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As of now, construction workers are putting the finishing touches on landscaping and paving the streets, according to City North’s latest information on the development. Horizontal construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of November. City North Drive will be designated as the city’s main street, he said, adding that it will have four lanes with a landscaped median. The road goes from 56th Street and takes a curve to the north that will direct people to Deer Valley, he explained. The medians and north side of the road are already landscaped, he said. “It’s beautiful, and we’re very proud of it and happy it’s there,” he said. “It’s great to get up and walk on it,” he said, mentioning the 12-foot-wide sidewalk on the north side of the road. It’s dubbed a “City of the Future,” as it prioritizes socialization, fitness, the latest technology as well as spending time in the fresh air. “The backbone of our property is de-
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City North is dubbed “City of the Future,” as the developers have prioritized socialization, walkability, fitness and the latest technology during its creation process. (Photo courtesy Crown Realty)
signed to accommodate people being able to easily maneuver around, also to exercise and socialize and enjoy the outside,” Carpinelli said. Taking cues from walkable parks, the developers designed the sidewalks to be 12 feet wide so bikers, runners, scooter riders, walkers and everyone can move fluidly without colliding, Carpinelli said. Throughout the wide sidewalks, there
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are “comfort stations” with benches and bike storage where people can congregate, he explained. “Part of being the state of the future is healthy living,” Carpinelli said. “You need places to be able to get outside and exercise and socialize.” The comfort stations will also be specially designed to allow residents to easily get picked up by ride-sharing services like Lyft and Uber, he said. However, it is also designed for the lifestyle of “walkability,” where the essentials are within walking distance, Carpinelli said. There will be 50 restaurants within a mile of the property. “We like to refer to our property as a new urban district,” he said. City North will be a place full of life where people can work in a local office, have a home, and enjoy restaurants and the many retail establishments to come. City North’s first phase of residential development will be a five-story, multifamily, class-A apartment complex with the latest amenities, like a pool and fitness center, he said. “We had the opportunity to design it with things like office spaces within each apartment complex to accommodate this potential for doing work from home, which a lot of us have been doing,” Carpinelli said, referring to the work-fromhome lifestyle created by COVID-19. The development for this residential project will start at the end of second quarter next year, he said.
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