Larkin Realty and VHB have partnered on an ambitious redevelopment project to transform an underused Holiday Inn site at a difficult intersection into a vibrant gateway to the City of South Burlington. VHB helped craft a master plan for the challenging site in keeping with the form-based code guiding the creation of City Center, South Burlington’s new downtown. The project team realized the site's potential by constructing City Center’s first five-story building, a 136,561-square-foot mixed-use property with 83 apartments and 5,800 square feet of retail space. Additionally, a second mixed-use building is in progress, and a future hotel is also being developed for the property.
Negotiating a partnership between Larkin Realty and the City, VHB helped transform the poorly aligned Dorset Street/Williston Road intersection—South Burlington’s busiest—to accommodate the additional project trip demand while improving traffic patterns at the intersection. The project team’s creative solution to site parking concerns added more than 60 parking spaces with a new 157-space underground garage. VHB’s close coordination among the project owner, the City, and the architect has been paramount in keeping the redevelopment efforts consistent with Larkin Realty’s vision and achieving the City’s goals for this vital urban space.
