On Tuesday night, Aug. 11th, 150 Carlsbad residents crowded into the Carlsbad City Council meeting and expressed their opposition to the proposed development of the the La Costa Town Square Shopping Center to be built at the northeast corner of Rancho Santa Fe Road and La Costa Avenue. 30 Carlsbad residents spoke out against the project. The City Council did not make a final decision but will discuss it again at their next meeting on August 18th.
The proposed project will consist of a 284,000-square-foot shopping center, two office buildings totaling 55,000 square feet, and 64 single-family homes. A 128-unit multifamily housing complex would be on the northwest corner.
The most controversial piece of the project is a 98,000 sq. ft. two-story retail building. Some residents characterize this retail space as a “big box” and are afraid it would attract a store such as Walmart. Other Carlsbad residents opposed rezoning the northwest corner for high-density housing, saying it’s inappropriate to place 128 units on 10 acres next to a neighborhood of single-family homes. Carlsbad officials say that these multifamily units were added to meet state requirements for higher-density housing.
Stay tuned for more developments on this new Carlsbad project!