Hello,

My name is Heraldo and I am certifying a Supemarket under LEED Retail NC 2009

This supermarket is being constructed in a shopping center that is close to a little neighbourhood.

We are applying to credit SSc2 - Option 2, and we have a question regarding the density:

The project is close to various residential areas that are farther than 800 m away from this building, and there is only one neighbourhood close to the project that is inside the 1/2 mile radius.

This neighbourhood is in development and has two rows of blocks that have more than the 10 residential units by acre needed and a third row that is under development. Although there are some commercial buildings in the blocks that are half commercial and half house.

¿Does this commercial buildings count on the measure of 10 units by acre as these are the houses of the people that runs this retails?

Anyway if I take the second row of houses there are the same amount of Units, and mostly residential, but the third row is still undeveloped (or has less than 10 residential units per acre), does this count as well for the total calculation?

I plan to state that the neighbourhood called "Santa Cruz", today has more than 12 units per acre of density and the third row is part of the growth of this neighbourhood.

would it be ok to state that the neighbourhood is only these two rows of blocks and the third will be the expansion of this neighbourhood?

Thanks!