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<br /> <br /> <br />Excluding streets and freeways, about 46 percent of San Leandro’s neighborhoods include <br />about 2,600 acres of single family detached homes, 260 acres of townhomes and duplexes, 300 <br />acres of apartments and condominiums, and 70 acres of mobile homes. These areas contain <br />about 31,000 housing units, for an average residential density of 9.5 units per acre. This density <br />creates a more urban character than the newer communities of the East Bay (like Dublin and <br />Fremont) but a more suburban character than Berkeley, Oakland and other cities closer to San <br />Francisco. In fact, many of San Leandro’s neighborhoods have a comfortable “small town” <br />quality that is created in part by mixed density housing. <br />The mean single family lot size in the city is 6,250 square feet. Rectangular lots measuring <br />about 60’ x 100’ comprise most of the city’s post-war neighborhoods (such as Washington <br />Manor) but are also typical in older areas such as Estudillo Estates and Farrelly Pond. Slightly <br />larger lots prevail in the Bay-O-Vista, Broadmoor, and Mulford Gardens areas, while smaller lots <br />are more common in the newer subdivisions such as Heron Bay and Cherrywood. <br />Although many San Leandro neighborhoods are perceived as being homogeneous, the housing <br />stock is actually quite diverse. The city’s neighborhoods include view-oriented hillside homes, <br />craftsman bungalows and Mediterranean cottages, apartment buildings and garden apartment <br />complexes, mid-rise condominiums, ranch-style tract homes, century-old Victorians, mobile <br />home parks, California contemporaries, and even semi-rural ranchettes. Many single family <br />neighborhoods include pockets of higher-density housing, along with other uses such as parks, <br />schools and churches. Densities as high as 90 units per acre can be found on some blocks <br />around Downtown San Leandro, although most multi-family housing is in the range of 25 to 30 <br />units per acre. The major concentrations of higher density housing are located around <br />Downtown, along East 14th Street and Washington Avenue, in the Springlake Drive area, along <br />Orchard Avenue, at the west end of Marina Boulevard, around San Leandro Hospital, and <br />around the Greenhouse Marketplace Shopping Center.