Zipsrifle Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I've been doing a little surfing on improvements going on around campus. I stumbled across this presentation from a developer. It shows the new exchange street housing, spicer village, greek village and a few other things. University Park PresentationSpicer Village/town - The Zip-Strip as I knew it will be gone. Looks like it will be pretty nice. In the picture, Exchange is along the top, Brown is along the left side, Spicer goes goes right through the middle.Spicer VillageGreek Village - It doesn't look like there is a lot of momentum behind this one. It does appear that it would be very nice. That area basically looked like an old residential area that was turned into student housing....Oh, wait...it was.Greek VillageThis isn't an on-campus thing, but it shows the direction the city is going. New housing going up near downtown. This seems to be the big thing lacking in many cities is housing downtown. Downtown HousingThough I didn't dig up anything new on the stadium, there is a significant void in the redevelopment of the Spicertown area. That would be where the stadium is supposed to be. I'm convinced of the location, just come on with the designs already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UA Fan Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 very cool info. the more akron can develop itself, the more it will attract new business and feed the cycle. it all takes a lot of time, effort and $$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyZip Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 that new housing by luigis is already goin up...you can see the crane from the downtown and the foundation is already in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 I saw that presentatio. What's really scary is the before and after photos. I now know why we have the reputation we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gozips19 Posted April 30, 2006 Report Share Posted April 30, 2006 wow how old is that picture of carroll st?????? the jar isn't even in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipsrifle Posted May 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 Oh, I can't believe I forgot this one. The Institute for Global Buisness. Apparently it will be right next to the current CBA. Pretty cool. According to the link, it looks like this one will be a go, they are just looking for money. Institute for Global BusinessShort Video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue & Gold Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 I saw that presentatio. What's really scary is the before and after photos. I now know why we have the reputation we do. Hey Zipsbandman, specifically which presentation are you referring to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipsbandman Posted May 1, 2006 Report Share Posted May 1, 2006 University park presentation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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