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Commission recommends Bridge Street concept plan to City Council, but neighbors and commissioners urge rigorous traffic, pedestrian and scale safeguards
Summary
The Commission recommended approval to City Council of a concept plan for a 4.5‑acre mixed‑use development at the US‑161/Riverside roundabout — a hotel (Marriott Autograph), ~26 condo units, an office building and event space — while flagging unresolved issues about height/scale, traffic, pedestrian crossings at the roundabout and activation of the Riverside frontage; staff attached seven conditions.
A multi‑year concept returned to the Commission on a 4.5‑acre parcel at the US‑161/Riverside roundabout that the applicant proposes to develop as a mixed‑use gateway: an Autograph (Marriott) hotel with about 130 rooms, roughly 26 residential condominium units (upper floors), a four‑story office building (~90,000 sf) and banquet/event space, with structured parking buried into the slope (applicant described about 500 parking spaces across three levels using the site’s grade). The applicant team described deliberate massing moves — bending the hotel and placing towers near the roundabout — intended to limit impacts to the lower‑lying neighborhoods to the south.
Staff framed the concept plan evaluation within the Bridge Street District special area plan and the recent community plan update, noting that the district usually contemplates 3–6 stories but allows…
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