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entertainment has also begun to locations became impediments. "
be added, including Whole Foods, When you have
Eisemann Center, and LOOK As the area continued to such rapid growth,
Cinema, as well as a new 150 room accommodate growth, the leadership
Aloft hotel to serve onsite lodging within each municipality was tasked you have lots of
needs. with being stewards of the areas in revenue to play
question. Utilizing the established with, but it taxes
From an infrastructure standpoint, infrastructure, particularly roads,
the inclusion of DART rail and mass transit, and creative zoning, your existing
improved highway access positions has encouraged densification and infrastructure.
this property to accommodate much proven to be a successful solution
higher densities than what had been to continue growth without the Infrastructure
conceived earlier in this suburban need to geographically expand projects take a long
market. Clearly, CityLine is on further. New developments and
the path to become another urban- redevelopments have been ignited time to create, to
scale employment center, albeit in within new and existing locations,
the suburbs. Over time, it will also like the Galleria and along the LBJ "improve, and to
serve as a hub for new development Freeway. expand.
– and redevelopment – in the
surrounding community. The growing pains are inevitable,
but with strategic planning and
GROWING UP, NOT OUT foresight, key areas across the
In the past, expanding to the metroplex have capitalized on
suburbs was the standard means of lessons learned, increased infill
growth for the metroplex, primarily developments, and have helped
because of the abundance of land. communities to become denser,
Eventually, the growing distance more walkable, and more urbanized.
and amount of traffic to get to these
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