Alton Town Center

OBJECTIVES

Alton Town Center, a retail and entertainment destination in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, is a 350,000 sq. ft. mixed use retail project. It complements an adjacent housing development by providing residents with a variety of stores, restaurants, and other amenities within walking or biking distance from home.

SOLUTIONS

The town center is in a high traffic area and the challenge was to create a design that was pedestrian friendly and connected the different areas of the center. Designers specified the use of interlocking concrete pavers in the sidewalks and roadways. To create traffic markings on the roadways, such as stop bars, divider lines, turn arrows, and crosswalk lines, different colored pavers were incorporated into the design. The desired white and yellow pavers were readily available and there will never be peeling paint to make the robust plaza design look old and worn.

RESULTS

The choice of pavers provided financial savings on the project. The pavers could be mechanically installed, and the roads were completed in roughly two months. Additionally, the use of pavers rather than poured concrete saved a substantial amount of time and money on the project. Alton Town Center has become the hub developers intended – complete with a pedestrian friendly, unified look.

Team

Owner: Joe Ragonese, Property Manager

Designer: Nick Mihelich, Urban Design Kilday (UDK) Studios

Producer: Belgard

Installer: Precise Paving, Inc.

Links

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