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Opportunity F- Restaurant Incubator
Summary
Opportunity F includes a “community kitchen” sized
to accommodate the restaurant-based educa on
of individual chef-entrepreneurs within a business
incuba on environment. The kitchen would be
combined with classrooms within a highly visible
storefront facade condi on. An interes ng archi-
tectural frame would face Center Street in a manner
that helps create a be er pedestrian experience
and connec on from City Hall to the Center Street
restaurant area. The goal for this facility will be
to graduate budding restaurateurs into small food
kiosks, food trucks, and eventually fi xed restaurants.
This site would occupy an exis ng parking area and
would include Front Street moving south to be adja-
cent to the rail in an urban mews condi on, lining up
with the realigned Front Street east of Center.
Opportunity F
Poten al Program Es mate
5,500 square feet of restaurant business educa on
facility
Figure 4.5 Opportunity F Location
This project is es mated to be $1M including land
assembly and the streetscape part of the project
cost. This project would refl ect a joint venture
between the City of Arlington and a private culinary
ins tute or other en ty. As such, the City should
reach out to such educa onal ins tutes with a
physical plan for the project as well as a fi nance plan
to begin its implementa on. Due to the nature of
this project, this would require public investment.
In order for this project to happen, the City would
need to endorse this concept and assemble public
fi nancing along with having the adjacent property
owner agree to an expanded parking area adjacent
to their property.
Implementa on Notes
Opportunity F character image
Source: KitchenCru / pdx.eater.com
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