I lived in the La Paloma Apts next door when I attended ASU, just pre-light rail, when the Culdesac property was a trailer park and the staging ground for firearms celebrations on holidays. Yeah, it was that kind of neighborhood. I haven't lived in AZ since 2007, but I think this is a wonderful idea. It's already close to everything else. I used to bike all over. I'm rooting for its success

Yet people do it all over the world. It might not seem leisurely to you, but to many, it is not that bad. I ride my bike rain or shine, hot or cold, and so do millions of others. There is also the bus, uber, ride share, and the light rail if someone doesn't want to ride or walk in the heat. Plus, on a bike, you create your own cooling breeze, so refreshing. When it's hot, I spray a fine mist of water on myself, which cools me and feels good to boot.

Why is this named Culdesac???????? It sounds like Cul-de-sac, which is the antithesis of walkability. By the way, the project seems very interesting. I'm interested to see the masterplan

Excited to see such development in the US

Tempe is booming.

Its not a great location for a car free project but that might be the point. Success is defined as people simply living there. Which proves there is demand for housing even if there is no guaranteed parking even in a car dependent place like Phoenix. There will still be need for cars by residents, so some will own cars and park on the street, looks like there's plenty of space for quite a few cars. Car sharing is going to be a solution. This one dense node will be an issue for the light rail in that a lot of people will be getting on and off that this station. Might have to upgrade the station. The foot traffic should create a pull for businesses to set up close to this community (close to workers and customers). That would get the ball rolling transforming the place into a more walkable area.

This is an exciting idea, though the Phoenix area is the last place I would expect it to happen.

Looks amazing, I hope I goes well!

I bet the developers will make a lot more per acre as well. Win-win!!!

More please.

This looks awesome! What are the prices for two bedroom units?

well that sounds nice, I wonder why they called it culdesac tho

Looks nice

Bro, you guys are starting in a random area in Arizona. Why not come to the East Coast where people are already somewhat familiar with this. Washington DC to be exact! I would start renting immediately if I see this come to our area!

Please come to Chicago

I’m just here for the Car-Brain comments😂

I wish that Telosa build in Arizona.

Such a cool concept! Definitely going to keep an eye on Culdesac as development continues

Very cool but Arizona is the worst place to build something like this. It's too hot.

Unless I am missing something this video gives the illusion that this complex is near Town Lake. Rather it is on Apache between McClintock and Price, correct? There is no water features included here. The biggest feature would be it is next to the light rail.

Awesome

Why does this only get 15000 clicks?

How does Arizona have this much water??

god i wanna live here but i know its gonna be expensive >

Why so many of these communities are "under construction" rather than already built? I mean, if they work, they may prove a point. If not, they may put back this progress for decades.

Not enough retail.

Why go from one extreme (car dependend) to another (car free)? There's already commercial parking placed at the edge, you could do the same with residential parking. The neighbourhood would still be fully walkable since cars stay parked at the edge and don't enter the space inside.

sounds interesting

Meanwhile, most Americans cannot participate in society without a car. Even older cities pay little heed to pedestrian and bike traffic. The car remains the centerpiece of American society and so continues its decline.

Interested to see how a disabled person gets groceries to their house.

I assume that somewhere there will be a parking garage for cars, and that an arrangement for convenient public transportation will be available.

September 2022, and still the closest this development is to being complete is accepting non refundable $100 deposits with no complete structures and not even details of the rent (oh yeah you cannot buy, only rent). Vaporware.

I travel extensively overseas and see how Asia especially has dealt with housing large numbers of people in limited space. Hong Kong for example builds tall residential buildings right on top of mass transit stations and shopping in the same building. Open shared space such as parks are abundant. As nice as this development looks, it will still house less people per acre because the buildings are still low-rise. Silicon Valley in California is a perfect example of mass suburban sprawl where you are forced into your car and everyone has a single story or maybe two story house with large yard and no significant density.

The core will be in a different approach to zoning: 99% percent of US neighbourhouds are not walkable because of the zoning laws that prohibit commercial use in residential area's. This is opposite to the Dutch "bestemmingsplannen" (comparable zoning laws) that actually make mandatory that certain kinds of uses and services (commercial or otherwise), such as (smaller!) supermarkets, schools, daycare's, bistro's and restaurants, and basically all the services that a normal household needs on a daily basis SHOULD be present in every living neighbourhood, and at walking of biking distance. The result of this is that people are ENABLE to manage their lives with driving. So to break out of the American mold of doing everything by car the first thing you should do is change the zoning laws, and make them more sofisticated (because of course you don't want heavy industry in your residential zones so a differentiation should be built in between kinds of commercial use that can be allowed in residential neighbourhoods.

Misleading red earth is surrounded by built up area & no water yet the video keeps cutting to waterfront???? WTF???

This is positive, and it's a good start on better urban design, but unlike organic city streets, this is entirely private, controlled by the developer, and it is not remotely affordable housing. Again, it's not bad as a showcase of what cities should look like, but as a standard development model, it is woefully inadequate.

Rare u.s. w

Great commercial. Trying to sell a product works best if you actually show the product. Therefore I can conclude what’s being sold is marketing.

The reinvention of the wheel

Your still going to be surrounded by cars lmao

So the Natives had cars?

International impact? Ahahah man, the world is already like this

Americans discover how Europeans live

Sounds like it's based on the concept of 15 min cities to me. Hard pass. Please use Google if you don't know what 15 min cities are.

Let me guess, people will park in the neighborhood and take away all of the street parkings now. This area is not walkable at all. Closest grocery stores are 2-3 miles away. Gym (there are 2) are about 5 miles away. It is surrounded by buildings that look like ghettos. Go take a walk on Smith Road and you will see ghettos and people will low income living there. The only good thing about this community is its close proximity to the light rail station which one could take straight to ASU. Guess what, alot of homeless people ride that train. Oh and the lake you guys keep sharing, is 5 miles away from this community. Closest light rail station (Mill Ave station) to that is still 15 minutes walk to the lake.

Love it, I would love to live there

The whole point is being free and having a car who wants walking distance when it’s 110° outside in the desert. Nobody wants to live in a neighborhood where the residents can’t afford a car or two. Are you gonna move my office into the neighborhood??? LoL 😂

LOL, good luck with that.

Looks like a glorified prison camp combined with a nursing home. No thanks.

another BS concept

15 minute city. 👎🏻

What about work?? How to these people go to work??

Americans make it sounds new and like nowhere else in the world has done it, oh please🥱. News flash it's not a new idea, but glad you've finally joined the party.