The parking lot was in the position of the slightly less elaborate (but still nice looking) buildings at the road. The slightly fancier buildings in the above image are not standing on the former parking lot, they are replacing an older modernist building that was torn down for that and was next to the parking lot. All in all this looks like a very nice upgrade though for the area.
That said, the new development still sees way to much parking around those new buildings.
This is slightly misleading. While both shows Sailsbury Square in Hatfield, UK, it is not the same perspective.
The parking lot was in the position of the slightly less elaborate (but still nice looking) buildings at the road. The slightly fancier buildings in the above image are not standing on the former parking lot, they are replacing an older modernist building that was torn down for that and was next to the parking lot. All in all this looks like a very nice upgrade though for the area.
That said, the new development still sees way to much parking around those new buildings.