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UNT Dallas 2020 Master Plan

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GATEWAY PARTNERSHIP DISTRICT<br />

A new campus gateway district is envisioned south of<br />

the campus core and Trailblazer Plaza. This location is<br />

ideal for a mixed-use transit-oriented development<br />

around the DART station that can serve as a southern<br />

gateway to the campus. Research and industry<br />

partner development in this neighborhood will<br />

benefit from proximity to the academic enterprise,<br />

and can also take advantage of the events center and<br />

the Trailblazer Plaza space. Industry colocation on<br />

campus will offer applied learning opportunities to<br />

students and help to provide a graduate pipeline to<br />

employers.<br />

The gateway district has a capacity of almost<br />

900,000 GSF if built compactly while minimizing<br />

dedicated parking areas. Office and lab buildings<br />

could be approximately five stories, and should<br />

have active street fronts that animate the campus<br />

promenade. Amenities in this district may include<br />

restaurants or informal eateries, convenience<br />

retail, student life spaces, conferencing facilities, or<br />

visible labs that give the district a transparency and<br />

dynamic character, while enhancing the pedestrian<br />

experience between the campus core and the DART<br />

station. A new plaza space at the station could be<br />

a center of activity that announces the university's<br />

presence to DART riders.<br />

TABLE 4.10: PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM<br />

ID Program Levels GSF<br />

GD1A Partnership Building 5 75,000<br />

GD1B Partnership Building 5 150,000<br />

GD2A Partnership Building 5 75,000<br />

GD2B Partnership Building 5 125,000<br />

GD3 Partnership Building 5 225,000<br />

GD4 Partnership Building 5 175,000<br />

GD5 Partnership Building 5 75,000<br />

TOTAL<br />

900,000 gsf<br />

ID Parking Levels Spaces<br />

GS1 Parking Structure 4 600<br />

GS2 Parking Structure 5 800<br />

GS3 Parking Structure (Shared DART) 6 1,200<br />

TOTAL 2,600<br />

spaces<br />

Compact mixed-use development around the<br />

DART stations is directly aligned with DART’s Transit<br />

Oriented Development Policies, in particular section<br />

4.3.c, which calls for reallocating surface parking lots<br />

to transit-oriented uses.<br />

Refer to DART document for more information: https://www.<br />

dart.org/economicdevelopment/DARTTODGuidelines<strong>2020</strong>.pdf<br />

Examples of partnership area elements such as<br />

placemaking, architectural features, and open spaces.<br />

(Sources: Page/Cloud Gehshan/ArtHouse)<br />

<strong>2020</strong> CAMPUS MASTER PLAN 98

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