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79th Street Corridor Initiative

Arlington Heights, Illinois
Transit oriented development strategy focused on commuter rail station.

The city wants to avoid further sprawl by encouraging dense mixed use development around the transit stop. The strategy has been successful. Hundreds of relatively affordable units of multi family housing has been constructed. Retail trade has grown. There is a new cultural center. The mayor gave us a three hour walking tour. Click Here for an article from Planning Magazine on the City's innovative efforts


Commuter Rail Station


The new cultural center.

It is an important part of the city's development strategy



Mixed Use

Apartments on top, retail below (La Tasca is an excellant Spanish restarurant.

Multi Family Housing.

located within easy walking distance of the train station, retail shopping, and the cultural center.