Is Storrs Center planned to be a year-round business center?
The Partnership, LeylandAlliance, and Live Work Learn Play understand the seasonality of the Mansfield area. The Partnership outlined this issue when it was soliciting a master developer for Storrs Center. With this in mind, there has been more and more activity in Mansfield in the summer generated largely by additional University classes and events. Retail consultant Live Work Learn Play has been to Mansfield several times to assess the current commercial market. Live Work Learn Plan has worked on over 25 projects where there have been seasonal challenges. There were less than 5,000 people during a five month period at some of the resorts they developed and managed. Their experience with this market, which often experiences dramatic seasonal demographic shifts, provides Live Work Learn Play with insight into the creation of viable year-round operations that are adaptable to the seasonal conditions. Live Work Learn Play has created a model that allows them to conservatively estimate ho
