What could be Manteca’s first combined mixed use commercial and apartment project may be built on the southwest corner of Davis Street and Walnut Avenue near the DMV office.
Livermore-based AGS Family Holdings has submitted plans for the project to the City of Manteca.
It is one of three new commercial projects that have had applications submitted during the past month.
The others are:
*Wood Springs Suite, a 122-room extended stay hotel on the southeast quadrant of the 120 Bypass/Airport Way interchange.
*A mixed commercial use at Pillsbury Road and Woodward Avenue in south Manteca.
All three projects represent significant milestones in terms of Manteca’s commercial development that — according to private sector real estate experts — is the result of the city reaching a tipping point in terms of synergy with a population of 90,000 residents and growing.
The Davis/Walnut project is the first in-fill mixed commercial/apartment complex project proposed in Manteca.
The combination project apparently can pencil out based on the dynamics of the Manteca market.
It is Ilkley to be office-style commercial although the zoning doesn’t preclude other retail commercial to complement the high density housing.
The Pillsbury commercial — proposed at the street’s three-way intersection with Woodward that is currently controlled by stop signs — would be the first “neighborhood” type commercial development to pop up south of the 120 Bypass.
The commercial at Louise and Cottage in Manteca west of Highway 99 is of the same genre.
Typically, small parcels set aside for mixed commercial use surrounded by residential will include entities such as a convenience store possibly with gas pumps, small restaurants, and space for services such as barber shops and hair salons.
The Wood Springs Suites will bring the number of hotels — if the 500-room Great Wollf indoor waterpark resort is counted — near the vicinity of the 120 Bypass/Airport Way interchange eventually to four.
It would be across the freeway from Staybridge Suites that is now building a four-story, 101-room hotel near Sizzler’s restaurant.
It is also an extended stay hotel.
And while business travelers, construction workers or vacationers that stay in an area for an extended time were the original target market of extended stay lodging, there is a small but growing trend of people opting for them over renting apartments
Courtyard by Marriott has received city approval to build a four-story, 117-room hotel as part of a commercial complex on the southwest corner of the interchange along Atherton Drive.
When all are built, the Airport Way/120 Bypass area will have 900 hotel rooms.
Besides boosting municipal hotel room tax revenue to support general fund services such as police and fire, landing Great Wolf was considered a coup for Manteca’s long-range strategy of pursuing economic development that e-commerce couldn’t undermine.
That’s because Great Wolf has a history of encouraging other hotels to locate nearby.
It also helps that the area has the Big League Dreams sports complex that is typically booked solid with weekend tournaments year round.
To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com
