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39 <br /> <br />neighborhoods have a comfortable “small town” quality that is created in part by <br />mixed density housing. <br />The mean single-family lot size in the city is 6,200 square feet. Rectangular lots <br />measuring about 50' x 100' comprise most of the city’s post-war neighborhoods (such <br />as Washington Manor) but are also typical in older areas such as Estudillo Estates and <br />Farrelly Pond. Slightly larger lots prevail in the Bay-O-Vista, Broadmoor, and Mulford <br />Gardens areas, while smaller lots are more common in the post-1990 subdivisions <br />such as Heron Bay and Cherrywood. <br />Although many San Leandro neighborhoods are perceived as being homogeneous, the <br />housing stock is actually quite diverse. The city’s neighborhoods include view- <br />oriented hillside homes, craftsman bungalows and Mediterranean cottages, <br />apartment buildings and garden apartment complexes, mid-rise condominiums, <br />ranch-style tract homes, century-old Victorians, mobile home parks, California <br />contemporaries, and even semi-rural ranchettes. <br />Many single family neighborhoods include pockets of <br />higher-density housing, along with other uses such as <br />parks, schools, and churches. Densities as high as 100 <br />units per acre can be found on some blocks around <br />Downtown San Leandro, although most multi-family <br />housing is in the range of 25 to 50 units per acre. The <br />major concentrations of higher density housing are <br />located around Downtown, along East 14th Street and <br />Washington Avenue, in the Springlake area, along <br />Orchard Avenue, at the west end of Marina Boulevard, <br />around San Leandro Hospital, and around the <br />Greenhouse Marketplace Shopping Center. <br />Commercial (retail, service, and office) uses in San <br />Leandro comprise 564 acres, or about 8 percent of the <br />city. Although Downtown is the city’s historic retail <br />center, the largest retail parcels in the city are the <br />community and regional shopping centers such as <br />Bayfair and Marina Square. Much of the city’s retail <br />acreage is contained in commercial strips along East <br />14th Street, Washington Avenue, MacArthur <br />Boulevard and Marina Boulevard. The city also <br />contains a number of small neighborhood-oriented <br />shopping centers. About 108 acres of the city’s <br />commercial land consists of offices. The largest concentrations are located around the <br />Downtown BART Station, along East 14th Street, and just east of Downtown. <br /> <br /> <br />78