Master Planning

Since its inception in 1978, LandDesign has consistently provided a broad range of clients with creative project solutions delivered by experienced professionals skilled in urban design, land planning, civil engineering, landscape architecture, and branding. Our talented and dedicated team possesses the proven skills and knowledge to meet ever-increasing demands and challenges on a regional, national, and international basis.

Master planning is an artistic undertaking that literally breathes life into a place and makes it special. Genuine places come into being effortlessly, drawing inspiration from the land and the people who live there, and evolve into a form that establishes connection through authenticity. More than students of trends, LandDesign looks to history and culture to identify the forces that shape a community and satisfy the needs of those within it. This approach involves looking beyond a site’s boundaries to appreciate and consider regional context and influences. From this, we concurrently shape not only a workable plan but the story on which the personality and brand are based that will become the face to the public. This depth of understanding produces a plan that not only encompasses an intriguing vision, but possesses the critical technical components that ensure it can be built successfully.

Inherent is our ongoing commitment to creating plans that honor the environment and instill sustainable practices that influence and protect the future of the community and the areas around it. The collaboration of planning, design, branding, and engineering professionals uncovers the elements that create a place that resonates physically and emotionally with those who touch it and are touched by it.

BlakeneyCharLOtte, NC

Blakeney CharLOtte, NC

LandDesign provided master planning, entitlements, design guidelines and site construction documentation services for this 300-acre master planned development south of I-485 at Rea Road and Audrey Kell Road in southeast Charlotte. The residential area is designed in traditional layout with alley-loaded garages, single-family homes addressing the street, tree-lined streets, and vast sidewalk systems to create a pedestrian-oriented community. Also proposed are 500-600 multi-family units, 500,000 square feet of office development, and 500,000 square feet of retail and mixed-use development. Outdoor amenities include a two-acre urban park that serves as a community gathering spot as well as a central hub for the large, connected public greenway system.

riverwalkrOCk hiLL, SOuth CarOLiNa

riverwalkrOCk hiLL, SC

RiverWalk is 1,000 acres of natural hardwood forest located along 3 plus miles of Catawba River frontage, just 20 minutes south of downtown Charlotte in Rock Hill, SC. The concept for RiverWalk is to connect the active lifestyle to the vast natural and planned amenities that will include hiking, biking, boating, a regional baseball complex, a state of the art Velodrome that will be designed for Olympic training standards, as well as hundereds of acres of trails, gardens, parks and river access. RiverWalk will be a master planned community consisting of over 3000 residential units, a walkable town center, a business park, and over 350 acres of natural open space.

estanciaauStiN, tX

estanciaauStiN, tX

Estancia will be a 600-acre town center located about 15 minutes south of Austin, Texas. The unique master plan will capture the essence of the Austin lifestyle and will include over 400,000 square feet of retail and mixed-use; 5,000 residential units; and over 2 million square feet of office and corporate headquarters hubs. This plan will allow for the potential relocation of many corporate headquarters, including a main hospital, that see the Austin market as an attractive place to live and work. The backbone of the plan is a ‘green necklace’ that connects the entire site and links greenways and creeks on the north and south ends of the parcel.

BaxterfOrt MiLL, SOuth CarOLiNa

Baxter is a 1,000-acre mixed-use community, which is part of the 6,000-acre Clear Springs plan in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Designed utilizing principles of traditional neighborhoods, Baxter has a blend of residential products in tight-knit, walkable neighborhoods. Civic uses, including a library and elementary school, parks, and greenways, are an integral part of the plan. The Town Center will include business, retail, civic and open spaces, and a variety of housing types in a pedestrian-oriented setting.

MorrocroftCharLOtte, NC

MorrocroftCharLOtte, NC

Morrocroft is a 176-acre mixed-use retail, office, and residential development situated in the heart of Charlotte’s SouthPark neighborhood. Two major divided thoroughfares were built through the development, and LandDesign provided streetscape design to create attractive landscape parkways with visual unity and interest throughout. Extensive street tree plantings were included, as well as brick walls with wrought iron elements, brick archways, and decorative light fixtures. In the single-family community, LandDesign developed conceptual designs for pedestrian trails, an enhanced stream channel with waterfalls, stone walls at roadway crossings, and naturalized plantings.

MayfaireWiLMiNgtON, NC

Mayfaire is a 394 acre mixed-use development located in Wilmington, NC, New Hanover County for which LandDesign provided a full range of master planning, landscape architecture, civil/site design, utilities design and environmental design including innovative stormwater management. Due to the location of Mayfaire in coastal NC, the extensive presence of significant wetlands on the site, and the challenges of creating a viable market driven site plan, LandDesign implemented an overall strategic plan to respond to the myriad of constraints and challenges associated with this site.

St. John’s Square JOhN’S iSLaND, SC

St. John’s SquareJOhN’S iSLaND, SC

St. John’s Square is a master planned mixed-use community of over 35 acres, strategically located 15 minutes south of Charleston on John’s Island. The vision for this property was to create a vibrant center that nestles into the beauty of the existing natural live-oak canopies and lake views and incorporates a landscape design that reinforces the charm of the southern gardens. These gardens become the link for all of St. John’s Square, which includes retail, entertainment, office, and over 300 mixed-product residential units. The island master plan calls for this area to develop as one of the few high-density nodes along the historic Maybank Highway, and this vision was unanimously approved within the City of Charleston as a PUD that will serve the greater John’s Island community. For this project, LandDesign provided services for master planning, landscape architecture, and entitlements.

Pine Needles VillageSOutherN PiNeS, NC

Amidst the pines of the rolling sandhills, Pine Needles Village comprises 558 acres along McDeeds Creek and is adjacent to the historic Pine Needles Golf Course. The vision for the property revolves around traditional neighborhood design and a mix of Southern and New England style architecture. A large green space network is an integral part of this mixed-use community, providing protection of existing environmental features, a buffer from adjacent land owners, and alternative means to move around the site.

LandDesign provided services for master planning, PUD ordinance writing, and the PUD rezoning application. Challenges included planning around the environmental features of McDeeds Creek, its surrounding wetlands, and high quality watershed to provide a TND-style development with typical densities.

the Bridges at Castle hillsLeWiSViLLe, tX

the Bridges at Castle hillsLeWiSViLLe, tX

LandDesign collaborated with 505Design in developing a dynamic outdoor lifestyle retail center for the 2,500-acre master planned community of Castle Hills. Located in one of the fastest growing retail and residential corridors in Dallas/Fort Worth, The Bridges at Castle Hills mixed-use development takes modern interpretations of gothic/castle form and materials and integrates stone and ornamentation with the landscape experience. Water is used throughout, in both organic and more architectural translations, to weave together the rich exterior experiences. With over 1.2 million commercial square feet, The Bridges will be a unique destination for those who demand exceptional quality and a strong sense of place.

SayebrookMyrtLe BeaCh, SC

Master plan for 800 acres of Traditional Neighborhood Design with a diversity of lots sizes, 1600 residential units and 150 retirement units, the project also includes a 180,000 SF main street town center concept, office, and elementary school. LandDesign and 505 Design created a Residential Vision Book that included precedent photos, sketches, renderings, diagrams and historical data to support the architectural and community patterns at both the neighborhood and residential scale.

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