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Commission reviews 7-story TOD detail plan for 300 block of West Las Colinas; staff says plan meets TOD box
Summary
Staff recommended approval of a TOD detail plan for a 7-story, mixed-use project on the 300 block of West Las Colinas that proposes 474 units, about 7,300 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space and 737 parking spaces; commissioners questioned retail size, pedestrian connections and station access.
Staff presented a Transit Oriented Development (TOD) detail plan for the 300 block of West Las Colinas (near Wells Fargo and the Toyota Music Factory). The applicant proposes a seven-story mixed-use building with roughly 474 residential units (77 units/acre), about 7,300 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 737 total parking spaces (including 728 in a parking garage). The top-plate height is listed at about 81 feet 7 inches and the plan falls within the TOD general-plan density and height boxes cited by staff.
Commissioners raised several concerns: the modest size of the commercial/retail allocation relative to the large residential count (7,300 sq ft is small for the number of residents), pedestrian access to the nearby transit line and Music Factory, and whether proposed retail would actually materialize given vacancies on surrounding retail streets. Staff said the project predates some recently adopted multifamily rules and therefore is governed by existing entitlements, and noted a rapid-flashing crosswalk beacon had recently been installed near the site's northern edge.
Discussion also covered construction type (podium/wood-frame over concrete podium), parking calculations under the TOD plan and whether building height measured to top-plate — not roofline — affects perceived scale; staff said the detailed plan complies with the TOD general plan and UDC requirements and recommended approval to forward to council for decision.
