Tempo Novus
Submitted by Tempo Novus, led by co-founders Roy Alston and Sean Hampseys, in partnership with DPZ CoDesign as lead urban planner, this proposal deliberately does not present a master plan or fixed development program for the Historic Gas Plant District.
Instead, it proposes a framework-based redevelopment approach capped at 3–4 story buildings, with human-scale, mixed-income residential development, neighborhood-serving commercial space, and civic uses to be defined through a future community-led design process and approved in phase-gated increments by the City.
The submission does not specify the number of residential units, square footage of office, retail, hotel, or civic space, nor a full site buildout scenario.
Tempo Novus proposes a financing and delivery structure built around complex capital stacks (including LIHTC, NMTC, Opportunity Zone equity, TIF, and philanthropic capital), enforceable community benefit agreements, and city-controlled phase approvals, with the developer absorbing predevelopment risk.
The focus of the proposal is governance, financing structure, and development process rather than a quantified site plan.