County Waiting on Application for Shopping Center Project

The owner of a sizeable shopping center at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Altadena Boulevard has filed plans to repair and improve the site, but county planners are still waiting on a permit application to do the work.

The project at the lot at 737 to 741 Altadena Boulevard, which currently hosts a Rite Aid, Bulgarini Gelato, and other businesses, would consist of a sealing an re-striping the parking lot, landscaping improvements, and repairing signage at the site, according to Anthony Curzi of the Los Angele County Department of Regional Planning.

The plans were filed with the county about nine months ago, Curzi said, but after receiving them, the department told the owners that they would need to file a conditional use permit before the work was done.  So far, Curzi said, he has not heard back from the owners, and he said he is uncertain when or if the work might be done.

The owners of the Rite Aid on the site have also filed for a permit to sell beer and wine, and there have been discussions of merging the two hearings into a single hearing if the applications are completed, Curzi added.

As noted by an Altadena Patch commenter, retail space at the development is being advertised at the Loopnet commerical real estate website with promises that the shopping center remodel will be complete in 2011.  The Realtor contacts listed on the site did not return calls seeking comment from Altadena Patch.

The site plan and the advertisement with depictions of the remodel can be viewed at right.

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