In fall of 2019, Category 5 Hurricane Dorian made landfall on the coast of Scotland Cay, a private island located just 160 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida. With 75 percent of its homes destroyed and $3.4 billion in damage, residents had to choose whether to rebuild or leave the island. Shortly after the disaster... Read Full Post ›
As infill projects go, Mueller is unparalleled in Central Texas. Resulting from the redevelopment of the abandoned Robert Mueller Municipal Airport (RMMA), the community was envisioned as a mixed-use urban village that has since become home to nearly 10,000 people as well as major employers like Dell Children’s Hospital, The University of Texas at Austin’s... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Drew Carman 08-30-22
Affordable housing is a prevalent topic in Phoenix, Arizona, and throughout the country. According to rentcafe.com, the average monthly rent for an apartment in Phoenix is $1,590. The population explosion, which doesn’t appear to be slowing, will only contribute to rising housing costs and the lack of affordable housing options. In response to this, the... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Katie LaBelle 08-30-22
Whether you call it Build-to-Rent (BTR) or Single-Family for Rent (SFFR), arguably the hottest new residential product in land development is still new to most municipalities across Florida. It doesn’t fit in established zoning categories and prompts fear of the unknown among neighbors and policymakers. RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture has led the first successful... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Bob Moser 05-24-22
Affordable housing is one of Greater Orlando’s most significant challenges, and RVi has been able to contribute landscape architecture design over the past year on what will be the largest mixed-income multifamily development in Orange County, Florida. Altamonte Springs-based affordable housing developer Wendover Housing Partners was chosen through a competitive RFP process in early 2021 by Universal... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Bob Moser 04-26-22
Georgetown, Texas, is a rapidly growing community and San Gabriel Park serves as the central park of Georgetown, located at the confluence of the north and south forks on the San Gabriel River. In 2015, the RVi-Austin team developed the Master Plan for the park which included stakeholder and public input as well as multiple... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Drew Carman 04-26-22
Hawes Crossing Village, the 1,131 acre residential community in Mesa, Arizona, received approval by Mesa City Council in early 2021. When the opportunity to work on Village One (80.66 acres of the 1,131 acre total community), myself, along with RVi team members Konner Pendland and Kevin Wilke-Nadler welcomed it, recognizing that as landscape architects and... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Shawn Byron 03-28-22
Last week kicked off the first phase groundbreaking for Lariat, a new 688-acre master planned community located in Liberty Hill, Texas from Randolph Texas Development. Designed around the intent of getting kids and families outside, Lariat will offer over 7 miles of trails and bring about 1,600 new homes to Liberty Hill when all is... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Aaron Bilsky 11-23-21
Rendering of the planned Barnett Villas apartments. Source: FK Architecture Central Florida’s Orange County is taking bold steps toward reframing the power structure for affordable housing funding in the state. Recently, the County awarded more than $13 million from its own new Housing Trust Fund to four local Floridian developers specializing in affordable multifamily housing... Read Full Post ›
Posted by Bob Moser 10-27-21