Escondido planning commission backs 70-unit West Valley Parkway condominium project, 7-0

The Escondido Planning Commission voted 7-0 Tuesday to approve Resolution 2025-09 and recommend the City Council approve a proposed 70-unit, three-story condominium development at the southwest corner of West Valley Parkway and Quince Street.

Ivan Flores, principal planner, told commissioners the project application from KB Homes includes a plan development permit, a tentative subdivision map to create airspace condominiums, and a design-review permit required by the downtown specific plan. Flores said the site is currently occupied by a roughly 60,000-square-foot office building that would be removed for the development and that both parcels are listed in the city's suitable sites inventory used to meet regional housing targets.

Flores said staff concluded the project is categorically exempt from further environmental review under CEQA section 15332 (infill development) and recommended adoption of Resolution 2025-09 subject to the resolution's conditions. The staff report described the property as being in the downtown specific plan's Gateway Transit Land Use District and noted the project is conditioned to participate in the downtown density credit pool so any…