Avon Town Center West

Avon, Colorado

Design Workshop was retained by the Town of Avon to create a redevelopment plan for Town Center West, an area that had always been thought of as the future downtown and civic center of Avon. Random, suburban development patterns over 25 years had left the town with inconsistent land uses, inadequate infrastructure, an unclear circulation pattern and no central core.

Design Workshop crafted a redevelopment plan through a week-long design charrette, a project web site, intensive public meetings, a retail and residential market investigation, a financial pro forma and analysis, and an investment plan that balances public and private capital improvements with return on investment.

Through urban design improvements and design guidelines, the plan ties the future downtown and civic center to a new pedestrian-oriented Main Street that is lined with retail, office space and housing.

The redevelopment also adds a multi-modal transit center, a 400-space parking garage, a new hotel, pedestrian plazas and mixed-use infill development.