Now, however, the company says it plans to redevelop the area into a mixed-use neighborhood that will include retail, residential and possibly additional office space.

Currently, this section of Grand Boulevard has become a mixed-use neighborhood.

Now developers are advancing plans to raze the buildings and turn the site into a mixed-use neighborhood.

The west side of the city features mixed-use neighborhoods, where retail, schools, and churches are within close walking distance.

But besides that, he said, he likes the ambience of the mixed-use neighborhood.

The company plans to develop the 82 acres there into a mixed-use neighborhood with residences, stores and parks.

In upholding the variance, the court said the buildings would have an "an insignificant effect on the general character of the mixed-use neighborhood."

Until the mid 20th century, cities were generally organized into and developed around mixed-use walkable neighborhoods.

"Red Hook has been a mixed-use neighborhood for 100 years," he said.

It is a mixed-use neighborhood, zoned mostly industrial and commercial.