More retail and housing development is on the way as the La Costa Town Center moves ahead in Carlsbad in the La Costa area.
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Final approval (supposedly) has been recently granted to build this multi-use development at the south-eastern reaches of Carlsbad at the intersection of La Costa Avenue and Ranch Santa Fe Road. The La Costa Towne Center development has been in the works for quite some time, with a number of modifications and scaling down as a result of town meetings, and recommendations from town planners and others involved in the impact studies and review process.
Despite expectations and concerns of area residents about increased traffic, noise, and night light from the parking lots, the development of La Costa Town Center is moving ahead in Carlsbad.
La Costa Towne Center will consist of an 83-acre development with 284,400 SF of retail (with a 100,000 "big box" store), a 55,000 multi-story office project, residential housing (64 single family homes) and a medium density low-income housing project (scaled down from high density).
There will be a couple of gas stations (that seems good since there are none in that area), banks, a grocery (there is a Henry's Fresh Foods Market nearby already but not a big grocery - I don't know who the grocer will be), courtyards, public space, and more. My understanding is that the plans for a movie theatre were nixed.
I suspect there will be further opposition as the La Costa Town Center moves ahead in Carlsbad (there will likely be significant impact on the housing development already in the area, and nearby Olivenhain in Encinitas) and no specific time frame seems to have been defined. You can see more details on the project on the City of Carlsbad website.
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Jeff, La Costa Towne Center sounds to be a great project for Carlsbad no? When multi use centers like these open there's always disgruntled folks but it usually helps the real estate in that area. Here in Apex NC when the Beaver Creek Commons shopping center opened I remember everyone screaming about the traffic it will cause. Instead it increased property values and life's little conveniences. Hope the same happens for your area.
Jeff
La Costa Towne Center sounds nice. How are the vacancies and saturation of commercial properties by you? It has hit a level in Wisconsin where the buildings are going to be losing lots of value because of foreclosure and over building.
Jeff we had a project similar to this proposed here a couple of years ago, but it never went anywhere, glad to see yours did.
Jeff, it's funny to read this as I live in a community that does a sort of knee jerk no way to any nearby planned development. And in our case, to the east of our neighborhood they could use a lot of new development - it's a bit funky!
Lee and Pamela - Overall I believe it is a good thing. The land there is not preserved and is able to be developed. If not this, it would be a nother large housing tract I suspect. But I understand the concerns, too. These chanegs are always difficult.
Tom - well vacancies are down adn there is a lot to lease, but we are starting to see more new building, although more on the residential end of things
George - well this has been in the master plan for La Costa for a long time, adn the review and stuesi have taken a nimber of years, with plenty of revisions.
Pat - yep we see some of that in many area, but not being in the city we likely see more development. My guess in that your area will sooner or later.
Jeff