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Stapleton is an award-winning master planned community on a former airport site outside Denver, CO. Designed as a sustainable community, it will accommodate 12,000 homes and 13 million square feet of commercial space over the next 15 years.

Stapleton, Denver CO. Redevelopment of the old Denver airport for mixed-use, mixed-income, walkable neighbourhood. Photo Courtesy of: UA EPA

Stapleton's master planned community will accommodate 12,000 homes and apartments, and 13 million square feet of retail and commercial space over the next 15 years. This model for urban mixed-use development has received numerous awards, including the 2002 Stockholm Partnerships for Sustainable Communities Award, the 2005 Denver Regional Council of Governments MetroVision Award, and the Urban Land Institute's 2006 Excellence: The Americas Program Award, among others.

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Public infrastructure costs for sites close to city centers were just 10% of those for projects in the suburbs. (Hagler Bailley Services, 1999)