As cities grow, the airports also need to expand to cater to the increased air traffic. In some cases, the airports are expanded at the current site. In others, a new location is picked to built a larger airport. For some cities, the original airport is retained for aviation use while others redevelop the land for other purposes.
Two recent examples of airports being redeveloped are:
1995 - Denver Stapleton Airport closed and operations transferred to Denver International Airport.
1999 - Austin Mueller Airport closed and operations transferred to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
Denver Stapleton
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- 4700 acre site
- Developer: Forest City Enterprises
- work started in 2001, 15 year plan
- The Stapleton Development Plan calls for the development of 17 million square feet of new commercial space and up to 10,000 units of housing. At the same time, more than one third of the property would be preserved as 1,700 acres of parks and open space.
- In 2008, the Denver Business reported that there are "3,200 single-family houses, rowhomes, condominiums and other for-sale housing as well as 400 apartments. Residential amenities range from schools — including the innovative Denver School of Science & Technology charter school, which is adding space for grades six through eight — day care, swimming pools, parks, green space and a wildlife habitat. A fourth swimming pool is planned, and the developer hopes to build a public library and golf course. Commercial real estate already built includes the 740,000-square-foot Quebec Square and 1.2 million-square-foot Northfield Stapleton outdoor shopping centers; the multiple-block East 29th Street Town Center with shops, offices and restaurants; and roughly 200,000 square feet of office space." (Denver Business Journal, 2008)
To read more, check out these links:
http://www.stapletoncorp.com/http://discover.stapletondenver.com/
Austin Mueller
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- 711 acre site
- Developer - Catellus Development Group (Agreement with the City of Austin, click
here)
- The Robert Mueller Municipal Airport Redevelopment Plan calls for over 4,000 new dwellings including small lot single-family homes, townhouses, live-work lofts, apartments and condominiums, 300,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment uses distributed throughout the community with a particular concentration in the Town Center area, Up to five million square feet of commercial office space in the Town Center and in a mixed-use employment center at IH-35 and East 51st Street.
- agreement concluded in 2004, 20 year plan
- From the Mueller Austin website, the master plan calls for "4,600 single-family, condo or apartment homes (at least 25 percent reserved for families who qualify for affordable housing), More than 140 acres of parks and perimeter greenways, A town center with cafes, shops, plazas and live/work spaces planned to include at least 30 percent locally-owned businesses, 5 miles of new hike and bike paths."
- In 2009, the Austin Business Journal reported the following developments completed. "Anchoring the 711-acre complex — which used to be Austin’s airport — is a medical center. The regional retail area is currently open for business with 30-40 stores, with such staples as Bed Bath & Beyond and The Home Depot. Right now, 400 single-family homes are occupied. In March, the first apartment residents will move in. By May, 3,000 people will work at the complex. The University of Texas has just completed a 150,000-square-foot building that will become part of an 800,000-square-foot complex."
To read more, check out these links:
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/mueller/http://www.muelleraustin.com/Community Impact Article Jul 10, 2009Mueller Realtor blogYou can also see the work in progress on Google Earth. The remnants of the runways for both Austin Mueller and Denver Stapleton can still be seen.
