Climate-Friendly Areas Evaluation Report

Medford Climate Friendly Area Study – Evalua Ɵon of Candidate Loca Ɵons Revised December 2023 17 needed to be located within a CFA. Although this scenario assumes that 55 percent of existing properties remain unchanged, it re lies on very ambitious assumptions about the rate of residential development in the Candid ate A area. For example, existing two story commercial buildings covering roughly 13 acres are assumed to convert second floors to residential use. Given the expense of residen tial conversions, this assumption may not be realistic. Likewise, larger residential development with an average density of 200 DU/net acre are assumed to contribute over 5,300 new units. This level of development would be unprecedented. Table 7: Candidate A potential buildout scenario Development Type Total Land Area (net acres) % of CFA Avg. Density (DU/net acre) Total Units 6-story over parking/employment 27 10% 200 5,308 3-story w/limited onsite parking 27 10% 150 3,981 3-story w/onsite parking 27 10% 70 1,858 Small infill 27 10% 40 1,062 Mixed use adaptive reuse 13 5% 30 398 Existing 146 55% 6 876 13,482