I’ve been thinking about the Neighborhood project again. There is something really weird about this development.
This developer wants to violate Santa Barbara’s height limit in order to construct high rises at La Cumbre Plaza, and optimize the bulk and volume of the development. No amenities, just minimal parking and tiny apartments.
The majority of the units are one bedroom. Each unit receives one parking space. These units are obviously not made for families. What family do you know of has one car? If the renter has an additional car, where is he or she going to park it? He will have to sneak it into the mall parking lot, and hope that nobody notices. When the Bride of Frankenstein, and the Son of Frankenstein arrive, (the Sears property and the mall owners property), it’s going to be a whole new ballgame, crammed, jammed insanity.