Site work is underway for a 136-unit apartment complex backing up to Del Webb at Woodbridge.

The complex is being built on 5.6 acres along Lathrop Road west of Union Road.

It is just down Lathrop Road from where work has progressed on the 128-unit Woodbridge Apartments to the point they are now accepting rental applications as the complex will be ready for occupancy in the coming months.

When added to the work now underway on 214 apartments as part of the second phase of the 428-unit complex known as The Atherton east of Bass Pro Shops on Atherton Drive, plus a 12-unit complex being built in the 600 block of Stewart Street, there are currently 590 apartment units under construction in Manteca.

The 136-unit project that just broke ground on Lathrop Road is dubbed “Manteca Luxury Apartments” includes six three-story buildings with apartment units and a two-story clubhouse with outdoor swimming pool.

The design has three of those apartment buildings near the rear of the property near Del Webb homes. There are no windows on the side of the apartment buildings directly facing north where Del Webb at Woodbridge is located. There will be an 8-foot masonry sound wall at the back of the property. Two rows of parking spaces and a driveway will set the apartments away from the sound wall.

The driveway has been realigned to tie into Lathrop Road with the exit from Union Square next to Raley’s to allow the installation of traffic signals. The signals would be 560 feet west of the existing signals at Union Road and Louise Avenue and 740 feet east of the Madison Grove intersection that provides access to Del Webb.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com