A dog park, live music venue, contemporary single-family townhomes, hotel and pharmacy may be en route to Westminster, as preliminary proposals for the Westminster Mall’s redevelopment indicate that the nearly-abandoned mall will be a one-stop shop for all of those amenities and more.
Ground will break on large-scale development in Westminster within the next several years, including a complete revamp of the area, a large triangular property off the 405 Freeway at Bolsa Avenue and Edwards Street, meant to create a downtown feel for visitors and the community alike with places for thousands to live.
Four companies own parcels that make up the 100-acre mall property: Shopoff Realty, True Life Companies, Washington Prime Group and Kaiser Permanente, and so far, only two, Shopoff and True Life, have submitted draft proposals of what they’re looking to build on their chunk of land.
These early plans show how the mall will transform into a mixed-use walkable community with up to 3,000 residential units and at least 600,000 square feet of retail throughout the property. They detail how the city’s vision for new office and medical buildings, homes and park space will come to life.
In December 2022, city leaders approved rules and guidelines for everything from how tall buildings can be to how much park space has to be included, as well as how the land can be used and where traffic should be directed. Those guidelines are used to evaluate proposals from the property owners and ensure their plans are cohesive.
But it’s unclear yet when plans will be finalized and work will get underway.
The four companies don’t have a deadline to submit their draft proposals, and they could always sell their portion of land, said Westminster’s city manager, Christine Cordon. That means redevelopment on the parcel of land owned by a company that doesn’t submit a draft proposal to the city could come to a standstill, to some extent.
But Cordon said it’s not in an…
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