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CHAPTER 3:WORK Policy Policy Intent Policy 10: Reserve and Provide Employment Sites in Selected Commercial Mixed Use and Destination Centers Reserve and provide sites for employment and economic development opportunities within a targeted set of new or existing mixed use commercial developments and Destination Centers, as well as within Downtown Cary. The intent of this policy is to address office tenant preference trends for mixed use, walkable environments. This policy supports the inclusion of office and employment uses as being a key and essential element within new Commercial Mixed Use and Destination Centers as identified on the Future Growth Framework map, as well as within Downtown Cary. This policy is complemented by Policies 2, 8, and 12. Policy 11: Reserve and Provide Employment Sites in Traditional Office Parks Reserve and provide sites for employment and economic development—especially for major industries or employers— within Cary's existing traditional suburban office parks and industrial areas. The intent of this policy is to address the limited supply of land available for Class A and B office and industrial spaces within Cary's existing office and industrial parks. This policy recognizes that certain types of employers and industries will continue to require locations in such parks, rather than in Employment Mixed Use Campuses or Commercial Mixed Use Centers. The key objective of this policy is to ensure that a sufficient number of prime sites are reserved for such industries, rather than being converted to other uses. Policy 12: Transform Selected Office Parks into Employment Mixed Use Campuses Incorporate commercial and housing uses into selected traditional office parks and industrial areas, evolving them into employment mixed use campuses. Parks and centers selected to evolve into Employment Mixed Use Campuses should reserve prime opportunities for the development of Class A Office space. The intent of this policy is to support the evolution of a select number of traditional business and industrial parks into Employment Mixed Use Campuses as defined on the Future Growth Framework map. Infill and redevelopment in these categories should include commercial, office, and residential uses organized as vertical mixed use (multi-story) or horizontal mixed use (separate buildings in close proximity), arranged in a walkable pattern with an active pedestrian realm where buildings front streets. The intent is to provide new employment campuses that offer a full-range of amenities and services within a walkable urban framework. As parks evolve into Employment Mixed Use Campuses, it will be important to maintain premier sites for Class A office space and other employment uses, and not to convert these premier sites to residential or commercial uses. This policy is complemented by Policies 2, 8, and 10. Design Guidance: Examples of successful transitions between commercial or mixed use developments and residential neighborhoods can be found in the Design Concepts for Transitions Between Centers and Neighborhoods in Chapter 4: SHOP. These concepts can also be applied when creating transitions between office and employment developments and neighborhoods. 40 COUNCIL FINAL PUBLIC MEETING DRAFT [JAN. 24, 2017]