Blueprints OKd for center near Bel Aire

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

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By KEVIN COURTNEY
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A new retail center in north Napa is taking shape.

Last week the city of Napa Planning Commission approved a center across Trancas Street from Bel Aire Plaza. It is expected to accommodate small stores, several restaurants and a bank.

Featuring designs that hearken back to 19th century barns and wineries, the project places single-story buildings at each corner of the 2.8-acre triangle bordered by Trancas, California Boulevard and California Way, opposite the main entry to Bel Aire.

Called Napa Crossing at Olivieri Corner, the development is named in tribute to Richard and Teresa Olivieri, Italian immigrants who moved to the Trancas Street site in 1944 and began vegetable farming.

Their children won a bidding contest in May, 2007, when Caltrans sold off an acre left over from the Highway 29/Trancas overpass project. The children paid $2.13 million for that site, planning to combine it with adjacent Olivieri land into a quality shopping center.

No tenants have been announced, but the center, which totals 31,000 square feet, has two locations with patios that could accommodate restaurants, said Scott Klingbeil, a city planner.

The developer, Napa Pacific Properties LLC of Sacramento, committed to building a green center that would incorporate energy-conservation features.

President Dirk Hallen said he expects the project to qualify for LEED Silver certification, a first for Napa County. As a measure of the project’s environmental seriousness, the trash enclosure will have a “live roof” planted with vegetation.

Wood walls painted with rich earth tones and a green metal roofs on the buildings will suggest two-story barns, but will only have one occupied story, officials said.

The developer will have to install a raised median along Trancas to prevent westbound vehicles from making a left turn onto California Way.

The driveway on California Boulevard nearest Trancas will be limited to right turns in and right turns out.

The development company, doing business as Trancas Pacific Properties, bought a half-acre parcel south of Kragen Auto Parts at the Caltrans auction in 2007.

No development plans have been submitted for this property, Klingbeil said.

33 comment(s)

je1466 wrote on Aug 23, 2008 7:01 AM:

" Good. No traffic issues there... "

misfit wrote on Aug 23, 2008 7:43 AM:

" Chevy's & Pasta Pomodoro! "

hawkins707 wrote on Aug 23, 2008 8:19 AM:

" It's about time we get a new bank in this town! "

amazed wrote on Aug 23, 2008 9:54 AM:

" Olive Garden? Boston Market? "

darkstar wrote on Aug 23, 2008 9:56 AM:

" Hey that would be a great location for a Longs Drug and a Starbucks. "

napathoughts wrote on Aug 23, 2008 10:01 AM:

" Another Starbucks. Awesome. "

notpc wrote on Aug 23, 2008 10:10 AM:

" Mimis cafe? "

Napa_Native wrote on Aug 23, 2008 10:15 AM:

" I smell a traffic signal "

wined0wnnapa wrote on Aug 23, 2008 10:18 AM:

" how about an old navy and an applebees? "

jwk wrote on Aug 23, 2008 10:53 AM:

" Great Iliminate another turn lane option. That area's not bad enough already?? Have the seen the Disasterous curb at Soscol and Clinton by Umpqua Bank? Nice new configuration making it nearly impossible to get to the bank without going down to a Lighted intersection where we can sit for 5 miuntes or risk a $395 ticket on a Yellow light!! But as Long as it makes the tourists at the New Marriott/Hilton and soon to be third Hotel in that area happy.. "

reason-ator wrote on Aug 23, 2008 11:54 AM:

" The only way this parcel is going to profitable is going to be to overcrowd it. In an area that is overcrowded already. But since we have "Napa Pacific Properties" from SACRAMENTO, I'm expecting too much.

But it'll be green. We are supposed to be happy. I'm sure we often will be happy. Happier than we are now when we're dealing with the traffic nightmare that exists there already. "

John Richards wrote on Aug 23, 2008 12:15 PM:

" Mimi's would be good. We already have an Applebee's, no need for a second. Other good choices: TGI Friday, Fresh Choice, Panera Bread, Red Robin. "

AO1982 wrote on Aug 23, 2008 1:21 PM:

" I really hope we get another Starbucks added to the bank, you know...just what Napa needs. 80 banks and 15 starbucks. I am so excited. Please add a Chevy's. Im tired of going to Vallejo and Fairfield. GET RID OF APPLEBEE'S!!! "

enapa wrote on Aug 23, 2008 2:12 PM:

" Why is everyone whining? If you don't like the traffic there don't drive there. There is no reason for you to be there in the first place. "

mafi wrote on Aug 23, 2008 2:12 PM:

" Lets go Outback tonight... "

chunk wrote on Aug 23, 2008 2:38 PM:

" One of the main traffic issues is with people who don't enter Bel Aire Plaza from the 4 other entrances but go right on to the light so they can wait. Makes no sense to me. "

comment wrote on Aug 23, 2008 3:27 PM:

" How about a Longs Drugs with a Starbucks inside? "

asahigo wrote on Aug 23, 2008 3:42 PM:

" Maybe this will stop the morons from turning left into Bel Aire before the traffic light. As for what to put in the lot, trees and a garden with a fountain in the middle. It would offset a larger carbon foot print that any new shopping center could, no matter how green it is. "

psychochik wrote on Aug 23, 2008 5:54 PM:

" Oh enapa how you sound so clueless. Many people have business in that area as their homes are nearby,mine being one of them and that area is already one of the worst plannedareas in the county, yes county, traffic is a mess and will get no better with the addition of a center on the other side of the street. I try my damndest to avoid that area but I still have to drive through there at least once a day because I live near there.

Perhaps a lil planning before building this is in order, this has potential to be good, but they need to look at traffic in the area and figure out a way to make it work without furthering the nightmare. "

common sense wrote on Aug 23, 2008 6:49 PM:

" We need a Fuddruckers, a Claim Jumper, and a Borders. "

enapa wrote on Aug 23, 2008 7:16 PM:

" asahigo.......

Going to have to put in just a little more than a garden and a few trees to offset the "real source of climate change" IE...volcanoes and that little thing in the sky that is about 10,000 degrees. "

elb wrote on Aug 23, 2008 7:21 PM:

" Can someone just tell me how long it is going to take to build this thing from the time they break ground?

I'm really not looking forward to what all the construction is going to do with my ability to get up and down Trancas, a-gain!

We are still suffering post traumatic stress from CalTrans' fiasco with the new overpass . Ugh! "

getoverit wrote on Aug 23, 2008 7:48 PM:

" That side of town needs a great breakfast place.

This whole town needs a club where people can go dance and have food and nightlife.

I think that is the biggest gripe of tourists and locals alike nothing to do at night.

Growth happens I am sixth generation to this valley. I could do without more chain crap food though. "

elb wrote on Aug 23, 2008 8:20 PM:

" Regarding Club life in Napa, California:

Here's my theory why clubs never last longer than three years in this town;

First of all, this town is simply not a destination club town and "just one club" isn't going to suddenly turn it into one, so this means a club would have to survive on our very own population with a few tourists and maybe some wayward out of town club-goers who probably aren't cool anyway, otherwise they wouldn't have come this way for clubbing...

Anyway, as far as the local scene, in the first year of a new club everyone spends their time "hooking up".

The second year, everyone "breaks up" and starts realizing how freaky each other are, probably regretting having ever "hooked up" in the first place.

Then in the third year, no one has guts to face each other after all their scandalous "hook-ups and break-ups" so they start hanging out elsewhere. Then, of course the club dies.

My point? A club in this town is pointless unless its owner understands that their investment opportunity is only as good as their towns ability to sustain fresh "hook-ups". "

napablogger wrote on Aug 23, 2008 10:53 PM:

" I don't think traffic is bad there at all. I was concerned there would be jams on Trancas when Whole Foods came in, but that hasnt been the case, at all.

I never sit through more than one light over there. There are cars, but there were before Whole Foods and before Trader Joe's for that matter.

It is true that it is poorly designed, what with essentially a neighborhood street through the middle of the lot. But even at that the traffic is fine.

This new shopping center won't be a problem. Hopefully it will have some good new stores that we can all enjoy. "

supernova8610 wrote on Aug 23, 2008 11:03 PM:

" I'd like a Red Robin or Fresh Choice. "

bmxdad wrote on Aug 23, 2008 11:07 PM:

" How about 2 Starbucks, a Hooters, a new Mervyns and a condo unit for Serenity Homes. "

vocal-de-local wrote on Aug 23, 2008 11:45 PM:

" elb, your comment is just too hilarious (and probably true)! "

rogers wrote on Aug 23, 2008 11:54 PM:

" darkstar can't be serious! "...great location for a Longs Drug and a Starbucks." I vote for more redundant systems - perhaps a mini Walmart or mini Target. And we could use a back up Taco Bell or McDoanlds. Another BofA also sounds nice. I know we could probably use a few more Starbucks, but, hey, let's keep our priorities straight here! "

marine1/1 wrote on Sep 2, 2008 3:23 PM:

" How about a Old Spaghetti Factory or a Cattleman's? I'm sure it will be built for tourism though. Small expensive eateries and expensive little shops. "

paranoidinthetrees wrote on Sep 2, 2008 4:16 PM:

" What this town really needs is a Weinerschnitzel. "

napan007 wrote on Sep 4, 2008 4:39 PM:

" We don't need any fat-laden chain restaurants, that's for sure. How about some quality clothing retail stores? And I also wish there was more nightlife around here... not to "hook up" like what elb experienced but to socialize with friends and get my husband to dance every once in awhile! "

cab e-girl wrote on Sep 4, 2008 4:53 PM:

" Is Starbucks considered "Green?" "

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