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Kimley>»Horn <br />1. Background <br />MainPlace Mall has evolved over several decades, from the original Fashion Square to <br />the present mall of approximately 1,130,000 square feet of commercial uses. In 1983, <br />the project was revised from an open-air mall to allow for an enclosed mall with <br />additional office and hotel development allowed in addition to the retail uses. At that <br />time an Environmental Impact Report was prepared and certified for the full build -out of <br />that entitlement. Additional entitlements in in 2000 revised the allowable land uses <br />established in 1983. The site currently consists of approximately 49.04 acres, with <br />private internal driveways and infrastructure and a ring road (Mainplace Drive) that is a <br />public right-of-way. <br />The site has long been planned for further development, and existing entitlements allow <br />the development of up to 1,500,000 square feet of office, well as hotels and additional <br />retail. The current owner wishes to modify the entitlements to allow more flexibility in <br />the further development of the site, reducing the allowed office and retail uses and <br />adding residential uses. This diverse mixture of uses fulfils the purpose of the General <br />Plan's District Center land use by adding residential uses in a mixed -use setting. <br />The existing mall is divided into eight parcels based on recorded Parcel Map 99-152. The <br />present mall includes 1,130,000 square feet of retail uses within an enclosed mall <br />building. The vesting tentative parcel map approved in 2000 provided for up to <br />1,600,000 square feet (1,509,255 square feet were developed at that time) of retail, <br />cinema, and restaurant uses, 1,500,000 square feet of office, and 400 hotel rooms. <br />Under the 2000 tentative parcel map, the maximum retail development continued to be <br />1,600,000 sf. The new owners of the mall wish to modernize the mall in keeping with <br />mixed -use development principles. Table 1 below outlines the originally approved uses <br />in 1983, revised uses approved in 2000, and the currently proposed uses: <br />Page 3 of 14 <br />