If
approved, shopping center would be redeveloped
as a mixed-use complex
San Rafael, CA -- A
nonprofit developer has filed plans for a mixed-use complex at the Marinwood
Plaza shopping center in northern unincorporated San Rafael, and the
application is being reviewed by the Planning Division of the Marin County Community Development Agency.
BRIDGE Housing Corporation of San Francisco applied for the development at
the corner of Miller Creek Road
and Marinwood Avenue ,
just west of Highway 101. It would include a mix of commercial and residential
buildings spread over about five acres.
Once BRIDGE has provided
complete details and planners have reviewed the full application, the project
will undergo environmental review, said Planning Manager Jeremy Tejirian. After
environmental review, the project would advance before the Marin County
Planning Commission and Marin County Board of Supervisors for public hearings.
The planning process could take a year or more before a decision on the project
is made by the Board of Supervisors. A complete set of project plans is
available on the County website at www.marincounty.org/marinwood.
“The community has been
speculating about the specifics of the BRIDGE proposal for quite a while,” said
District 1 County Supervisor Susan Adams, a neighbor of the plaza. “Now
finally, we can all evaluate the issues of concern and the merits of this
project.”
BRIDGE’s plans include a
request for a master plan, a precise development plan, a lot line adjustment, a
lot merger and a right-of-way abandonment. Plans call for the relocation of an
existing liquor store, but the Marinwood Market would remain in place.
The existing shopping center
consists of four parcels that would be reduced to three under BRIDGE’s
proposal. The middle portion of the property includes the Marinwood Market,
which occupies approximately 15,000 square feet of space, and an additional
18,000 square feet of commercial structure that would be demolished. Marinwood
Market would remain at the plaza under the new plans.
The northern portion of the
property would include three new buildings, two of which would be one-story
commercial buildings and one of which would be a three-story mixed-use
building. Ten market-rate apartments would be in the upper stories of the
mixed-use building. The commercial space may be used for a retail shop, a
restaurant or another business. Some additional improvements would be made to
the middle portion of the property near Marinwood Market. The southern portion
of the property would include 72 units of affordable housing within three
three-story residential buildings.
BRIDGE Housing Corporation is
listed as the project sponsor and nonprofit developer, and Marinwood Plaza LLC
is listed as the land owner. BRIDGE was formed in 1983 when a major anonymous
grant was given to the San Francisco Foundation to spearhead new solutions to
the worsening shortage of affordable housing. BRIDGE would be purchasing the north
and south portions of the property, and Marinwood Plaza LLC would retain
ownership of the middle portion and the Marinwood Market.
Comments on the project may be
submitted directly to the Planning Division throughout the process. Interested
parties may subscribe to be notified of project updates via email on the County
website at www.marincounty.org/marinwood.
For additional information,
contact:
Jeremy Tejirian
Planning Manager, Marin County
Community Development Agency
415 473-3798 T
CRS Dial 711
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