The Lakefront Development Corporation (LDC) in Syracuse, New

The Lakefront Development Corporation (LDC) in Syracuse, New York, is talking with private developers about turning a blighted, 24-acre, brownfield site called Harbor West into a mixed-use, walkable neighborhood. The project was designed by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company in the fall of 1999 as part of Onondaga County’s Settlement Plan. It includes 142 new homes and neighborhood commercial. The LDC, a private, not-for-profit developer created by the city and the Metropolitan Development Association, is spending $1.3 million for land acquisition, building demolition, site cleanup, and site preparation. The parcel is an important link between an existing neighborhood and other redevelopment projects, according to David Aitkin, LDC executive director. “We are particularly excited about the opportunity to develop a unique urban neighborhood utilizing the principles of the New Urbanism,” he says.