One Paseo currently zoned for 510,000 square feet of office and retail space and no residential. Kilroy is applying for 1,454,069-square-foot of office and retail and 608 residential units. So, if you disagree with this opponent, what would you suggest?[/quote]
AN, yep, that piece sums up all the reasons why One Paseo is a bad idea, in its current form. Dave Roberts is a good guy and has stepped up to push back on the developer and voice valid concern on behalf of his constituents. I’m not sure why some other elected officials have not, but I could probably guess.
To answer your question, it’s not really up to me or anyone else in the community (nor are most of us qualified) to respond with a better development design for that property. Theoretically, the community has already outlined what we feel is appropriate for that property by implementing zoning regulations, which the developer clearly knew before he bought the land. If a developer like Kilroy wants to apply to build beyond those regulations, especially to the tune of 3x, he needs to be able to justify why. And if he’s turned down, then he can redesign and if he’s still outside current zoning regulations, it’s incumbent on him to again explain the impacts to the community and city officials to find out what’s acceptable.
I would have no way of knowing, for example, what the traffic impacts would be if the design contained 300 housing units instead of the current 600+. Maybe that would be okay, but since 300 housing units are still outside of current zoning regs, it would be up to Kilroy to do the traffic study, explain the impact and make a case for it, and then the community would respond, not the other way around.
