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Board approves three‑story parking garage addition at Pioneer Avenue shopping center
Summary
The Paradise advisory board approved a design review and waiver package that allows a new multi‑level parking garage and retail expansion at a shopping center at Pioneer Avenue and Arville Street; an architect said the project adds significant parking and maintains the center’s elevations.
The Paradise Town Advisory Board on March 25 approved a waiver of development standards and design review for a new commercial building with an attached multilevel parking garage at the Southeast corner of Pioneer Avenue and Arville Street.
Architect Yifong Liu, of Yifeng Liu and Associates, presented the project and described it as a compact footprint with three levels of parking above the ground floor to add about 91 parking spaces when combined with existing on‑site spaces. He said the building elevation is being designed to match the existing shopping center and that the project includes pedestrian walkways through the site.
A nearby business owner, Robert Hector, spoke in favor of the project and said the center’s existing parking problems make the garage beneficial. “They have terrible parking behind, and it’s just a real nightmare,” Hector said, and argued the project should be allowed to add more parking if necessary.
A board member moved to approve the application subject to preliminary staff conditions; the motion passed by voice vote.
Why it matters: The project is intended to increase available customer parking for retail tenants in a commercial area and may enable additional businesses to operate in the center without off‑site parking impacts.
Details and context: The waiver petition (WS250187) requested an increase in building height to accommodate the additional parking levels; the applicant presented floor plans, elevator and ramp circulation and integration with sidewalks. The board asked for standard preliminary staff conditions to be met before administrative sign‑off.
Next steps: The project will proceed under the planning department’s review to ensure final plans meet staff conditions and building code requirements before issuance of construction permits.
