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City of Little Canada 2-27 Land Use Plan <br /> <br />At the north edge of this commercial district, redevelopment could take the form of retail <br />grocery, a use that has been available only in limited supply in Little Canada for many years. A <br />large portion of the Little Canada community, as well as eastern Roseville, has very few <br />options for nearby food sources that could be served by retail grocery in this area. <br /> <br />Focus Area 2: Demont Terrace Heights Mobile Home Park <br />This Focus Area is in Planning District 4. <br />The City’s objective for Terrace Heights <br />Mobile Home Park is to retain the current <br />land use, consisting of approximately 130 <br />housing units. Redevelopment for multiple <br />family housing would not be favored. <br />However, if redevelopment were to be <br />considered by the property owners, the City <br />would expect to accommodate office <br />buildings to add employment. But, once <br />again, it is not the City’s objective to seek <br />redevelopment of the property, given its <br />long-term provision of affordable housing. <br />Rice Street at Demont Avenue: For the <br />corner of Rice Street and Demont Avenue, a <br />similar land use consideration is shown. It is <br />hoped that if redevelopment were to occur, <br />the new buildings would be offices, with <br />some retail or hospitality space. The current <br />land use, including those uses on both the <br />north and south sides of Demont Avenue, is a <br />mixture of bar, restaurant and retail/ <br />commercial services. <br />The sketch prepared for this Focus Area <br />shows 160,000 square feet of office space on <br />the 11 acres presently occupied by a mobile <br />home park, with an additional 40,000 square <br />feet of office or retail at each of the corners of Demont and Rice. Total employment, if <br />developed at these densities, could be as high as 1,000 people. <br />Because of the frontage on Rice Street, a minor arterial road, and the area’s proximity to <br />Highway 36, this area is guided for commercial use, rather than housing, and a candidate to <br />hold some of the significant employment forecast by the Metropolitan Council for Little <br />Canada over the 2040 planning horizon. <br />As indicated above, however, the City is not promoting redevelopment of these properties, <br />and is likely to consider redevelopment proposals only when such proposals are consistent <br />with the sketch plan and represent a considerable, high-quality office project, comparable in <br />impact and quality to the Abbott campus. <br />Figure 2-6: Sketch of proposed potential long-term <br />redevelopment of the Demont Terrace Heights Mobile Home <br />Park. This is not expected before 2040.