Once designed as standalone venues, cities across the country are beginning to leverage investment in sports arenas and stadiums to reinvigorate entire urban districts. Integrating sports venues into the urban fabric transforms them from sporadic activity generators into economic redevelopment engines that provide a far more beneficial and wide-ranging economic impact on a daily basis. [...]

MSI Principal Rick Espe and urban planner Andrew Overbeck recently joined colleagues from Miamisburg and Springfield to deliver a presentation to the 24th annual Miami Valley Planning and Zoning Workshop on the value of greenspace in downtown revitalization efforts. Showcasing park projects in three different Ohio cities, the presentation demonstrated the different approaches that each [...]

Nationwide Realty Investors stepped forward to re-imagine this 90-acre brownfield site as a mixed-use urban neighborhood named Grandview Yard. MSI Design provided the master plan, district standards, and an infrastructure strategy to guide the site through its evolution from brownfield to mixed-use urban neighborhood.