final “priority project” of the Imagine Austin Comprehensive Plan, adopted … Continue reading
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A few weeks ago I traveled to South Kern County, California to wrap up a project for three rural communities outside of Bakersfield. While we’ve completed over 2 dozen urban design plans for small towns and rural communities in California, … Continue reading
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Next week I’m headed to Huê´, Vietnam, together with seven UC Berkeley students of the College of Environmental Design, to participate in a 2-week design workshop. The workshop, fondly titled “Sustainable Development of the Eco-Museum in the Huong River Valley … Continue reading
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Opticos worked with the Prince’s Foundation to prepare a master plan and initial SmartCode calibration for Phase II of the Angondje New Town Master Plan in Gabon, Africa. Angondje is the largest growth area in Gabon with a proposed population … Continue reading
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The Bridgeport Main Street Revitalization set the record for the quickest implementation ever in a long history of Opticos projects. The feature on the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) website states it best: “9 week period from the first public … Continue reading