Housing Giants - March 1, 2009 - (Page 13) FEATURE From the start, Dave Kosco was a true collaborator. Listen to the impressions he made on his mentor, Carl Lagoni. feet as the new standard,” he says. “Densities of seven to 10 units per acre will be the new conventional range for detached homes.” Kosco is now investigating how to get more density into subdivisions already platted for 50 by 100-foot lots. “Can we get two houses on one of those lots — or perhaps one house and a rental unit? Maybe we don’t change every lot, but every third lot is a little larger than the others and has a main house, a granny lock-out and a rental unit above the garage.” While such ideas may not conform to current zoning in many municipalities, Kosco believes that may change. Cities are caught in the grip of this recession and need housing recovery as much as builders, he says. So Bassenian/ Lagoni is taking their concepts directly to city halls. “We’ve showed our R&D work to them and the cities are amazingly receptive,” Kosco says. “It’s very different than when we go in with builders, whom they always suspect of having ulterior motives. They fear builders want to make a profit at the city’s expense.” One thing that works in favor of changes that would allow greater densities and more creativity is that cities desperately want to embrace green. “For instance, they know all that concrete in the rightof-way flies in the face of getting greener,” Kosco says. “We’ve 13 03.01.09 HOUSING GIANTS www.HousingGiants.com http://www.HousingGiants.com
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