Pinewood Forest in a press release Monday has announced the second phase of its three-phase construction plan at the 235-acre mixed-use development. This phase includes 181 new residences, including single-family, canopy, micro, and custom homes.
“We are excited to continue the intentional growth of Pinewood Forest,” Rob Parker, president of the Fayetteville development, said in the release. “Just like the rest of our community, these homes are intended to provide a simpler way of living for our residents, so they have more time to enjoy experiences and build relationships.”
The first step of construction in this new phase will include 22 single-family village homes located along High Street at the south end of the community. Five available floor plans, ranging from two to four bedrooms and 1,200 to 2,600 square feet, will provide homebuyers a wide variety of options. Homes will be priced from the mid-$500,000s.
Phase Two will also include 1,200-square-foot treetop canopy homes priced starting in the high $400,000s located near the nature preserve. This phase will also include The Enclave, a collection of 10 gated custom homes overlooking Central Park, and the nature preserve. These custom homes will range from $1 to $3 million.
Pinewood’s first phase of development involved constructing 263 multi-family units and 40,000 square feet of retail space. Pinewood also added a high-end cinema during this development phase.
Phase Two’s construction will be completed over the next three years.
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Talk about unimaginative. I guess their plan to design cutting edge buildings fell through.
This is completely generic and doesn’t take the neighborhood and future of Memorial into account whatsoever. Zero interaction with the street level apart from a looming lobby, zero retail, zero thought to the pedestrian experience. I encourage TDC to join the Reynoldstown Neighborhood Facebook page and also talk with our Zoning Committee (which to my knowledge they have not yet done), because the neighborhood is NOT happy about these plans at all and you can do better.
Thank you for your comment, Katarina.
Thanks for commenting. Do you plan to take any action speaking with the Reynoldstown neighborhood?
Not until our plans are more developed.
It seems like it would be helpful to consult with the neighborhood sooner rather than later. The neighborhood can’t absorb a bland large structure like this. Our streets can’t handle it, and it’s important to consider the future of the memorial corridor.
Our streets can and will handle this, but I agree that an improved design would be beneficial. The ground-level pedestrian experience needs extra special care, IMO.
@Mark Toro -You may need to update you company’s website. This bland proposal has no ‘Third Place Effect’ and is anything but vibrant and mixed use. It is clear you know what good looks like, so do better with this prime location. “We acquire underperforming assets and transform them into vibrant mixed-use environments that achieve coveted “third place” status – inspired places where people come to feel connected and engaged, something the world needs now more than ever. Third places also produce a quantifiable value premium on rents and valuations. At Toro Development Company, we call this value creation the Third Place Effect.
Thank you.
ugh, this feels run-of-the-mill and super thoughtless. another standard box to store humans in. I am so sad it has no retail. This is about as boring and bland as it comes. Zero thought into how it interacts with the environment and the future of Memorial as more of a pedestrian-friendly zone. This feels like a huge miss and TORO can do better.
How will the ground-floor units be designed to engage the street-level? Does that mean street-facing retail/restaurants? Please clarify.
If not, this rendering looks exactly like the Gibson Reynoldstown multifamily apartments next door that had zero thought with engaging pedestrians on the street level…other than paving a new sidewalk. I encourage Mark Toro and the TDC to engage with the neighborhood by attending a Reynoldstown Community Meeting (virtually held on zoom) and speaking with the Zoning Committee. Don’t create another giant box apartment building next door to the Gibson. Consider making it a mixed-use apartment community! https://www.reynoldstown.net/attend-a-meeting
We don’t need another apartment box along Memorial Drive in Reynoldstown (I’ve been referring to it as Apartment Valley), what we need is something that engages with the community more and provides housing at the same time. We have plenty of apartment boxes along Memorial already, and this is a chance to build something thoughtful and beneficial on a historic property. Townhomes at the back with a renovated retail space in the old Reid’s building? Something more like Metalworks? I dunno, but I feel like this is just dialed-in—an afterthought. We do need density but please make it interesting. Thank you.
How soon will units be available to apply ? And where do you go to apply , I’m highly intrested ! I think this is an amazing idea !