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4 Considering land designated for infrastructure, trails, and open space, Rice Creek Commons has approximately 300 acres of land planned for commercial and residential development. The site will feature four distinct neighborhoods with a wide range of housing types, ensuring that Rice Creek Commons will be a place for people in all walks of life. The Hill, Creek, and Southwest neighborhoods will be primarily residential, offering a mix of single- family homes, townhomes, and other housing options. The Town Center neighborhood, at the heart of Rice Creek Commons, will provide a walkable retail center with multifamily housing, public space, and commercial uses. The entire site will be connected by an internal network of parks and trails that will not only provide open space for all types of recreation but also perform important environmental functions such as stormwater management and natural habitat restoration. Open space throughout the site will connect to a larger regional system, with miles of linked trails, making active living easily accessible for future residents. The vision for the site includes the following land uses (see TCAAP Regulating Plan for full land use map): • Town center: The Town Center neighborhood is centered on approximately 17 acres of land that is envisioned to be a vibrant commercial and residential district that promotes walkability through its street design and mix of uses. Zoning for Town Center includes housing, office, retail, restaurant, and civic uses. Within this district, buildings can be up to five stories in some areas and up to 10 stories in others. • Neighborhood residential: Three distinct residential neighborhoods are planned. The Creek and Hill neighborhoods together consist of 118 acres of land zoned for low-density residential uses, such as single-family houses. The Southwest and Town Center North and South neighborhoods include about 60 acres of land zoned for low- to medium-density residential uses, such as townhouses or similar. • Mixed-use retail: This land use is concentrated in 28 acres of retail development at the northern gateway to the site served by an off-ramp from 35W. Additional areas for this land use are located at the southern entrance to the site and in the Town Center area. • Office Mixed Use: This land use allows for 20 acres of office space in buildings that can be built as high as five stories. • Flex business: Approximately 10 acres on the west-central portion of the site are zoned for flex business, which allows for office, technology and manufacturing uses.