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20 <br />Focus Areas <br />The City has identified a number of potential redevelopment areas that relate to the future land use plan.The <br />illustrations below are intended to highlight those areas to determine the range of potential redevelopment <br />land uses,and the capacity of those areas for redevelopment.The sketch plans are provided as illustrations <br />only, and do not suggest or endorse any particular pattern of development. <br />Figure 1: Aerial of Proposed Plan for Rice St and Little Canada Rd <br />Focus Area:Rice Street and Little Canada <br />Road <br />The City has been engaged for a number of years in <br />promoting redevelopment and enhancement of the <br />Rice Street/Little Canada Road area,including both <br />improvements to public space and renovation or <br />redevelopment of private property. <br />The land uses in the area have been dominated by <br />commercial retail,hospitality,and professional office <br />facilities,much of which has been in place since the <br />1950s or 1960s. <br />Senior residential development flanks the commercial <br />uses on the east edge of the district.The largest <br />building in the district is the Marketplace,a retail <br />building of more than 100,000 square feet in floor <br />area.The facility has undergone a variety of <br />renovations over the years but suffers from low <br />visibility.The original shopping center site has been <br />divided to accommodate a series of separate <br />developments on underutilized land or excess <br />parking. <br />At the center of the district,a series of commercial <br />uses,including professional office space and <br />entertainment dominate.Most of these buildings <br />have little presentation to Little Canada Road, <br />which the City has actively sought to add streetscape improvements along with the development of open <br />space between the roadway and Round Lake.Redevelopment of the area would benefit from revitalized <br />commercial space,particularly development that would continue the pattern along Little Canada Road <br />established by the Villages development at Rice Street. <br />This area could accommodate additional housing,particularly senior housing which has already established a <br />successful presence.More than 150 additional senior units are shown in the attached illustration.City officials <br />have also discussed the potential for “town square”type open spaces in this district,providing amenities and <br />space that would benefit the community at large,as well as the commercial and residential uses in place,or <br />proposed. <br />At the north edge of the commercial district,redevelopment could take the form of retail grocery,a use that <br />has been available only in limited supply in Little Canada for many years.A large portion of the Little Canada <br />community,as well as eastern Roseville,has very few options for nearby food sources that could be served by <br />retail grocery in this area.