We are working on a project that is trying to jumpstart development in the city center. Our project is providing more parking then needed by the building so that future buildings nearby can tie into the parking garage instead of creating new surface lots. Has anyone had success with arguing for a case like this? If we receive a signed letter of intent from these future devopements saying that they will be tieing into this parking garage, could we only count the spaces that will be reserved for our building within our LEED documentation even though the entire garage is within our boundary?

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William Weaver

LEED Fellow, WELL AP

JLL

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Mon, 06/02/2014 - 17:06

Sadie, I think what you are arguing is feasible. To do so, you would need to provide a parking plan that clearly defines which parking spots are dedicated to which development. In addition to the letter, you may also need to provide signage details showing how the parking restrictions will be communicated to visitors. If you're not providing this signage, you likely won't achieve the credit as someone visiting one building could easily park in a section dedicated to another development.

Susan Walter

HDR

LEEDuser Expert

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Mon, 06/02/2014 - 18:04

How sure are these future developments? It seems to me that the only way this will be acceptable is if they are under construction and agreements are in place between your project and other projects. If those projects go for LEED certification, how will those projects dedicate parking in your project? Who is maintaining the garage? The intent of the credit is to minimize the impacts of automotive traffic and it sounds like your project doesn't fit that intent. Not all credits fit all projects.

Katie Peterschmidt

Associate Director, CORE Steward

Cooper Carry

LEEDuser Basic Member

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Tue, 02/03/2015 - 15:08

Sadie - did you have any success with this approach? We have a similar project that will build a garage for future development / separate LEED project. The difference being the future phase is owned by same entity, and will have to achieve LEED Silver by mandate of the jurisdiction. Still, I see Susan's point - how is the GBCI to know that the future phase actually moves forward? Any insight is appreciated. Thanks.

Sadie Martin

LEEDuser Basic Member

15 thumbs up

Sun, 09/13/2015 - 22:24

Katie, We did have success on this. We provided info to the Reviewers about the parking study done to determine how many stalls would be needed for our project and how that was fewer than what was required by zoning. We used the number determined by the parking study as our total parking count and the rest of the stalls in our parking garage are basically being reserved for the future development. So, the reviewers are basically letting us pro-rate our parking.

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