ANAHEIM – Plans to significantly scale down a long-delayed project known as A-Town – the largest piece of development in Anaheim’s Platinum Triangle residential and commercial area near Angel Stadium – will get the City Council’s attention on Tuesday.
When approved in 2005, the 43-acre project by Lennar Corp. had initially boasted 11 high rises soaring up to 35 stories – an urban village of 2,681 homes and 150,000 square feet of office and retail space.
The City Council will consider a revised proposal with some 1,400 to 1,746 condominiums and apartments.
Lennar submitted the new plans in 2013 that also call for downsizing the project to 50,000 square feet of commercial space within a series of buildings ranging from three to seven stories tall. Construction would be over the next decade.
Two parks are also planned at the southwest corner of State College Boulevard and Katella Avenue.
If approved, the revised project would have eight residential areas that vary in style and density, while a network of sidewalks would connect the homes to parks and retailers such as a grocery store, a pharmacy and a coffee shop.
Anaheim’s Planning Commission approved the revised plan last month, when executives from Lennar said the demand for high-rise residential towers didn’t match current home prices and rents.
The council will likely make a decision after a public hearing set for 5 p.m. Tuesday inside council chambers at City Hall, 200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
The original A-Town project was put on hold in 2008 amid a housing slump during the national recession, prompting the City Council to extend development deadlines and waive penalty fees for several projects within the 820-acre Platinum Triangle master plan area. With the economy building back, developers are refocusing efforts, including in Anaheim.
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