The Eastern Urban Centerat
Millenia at the EUC – Guiding Principles
• Market Based Plan
• Flexible Implementation Structure
• Urban Design Standards
• Sustainable Design
• Compact, Walkable Districts
• Community at a Neighborhood and Project Level
• High Quality Public Realm
• Authentic, not Over Designed
Millenia at the EUC… The Facts
• SANDAG Smart Growth Urban Center
• Urban core spanning 80 city blocks
• 30 acres of office designed as the corporate business center of South County
• Up to 3,000 urban format, multifamily homes
• Up to 300,000 s.f. of retail and commercial amenities
• Acres of recreation, including parks, plazas, town squares, paseos and trails
• Civic and cultural facilities
• Integrated bus rapid transit –BRT- and pedestrian circulation system
Site Utilization Plan
Land Uses• Business / Retail
Land Uses•Gateway District
Land Uses•Residential
Land Uses• Mixed Use / Civic
Land Uses•Mixed Use
Vehicular Circulation
Regional Transit
Pedestrian Circulation
Pedestrian Grid
Loop Trails
Regional Trail
Village Pathway
Internal ConnectionsPaseos
Park Promenade
Designed to certify exemplary development
projects that perform well in terms of smart
growth, new urbanism, and green building
LEED for Neighborhood Development
Chula Vista Research Project
Intended to determine how advanced building energy technologies and land use, transportation and urban design features can be integrated to produce energy-efficient development projects in California
Eastern Urban Center
At the
Placemaking…
The Plan•Streetscenes
The Plan•Urban Parks and Public Spaces
The Plan•“Interaction Park”
Millenia at the Eastern Urban Center
…presents the opportunity to address peoples’ desire for a sense of community and connection.
This holds the promise of a sustainable future, one that is part of the ‘solution’ vs. the ‘problem’ posed by ongoing sprawl development.