The first phase of the Village at Villa Ticino retail complex will include more that a gas station, car wash, and convenience store.

It will also include either a grocery store, a 110-room hotel, or a free-standing commercial building.

The developer of the overall 19.68-acre project on the southeast corner of Louise Avenue and Airport Way agreed to the condition when the project was approved Thursday by the Manteca Planning Commission.

The project includes

*a 110-room hotel.

*a 40,000 square-foot grocery store

*a 6,000 square-foot general retail building.

*14,899 square-foot multi-suite general commercial.

*12,000 square-foot multi-use building with a drive thru window.

*two 4,300 square-foot quick service restaurants with drive thru windows.

The proposed gas station, car wash, and convenience store on the southwest corner of the Airport Way and Louise intersection.

Planning staff added the condition so that more than the gas station/car wash/convenience store combo was built in the initial phase.

The condition was added out of concern the gas station and nothing else would be built in the retail projects for a number of years.

The project has 813 parking spaces, 301 more than required.

A representative at The Econic Company — developers of the Village at Ticino West — told the Planning Commission that the excess parking spaces were designed to provide maximum flexibility in their efforts to secure a grocery store.

Those excess parking spaces could go toward adding grocery store space.

Marketing material for the firm indicated they are looking for a grocer needing between 20,000 and 80,000 square feet.

That essentially covers all grocery users from Trader Joe’s to Winco.

And in Winco’s case — since all parts of the development except for the hotel, gas station/convenience and car wash are available for either lease or purchase — it could be a possibility.

Winco’s business model requires the chain to own their buildings.

  There will be two access points to both Airport Way and Louise Avenue.

The access points closest to the intersection are right turn in and right turn out only.

There will be left and right turns on eastbound Louise Avenue at Airport Way as well as who two thru travel lanes.

There will be traffic signals on the southernmost access point to the center for Airport that will align with an entrance to another retail development proposed for the west side of the street.

Developers also will pay for a 10-foot wide sidewalk/bike path on both sides of Louise Avenue fronting the Village at Ticino development.

Louise Avenue west of Airport Way will be widened to four lanes.

To contact Dennis Wyatt, email dwyatt@mantecabulletin.com