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Mixed Use Project on Reseda Blvd to Jumpstart New Development South of Parthenia Street



The mixed use project at 8350 Reseda Blvd, the site of the old Cadillac dealership, is in its final planning stages.  At nearly three and a half acres, the project will see the aging car dealership and its outbuildings be replaced by commercial retail, rental units and small lot subdivision town homes.  

The project will include 10, 300 square ft. of retail, 61 town homes and 79 rental units.  The town homes are comprised of one and two bedroom plans, some units with loft spaces as well.  The rental space is a mix of two bedrooms and 2.5 baths units, as well as three bedroom and three bath plans.  The retail element, fronting Reseda Blvd, is designed with a series of open plaza spaces, intended for outdoor dining. 

The ultimate design of the project was of particular interest to Council District 12 and to the Northridge Vision 2025 group. It was important that a project of this scale be a positive addition to the street, by not overwhelming the block and by providing much needed higher end shopping and eating amenities for the neighborhood.  Councilman Englander and council office staff had a strong desire for the project to have a more direct and organic relationship to Reseda Blvd.  Because of that concern, the retail and rental element of the project was added specifically at the request of the Councilman Englander.  The original plan was to have had only the town homes, and by right planning would have allowed many more of town homes than is presently planned.  The current project has increased open space in the form of greenery and patio space, as well as the first floor, Reseda facing, retail amenities.

The Northridge Vision 2025 group has supported the project in the main, while working to reduce some of the local stakeholder’s concerns about increased traffic on Reseda and at the corner of Reseda and Chase St.  The town home project faces the rear of the property onto Canby Avenue, and here the discussion has been about maximizing the landscape and shade canopy to make the town homes less intrusive, as they will sit across from single story, single family homes. 

These and other issues have been discussed with the developers in a series of venues, including CD 12, the Northridge South Neighborhood Council, and Northridge Vision 2025. The project will have had an initial planning hearing by the time that this article goes to print.  That hearing will include a number of challenges that have been brought by local stakeholders on these same points.  Please see later blog postings for more details on this project and the outcome of any planning hearings.
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