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Through more than a year of intense planning and design, and complex collaboration with a global team that Civitas co-led with 4ct during a global pandemic, we were able to develop a masterplan for the revitalization of the community encompassing Lake Milada.

The new design respects the original goals and objectives of revered southern landscape architect Robert Marvin while improving circulation, engaging users through diverse, interconnected spaces and increasing accessibility, safety, and visibility

Painted Prairie. The pinnacle of sustainable development, community building and environmental stewardship in Aurora, Colorado, US.

Civitas led the effort to define the vision - as a tool to improve community connectivity, to encourage healthy living and recreation, to make a more green and resilient city.

Merging Function and Art to Enhance an Ocean IconDue south of San Diego Bay, California’s southernmost pier in the United States’ most...

Personal Reflections Within Public SpacesThe Aamoth family, with deep Wayzata roots, had lost their then-32-year-old son, Gordy Aamoth...

The first phase design for San Diego’s waterfront improves the framework of an existing master plan that proposes unique park spaces along this one-mile long edge, called the North Embarcadero.

Civitas created a Vision Plan that capitalizes on the site’s strategic location between Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC) and a new light rail station.

Civitas was engaged by 4ct Platform, a Czech development services company and J+T Bank, the property owner, to develop a district redevelopment plan.

Social Center and Economic Hub Belmar Town Center began as a 1950’s outdoor mall named Villa Italia, which had become nearly vacant by...

The redevelopment of the street and shops was the first catalyst and proof that the idea of renovating all of historic Lower Downtown could be a viable way to bring new life and living into a downtown that had been in decline.

The Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park redevelopment is the first project to be implemented as part of the InVision plan. Civitas and W are leading community outreach including over 40 individual stakeholder meetings and a series of public meetings that are attracting 200+ people each.

For years the community has complained that the Convention Center walled off the Bay – this proposal shows that it is possible to make the building even larger while greatly increasing the size of the building and public access and enjoyment of the waterfront

Balboa Park is San Diego’s most treasured place. Built for the 1915 Panama California Exhibition and designed by New York architect Bertram Goodhue, the Spanish Colonial complex is now a National Historic Landmark District