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==== Civita ====
[[Civita (San Diego, California)|Civita]] is a [[Sustainable development|sustainable]], [[Transportation|transit]]-oriented {{convert|230|acre|adj=on}} master-planned village under development in the [[Mission Valley, San Diego|Mission Valley]] area of [[San Diego|San Diego, California]], [[United States]]. Located on a former [[quarry]] site, the [[Urban planning|urban]]-style village is organized around a community park that cascades down the terraced property.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sand and gravel quarry becoming a sustainable, urban village|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/dec/14/sand-and-gravel-quarry-becoming-a-sustainable/|newspaper=U-T San Diego|access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> Civita development plans call for {{convert|70|acre}} of parks and open space, 4,780 residences (including approximately 478 [[Affordable housing|affordable]] units), an approximately {{convert|480000|ft2|adj=on}} [[Lifestyle center (retail)|retail center]], and {{convert|420000|ft2}} for an office/business campus.<ref name = urbanland>{{cite web|last=Kirk|first=Patricia|title=Civita: San Diego's New City within the City|url=http://urbanland.uli.org/planning-design/civita-san-diego-s-new-city-within-the-city/|publisher=Urban Land Magazine|access-date=16 April 2014|date=2013-04-19}}</ref><ref name = leung>{{cite news|last=Leung|first=Lily|title=Mission Valley's 230-acre Civita to debut|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2011/dec/07/an-open-house-at-civita/|newspaper=San Diego Union-Tribune|access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref>

Sudberry Properties, the developer of Civita, incorporated numerous [[green building]] practices in the Civita design.<ref>{{cite news|last=Newman|first=Morris|title=Terraced Living in a San Diego Quarry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/realestate/commercial/in-san-diego-terraced-living-in-an-old-quarry.html|newspaper=New York Times |date=February 28, 2012 |access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> In 2009, Civita achieved a Stage 1 Gold rating for the U.S. [[Green Building Council|Green Building Council's]] 2009 LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) pilot and received the California Governor's Environmental and Economic Leadership Award.<ref name = urbanland/><ref>{{cite web|last=McCandless|first=Catherine|title=No Longer Just A Hole In The Ground|url=https://www.mit.edu/people/spirn/Public/Ulises-11-308/Quarrying.pdf|publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology|access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> In 2010, Civita was designated as a California Catalyst Community by the [[California Department of Housing and Community Development]] to support innovation and test sustainable strategies that reflect the interdependence of environmental, economic, and community health.<ref>{{cite web|title=Catalyst Projects for California Sustainable Communities|url=http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/catayst_summaries082510.pdf|publisher=California Department of Housing and Community Development|access-date=16 April 2014|archive-date=9 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309060249/http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/catayst_summaries082510.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>