Three site plan options for Pinehurst’s new Safeway
Following tonight’s Early Design Review meeting for the Amazon development, there will be another one at 8pm for Pinehurst’s upcoming Safeway redevelopment.
What’s unique about this proposal is that it’s not everyday when a developer walks into an Early Design Review meeting having already done their homework with the neighborhood and is able to say,
Safeway has been meeting informally with the community during the past several years to better understand what is important for the neighbors concerning this new store. The following ten items are a summary of the most communicated comments from the community meetings:
- Attractive, larger store with more product selection
- “Green” design elements
- Safety concerns (i.e., improved lighting, sidewalks/pedestrian access)
- Adequate on-site parking and parking access points
- Loading dock location and screening
- Store entrance locations, street front design and windows
- Relationship of store to residential areas on east and south sides of site and to sidewalk on 15th Ave NE
- Outdoor seating, community gathering space and bike rack
- Preserve large trees at perimeter of site / consider native vegetation
- Keep store open through construction duration (if economically feasible)
- Safeway and the design team have made a commitment to the Pinehurst community to address these important community concerns along with the applicable DPD design guidelines for this location.
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The statement issued by safeway does not address using permeable surfaces for the parking lot, and does not mention LEED certification. We need to push for these things.
Also, any outdoor seating should be as away from the busy streets as possible to make outdoor conversations possible & keep the noise level tolerable.
Tonight’s Early Design review is the perfect time to bring up those concerns. You’d be surprised how sometimes things get overlooked and need to be brought up again at Design Review.
Also, tonight’s meeting should also be a good opportunity to bring up issues like the kind of color scheme’s you’d like the building to use, how you’d like to incorporate elements of the neighborhood into the design, and of course - how the building is sited.
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