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<br />2 <br /> <br />Site Location and Background <br />Rice Creek Commons (RCC) is located in Arden Hills, Minnesota, immediately east of <br />Interstate 35W. The property is bound by County Road H and Rice Creek Regional Park on <br />the north and by U.S. Highway 10 and County Road 96 on the south. RCC is conveniently <br />located 10 freeway miles away from both downtown Minneapolis and downtown Saint <br />Paul. <br />The former Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant (TCAAP) property once comprised over <br />2,300 acres of land in the City of Arden Hills used by the federal government for the <br />manufacture of small arms ammunition during World War II. The TCAAP Site ceased <br />manufacturing operations in 1976 and was largely decommissioned in the 1980’s. <br />In 2013, Ramsey County purchased 427 acres of TCAAP property from the federal <br />government to remediate, redevelop and reestablish the property as the economic engine <br />it once was – this time with homes, businesses and retail. This portion of the former TCAAP <br />property was then renamed Rice Creek Commons. <br />The site is divided into two major parcels <br />that are commonly referred to as the <br />California Parcel (shown in green) and the <br />Thumb Parcel or Outlot A (shown in red). <br />The California Parcel is the primary Rice <br />Creek Commons redevelopment area and <br />is the focus of this RFI. It is a 372-acre <br />parcel of land, roughly in the shape of the <br />State of California, zoned for a broad range <br />of land uses. <br />The Thumb Parcel, also known as Outlot A, <br />is a 40-acre parcel zoned for <br />commercial/industrial use to the north of <br />the main site. It is currently partially under <br />development and contract. Outlot A is not <br />the topic of this RFI.