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Table 10: Acreage needed to meet projections for housing increase • Acres a needed for 250 units Acres of existing commercial ro ert on Lar enteur At 12/acre resent limit 20.83 68.4% At 20/acre 12.50 41.0% At 28/acre existin averse 8.93 29.3% At 30/acre 8.33 27.4% At 40/acre 6.25 20.5% Not all of the sites presently zoned for business are likely candidates for multi-use redevelopment by 2030. The northeast and southeast quadrants of the Snelling/Larpenteur core are comparatively new and in good condition. The northwest quadrant has been recently upgraded; it also presents some vehicle access challenges due to its proximity to the Snelling/Larpenteur intersection. The B-1 properties are unlikely to attract residential redevelopment because of their small size and constraints imposed by proximity to existing residential properties. They are more likely -and more needed - to continue serving neighborhood retail needs, with or without rebuilding. In any case, there is sufficient private land to accommodate the forecast housing need to 2030, if the City provides in its land use controls for additional housing or mixed residential/commercial use on some or all of the land that is presently zoned for business. • Where this redevelopment actually will occur will depend on the plans of individual property owners and market forces. Market conditions in 2007 suggest it is likely that the increase in households may lag behind the forecast for 2010. Larpenteur/Cleveland Hub Though decidedly less congested with traffic and more rural in character than the Snelling/Larpenteur commercial core, the intersection of Larpenteur and Cleveland is as important a center and gateway to the City of Falcon Heights as Snelling and Larpenteur. The area is home to a number of the community's assets and public attractions. • Falcon Heights City Hall • Les Bolstad University of Minnesota Golf Course • University of Minnesota women's soccer stadium • University Grove Park (a neighborhood park) • Community Park • St. Paul Farmer's Market (located seasonally behind TCCU) Cleveland and Larpenteur has also been identified by in the University of Minnesota's master planning process as an important gateway to the campus. The Cleveland/Larpenteur hub, extending to Gortner Avenue on the east, Fulham Avenue on the west, and to Community Park on the north, has the potential to become a • significant precinct of civic, cultural and recreational activity, balancing and complimenting the commercial center at Snelling and Larpenteur Falcon Heights Comprehensive Plan 2008 Draft -January, 2008 Part II: Land Use & Housing, Page II-16