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x Phase III Development - Long-term ull build out 15-20 year plan The Phase III development in the middle section of the study area includes the Centennial Gardens apartment buildings. There is no indication that the Centennial Apartments will redevelop in the near future. However, like most aging structures that were built in the 1960�, their useful life will have an end over the next 15 -20 years unless significant improvements are made to keep up with the maintenance and current market needs. The Plan strives to look long-term to ensure that the more current redevelopment will tie into future redevelopment. This middle section of the study area is also important because it is the necessary physical connection from Arona to Hamline within the neighborhood. This phase will extend the "grid" street connection system to allow construction of a heavily landscaped boulevard from Hamline to the Arona site in a linear pattern. This provides a `See -through" street from one end of the master plan area to the other and portrays a planned development from start to finish. However, the extension of a meandering boulevard that connects people to open space and trails and creates attractive site lines from newly developed housing units is also desired and encouraged. Within Phase III condominiums or apartments along Terrace Drive are proposed. In addition, multi-level, for-sale or rental townhomes are proposed in the midsection with single-family homes along the northern border near Centennial Drive. There currently is a mix of senior and young renters in the Centennial Gardens apartments. It is a goal of the Plan to provide a mix of uses in the entire development to reduce the impact on the existing tenant mix. There may be seniors who move into the senior independent or assisted living facilities, young professionals who can own a townhome or condominium, young families who can own a home and others who can remain renters in an apartment complex or townhome. All these components are planned for the area. The Phase III land uses proposed include the following estimates of density ranges and square footages: Description of Phase III Land Use Acres Units or Square Feet %of total Retail 0 0 0 Office 0 0 0 Single-Fap2LIL Detached 1.17 5-10 units 10% Single-Family Attached(townhomes) 6.09 43--73 units 55% Multi-Family- A t,Condo, Senior(2-3 stories) 2.46 44—74 units 22% en S acelri ht of way 1.43 61,900 s .ft.of land 13% Total 11.15 1O0% Housing units 92-157 Commercial 0 Arona-Hamlin Neighborhood Master Plan 2002 Page 12 of 15