The High Street Plaza T.O.D.
Part of the re-development of the core area of Lexington, Kentucky, this transit-oriented-development was to sit atop an existing and severely underutilized parking structure that had served only to separate the University of Kentucky campus district of Lexington from its declining central downtown. It would have, therefore, helped greatly to re-connect the two suffering districts of town and would also have helped to re-vitalize the surrounding historic housing neighborhoods.
The Lincoln Station Light Rail T.O.D.
The 58-acre Bradbury property at the Lincoln Ave exit of I-25, had stood fallow since the family gave up ranching of its many parcels of land south of Denver sometime during the 1970's. This particular parcel suddenly became extremely valuable when the light rail system of RTD decided that the surrounding development warranted turning this under-utilized property into the last train stop of its southwest line extension.
The Lionshead Parking Garage Redevelopment/Competition
Given his 10 year history in Vail and his near perfect record for entitlement success in the town, a Texas Developer contacted 4240 Architecture, Inc. to enlist Robert Fitzgerald and his firm to pose a redevelopment proposition to the Vail community. He wanted to redevelop the dilapidated Lionshead Parking Structure and provide the town with much needed hospitality, arts and parking program.
The Lowe Enterprises Gates Rubber Factory Redevelopment
Unlike later versions of the proposed redevelopment of the Gates Rubber Factory in Denver, the Lowe Enterprises concept was to restore, re-new and re-use as much of this giant neighborhood icon as possible; while still having leasable building depths and a vibrant neighborhood retail presence.
The Stapleton Town Center
Robert Fitzgerald was one of five designers at Urban Design Group asked by Forest City Development and their New Urbanist consulting team to conceptually design the mixed-use town center at the Stapleton airport re-development. The goal of the excersize was to theme the new core of this rambling suburban development in a manner consistent with the sustainability goals of the team and the historic fabrics and patterns of Denver's classic neighborhoods.