Bill Gates Buys 25,000 Acresof Land in Arizona to Build "Smart City"
Gates' Belmont Partners investment firm just dropped $80 million to jump start development of a 'smart' community in Arizona.
What's the country's wealthiest man to do with an extra $80 million lying around? Build his own "smart city," of course. Microsoft Corp., cofounder Bill Gates and his investment firm Belmont Partners have invested $80 million to jump-start development of a smart community in Arizona. Gates bought about 25,000 acres of land in the state's West Valley, about 45 minutes west of downtown Phoenix, Belmont Partners told local media. The proposed community will be called Belmont."Belmont will create a forward-thinking community with a communication and infrastructure spine that embraces cutting-edge technology, designed around high-speed digital networks, data centers, new manufacturing technologies and distribution models, autonomous vehicles and autonomous logistics hubs," Belmont Partners said in a news release.
Belmont Partners said 3,800 acres will be devoted to office, commercial and retail space. About 470 acres will be used for public schools, and most of the rest of the land will be used for as many as 80,000 residential units. It's not yet clear when construction will begin. "Comparable in square miles and projected population to Tempe, Arizona, Belmont will transform a raw, blank slate into a purpose-built edge city built around a flexible infrastructure model," Belmont Partners said. Gates' venture into utopian community development will work to best similar attempts around the world. Nearby in Arcosanti, Arizona, architect Paolo Soleri created an experimental town in the 1970s aimed at integrating architecture and ecology.
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Asta va fi atractia secolului, IT-isti din lumea intreaga se vor reuni intr-un orasel nou construit pentru ei, ca in basme!!!
Nu spune unde exact, sa nu cumpere si privatii pamant langa noul orasel, sa le strice aspectul, dar se va afla de curand si asa.
Ca-i la 45 de minute de la centru, asta nu se poate socoti o adresa, depinde de trafic. 4 ore de condus sint pana la Raul Colorado, granita cu California, daca socotim
viteza legala de 55 de miles/h, de la marginea/limita orasului ... nu ne spune nici pe care parte al drumului mare, sau nimic, deja s-au ridicat preturile peste Stratosfera!!!
Cred ca s-a plictisit de California si vrea liniste. Vrea sa mute capitala Arizonei afara din Phoenix am impresia ... vom vedea.
Am gasit locul, Tonopah, spre Los Angeles, cred ca de Thanksgiving cumparam pamant, investim si noi daca mai ramane ceva nevandut.