The Pasadena Design Commission will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to consider a proposal by the Rusnak Group luxury car dealership company to replace the current Volvo dealership in downtown Pasadena with two complexes.
One of the buildings is a three- and four-story 91,864-square-foot mixed-use building at 1999 E. Colorado Blvd. There is ground parking space. The other is a three- and four-story mixed-use building at 2025 E. Colorado Blvd., consisting of 77 residential units, 4,500 square feet of ground floor commercial space, and 77 above-ground parking spaces. increase.
Both of these projects are in the preliminary consultation stage of the city’s approval process.
The two project sites are located north of E. Colorado Blvd. and separated by N. San Marino Ave.
Plans filed with the Department of Planning and Community Development show the proposed building to be east of N. San Marino Avenue. There are currently four buildings on site: a 14,418 sq ft sales building, a 922 sq ft storage building, a 7,417 sq ft – Rusnak Volvo Dealership foot service building and a 7,267 sq ft commercial building to the east of the service building. The project will also consolidate five of his adjacent parcels into one of his project sites.
On the other side, west of North San Marino, the proposed building occupies a city block of approximately 61,593 square feet spanning between Berkeley and North San Marino Avenues, with frontage on all three streets. According to the proposal, Rusnak Volvo Diller’s car display/storage site and his two single-family homes at 36 N. Berkeley Avenue and 45 N. San Marino Ave will be demolished.
Surrounding the two project sites are various low-scale, one- and two-story commercial, retail, and service-related facilities on E. Colorado Blvd. Transitioning from E. Colorado Boulevard to the north and south of the project site are multifamily zone properties developed with one to two story single family homes and multifamily homes.
East of N. San Marino Avenue, the building has an O-shaped footprint that wraps around the site along the two-street frontage of E. Colorado Avenue. and N. San Marino Avenue – The proposed dog park faces Oak Avenue. The ground floor features two commercial spaces that stretch along most of E. Colorado Boulevard. front of the street.
The building on the west side of N. San Marino Avenue has a U-shaped footprint that wraps around the site along three street frontages and an open driveway portal along Berkeley Avenue to access ground level parking. is interrupted only by
None of the business sites has been designated as a historic site, and there are no individually designated historic sites or landmark districts in the vicinity.
Both projects are being reviewed in parallel. Although slightly different, both projects reflect similar design concepts, scope, site plans, mass/scale and importance. With both projects in the preliminary consultation process, the Department of Planning and Economic Development will present design guidelines applicable to neighborhoods classified as neighborhood commercial and multifamily districts, assess potential historic resources, etc. Describes a potential design problem in . Proposals for demolition of existing detached houses over 45 years old include:
Community members can watch deliberations via video conferencing. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82862175372 Or call (669) 900-6833 and use Webinar ID 828 6217 5372.
Public comments can be emailed to commentsDC@cityofpasadena.net.
The meeting will start at 4:30 pm
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