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Planning staff briefs commission on major Redlands development projects, EIR schedule for Kaiser expansion

5823059 · September 23, 2025
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City planning staff presented a status update on major projects including the Redlands Public Market conversion, Bergamot/Live Oak buildout, Liberty Lane affordable housing, an upcoming hotel and a multi‑phase Kaiser expansion; staff said an administrative draft EIR for the Kaiser project is nearing circulation.

Brian Foote, senior planner, briefed the Redlands Planning Commission on Sept. 23 about several major development projects recently completed, under construction or in permitting review across the city.

Foote described the recently completed adaptive reuse of the former packing house into the Redlands Public Market near the train depot, conversion of a former copy center into a Citibank branch, and new restaurant and retail buildings near the depot. He said the packing house rehabilitation was seismically retrofitted, includes new storefronts and exterior seating boardwalks, and retains some historic elements reintroduced into the renovation.

Foote said the Bergamot specific plan (marketed as Live Oak by Meritage Homes) is roughly 80 percent complete north of Citrus Valley High School and that the large, 12‑acre park in the neighborhood appears near…

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