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| Commission welcomes business park |
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| Written by John Saiz | Patterson Irrigator | |
| Friday, 25 July 2008 | |
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The Patterson Planning Commission greeted a new business park proposal near Sperry Avenue and Baldwin Road with open arms at its Thursday meeting. The four commissioners in attendance voted unanimously to approve the plan. “I’m glad to see further job creation,” commissioner Elias Funez said. The applicants, Westside Property Management and F. & D. Schali, have proposed turning 121 acres of mostly vacant land into 34 buildings that would cater to a variety of industrial tenants. The final OK still needs to come from the Patterson City Council, which is expected to review the matter at its Aug. 19 meeting. Westridge is next to the Keystone Pacific Business Park, which houses a 675,000-square-foot distribution center for Kohl’s and an 800,000-square-foot center for Longs Drug Stores among other businesses. If the new project reaches fruition, it would provide about 1.3 million square feet of industrial space in buildings from 13,500 to 75,000 square feet apiece. “It’s nice to see some buildings that aren’t 600,000 square feet,” commissioner Pat Dooley said. Developers said they have not secured any tenants, but they expect marketing will be much easier with a city-developer agreement in hand. “This is one step forward for shovel-ready dirt,” developer Joe Hollowell said. Westridge is part of the 817-acre West Patterson Business Park Master Plan, which lays the groundwork for industrial development west of Baldwin Avenue on the north and south sides of Sperry Avenue. The master plan means much of the required environmental work for development is already completed, including traffic and air quality studies. Developers had to wait for agricultural preserve contracts to expire before moving their plans forward, said Kenny Buehner, one of the property owners.
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