The Brea Planning Commission recently voted 4-0 to recommend sending Dwight Manley’s major renovation proposal for Gaslight Square to the City Council.
That project for the center between Flower and Orange streets is expected to be on the council’s meeting agenda in May.
The proposal is for the red brick buildings facing Imperial Highway and Orange Street to be torn down to make room for three new buildings, a restaurant, retail or medical business, plus a drive-thru restaurant. The two dental buildings on the property will remain.
It’s round two for a drive-thru proposal at Gaslight.
There’s been concern about a drive-thru restaurant across from Laurel Elementary School, but there have been some proposed changes with this plan. First, Flower Street would become a cul de sac at Imperial Highway. And, the driveway to Gaslight Square from Flower Street would be closed off during the school’s drop-off and pick-up times.
We’ll see what changes, if any, the City Council will want.
Another major change is at 375 W. Central Ave., at the former Kalisco Salon and the strip of businesses behind it. The Phoenix Club moving there and in the strip of businesses behind it, except for the Brea Urgent Care Center.
What’s the Phoenix Club doing in Brea? Well, after 62 years in Anaheim, the popular German club and restaurant decided Brea is the place to be.
“The previous location became too expensive to maintain and the loss of revenue from the restaurant, events and rentals of the facility during the COVID restriction was the deciding factor,” said the club’s president, Linda Kriesant.
She added, “We decided on Brea because we like the city and the location offered us an opportunity to downsize and still be able to continue our traditional activities.”
Before you scream about inadequate space and parking for the Phoenix Club’s very popular Oktoberfest, don’t fret. It will be held somewhere else in town.
Presently, the club is holding its…
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