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■ Enhance opportunities for corporate offices. <br /> ■ Attract economic activity into the city from surrounding communities. <br /> ■ Protect industrial and office employment base. <br /> ■ Maintain hotel and commercial uses. <br /> The overall scale and experience of the focus area along the freeway and city boundary will reflect <br /> an urban intensity and design,with inspiring building forms and public spaces. At the southeastern <br /> edge, the District Center land use designation will facilitate large residential mixed-use <br /> developments in structures that incorporate high-density housing, hotels, and complementary <br /> expansions of commercial uses. Adjacent to the 55 freeway, the Industrial/Flex land use <br /> designation will promote large-scale office-industrial flex spaces, multilevel corporate offices, and <br /> research and development uses. <br /> The node surrounding the freeway interchange will remain as currently planned for General <br /> Commercial uses, with new improvements introducing development and spaces that complement <br /> the existing examples and elements. <br /> South Bristol Street Focus Area <br /> The South Bristol Street focus area represents Santa Ana's southern gateway and is a part of the <br /> South Coast Metro area. Between Sunflower and Alton Avenues, the District Center land use <br /> designation will create opportunities to transform auto-oriented shopping plazas to walkable, bike- <br /> friendly, and transit-friendly urban villages that incorporate a mix of high intensity office and <br /> residential living with experiential commercial uses. The objectives of this focus area are: <br /> ■ Capitalize on the success of the South Coast Metro area. <br /> ■ Introduce mixed-use urban villages and encourage experiential commercial uses that are <br /> more walkable, bike friendly, and transit oriented. <br /> ■ Provide for mixed-use opportunities while protecting adjacent, established, low-density <br /> neighborhoods. <br /> Between MacArthur Boulevard and Alton Avenue, the form and intensity will scale down but <br /> remain distinctly urban in nature. The redevelopment of the auto-oriented commercial plazas will <br /> result in the construction of landmark buildings and structures set in and around spaces <br /> accessible to future occupants and the general public. The corridor north of Alton Avenue is <br /> planned with the Urban Neighborhood land use designation, allowing for commercial and <br /> residential projects, frequently in a mixed-use format, to develop in accordance with market <br /> fluctuations. The buildings and spaces in this part of the focus area will be sensitive to the <br /> surrounding low-density neighborhoods but will still emphasize the creation of active and <br /> attractive urban spaces. <br /> Santa Ana General Plan Update <br /> CE 5T ac an Statement 32 — 36 2 <br /> Of ri ing onsiderations -13- 6c /Rer�0 2 1 <br />