Re: "Ventura, a historically underserved and centrally located neighborhood..."

What exactly IS a "historically underserved" neighborhood?

The street level facade is cold and completely unwelcoming. So much for pedestrian-friendly design principles from the Comp Plan. It looks like a prison from the sidewalk level or tenement housing. One narrow door, windows above pedestrian height, no awnings or landscaping to provide comfort/shade, no effort to activate pedestrian space. And seriously ugly. What's the setback? Is there sufficient room to create an active street level environment? Could not have made it more unwelcoming if you tried. Bleak.

Gennady,
My understanding from staff is that this property was sold by Charities Housing to raise funds for the adjacent large BMR project you refer to in your article.
The two projects are linked in that way.
Steve

Another large, miserable looking monstrosity to add to over-population and diminish quality of life. Mindless destruction of a community one ugly high rise at a time.

Sure hope some group will get a referendum on the ballot to allow local communities to take back local zoning from the state politicians who have handed it off to their deep pocketed developer buddies.