ABR continues 3845 State Street Lacumbra Plaza concept review, asks for story-pole plan and design revisions

The Architectural Board of Review on Nov. 10 continued concept review for a proposed two‑phase, 443‑unit rental housing project at 3845 State Street (the former Sears and auto center site at Lacumbra Plaza). After a detailed applicant presentation and extended public comment and board discussion, the board voted unanimously to continue the item indefinitely and to instruct the applicant to return with targeted design revisions and a limited story‑pole proposal for two public corners.

What the proposal includes: case planner Patsy Price summarized the application as demolition of two existing commercial structures and construction of two 4‑story residential buildings on a 14.19‑net‑acre legal lot, to be split by tentative parcel map into a 9.39‑net‑acre parcel for the new housing. The applicant describes 443 rental units (35 studios, 194 one‑bed, 191 two‑bed, 23 three‑bed), 478 vehicle parking spaces (surface, tuck‑under and structured) and 487 bicycle spaces. The submittal also proposes approximately 50,900 cubic yards of cut and 5,100 cubic yards of fill and an approximately 10,000‑square‑foot leasing/amenity building. Patsy Price noted the application is incomplete but close to a completeness determination and that, because this is a housing project, state law limits the project to five hearings once deemed…