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Sub-Dist <br />The Workplace Sub-district also encourages a mix of large and small floor plate buildings, but instead of <br />commercial or entertainment, this area of The COR is dominated by office and institutional uses. With <br />opportunities for corporate or medical campus development comes the attendant auto-related <br />infrastructure easy access, bigger streets and large surface parking lots. Once again, this suggests that <br />equal attention be paid to public realm and streetscape improvements that not only accommodate <br />vehicles, but also invite bicycle and pedestrian traffic. The Draw, an active, neighborhood scale, <br />recreational play space has been included in this sub-district, but small pocket parks, squares or other <br />gathering places are also encouraged. In addition, streetscape improvements provide an important <br />public amenity and inviting pedestrian connection to adjacent sub-districts. <br />The mix of medical, office, institutional and other uses in this sub-district suggest the potential for a <br />campus-like arrangement of buildings on some blocks. These blocks would tend to be more internally <br />oriented than in other districts, with driveways, parking lots, courtyards and walkway connections in the <br />center, ringed by buildings around the outside. Buildings would still face adjacent streets, with both <br />primary and secondary entries provided to animate these important façades, particularly along Ramsey <br />Boulevard, Sunwood Drive and Rhinestone Street. While the Workplace sub-district also encourages <br />mixed use, this desired development objective will likely occur mostly within blocks, not within <br />individual buildings as seen in other districts. <br />Buildings in the Workplace Sub-district also make a significant contribution to first impressions as people <br />enter The COR via Highway 10, Ramsey Boulevard and Sunwood Drive. Buildings form gateways at the <br />major entries into the site, architectural elements and choice of materials convey quality and <br />permanence, and the scale or massing of structures begins to define the feel and character of this place. <br />The proposed mix of uses within this sub-district suggest a variety of potential building types blending <br />medical campus with small office, storefront and some housing -- demands design creativity and <br />innovation to highlight unique architecture, and knit the entire sub-district together as a coherent <br />whole. - areas. Emphasis will be on great <br />design along public street frontage. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />56 <br />28 <br /> <br />