Daniel Payne Legacy Village
The Daniel Payne Town Center is a proposed planned community being developed by the Genesis Development Corporation for a 677-acre site off Daniel Payne Drive and the intersection of Coalburg Road and Cherry Avenue with access to I-65 and I-22. The developers plan to begin construction in 2009 and complete the project by 2014.
The proposed live-work development will center on a 3.3 million square foot retail, entertainment, office and light industrial district. Other planned amenities include an aquarium, resort hotel and conference center, a health clinic, a recreation center with an aquatic center and indoor water park, and a planetarium and other museums. The live-work concept includes a plan to provide a 1 to 1 ratio of new jobs to new residential units.
The core of the development is planned as a dense, mixed-use district with urban-style loft residences and assisted living for seniors. The town center will be designed to encourage pedestrian activity and to minimize automobile traffic. A network of trails and lakes is planned to connect schools, libraries, neighborhood retail and recreation areas.
The developers plan to preserve the area's natural beauty by protecting wooded areas and natural drainage basins and enacting design controls for new buildings.
Dorsey Architects and Associates has provided master planning services to Genesis. Other development partners claimed include Loop Capital Markets, the Aquatic Development Group and the Southwest Water Company (owners of the Riverview Wastewater Treatment Plant).
Planned attractions
- Atlantis aquarium
- Aquatica indoor water park
- destination retail center
- Negro League Museum
- NASCAR-themed museum
- Cinema / bowling center / arcade
- Resort hotel / conference center
External links
- Project page at Genesis Development Corporation's website