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UDRB approves Liberty Square phase 5 — 408 units across four buildings with pedestrian and sustainability conditions
Summary
The board approved Phase 5 of the Liberty Square redevelopment (four buildings totaling 408 units and about 6,000 sf commercial) and required a mid‑block pedestrian crossing and increased permeable surfacing and planting maturity for the interior courtyard/parking.
The Urban Development Review Board approved the entitlement for Liberty Square Phase 5 (PZ2418040), a multi‑building component of the larger Liberty Square master plan that will deliver approximately 408 dwelling units across four buildings (two seven‑story buildings and two three‑story garden‑style buildings) and about 6,000 square feet of commercial space, subject to three site and public‑realm conditions.
Related Urban Development Group and Modus Architects presented the phase as the higher‑density portion of the larger Liberty Square redevelopment along NW 60 Second Street. The design positions two seven‑story buildings on the primary street frontage and two three‑story garden buildings set back to create mid‑block green space. The presentation emphasized pedestrian connectivity — a narrowed pedestrian passage through the block that ties to amenity space and a visual axis to Phase 4 — and internalized parking with landscape buffers.
Board members supported the plan’s internal pedestrian connections and the strategy to move parking away from the public faces of the project. Commissioners proposed additional public‑realm measures to strengthen block‑to‑block walkability and reduce the visual dominance of the interior parking area.
The board approved the phase with three specific recommended/required items for the record and staff follow‑up: (1) add a mid‑block pedestrian crosswalk on 60 Second Street aligned with the Paseo/connection to Phase 4 to improve pedestrian safety and wayfinding, (2) increase permeable surfacing/landscape treatment in the interior surface parking (and adjacent ground‑level hardscape) to soften the asphalt area and improve stormwater permeability, and (3) emphasize mature, canopy trees at the pedestrian level (applicant had already agreed to replace palm trees in other Liberty Square items). The motion passed on roll call (Labrada, Perez, Lewis, Barrera, Sabatini recorded "yes").
Staff will confirm design and landscape details in the revised record and during subsequent plan review.
