Mixed-use project would be a first
Tuesday December 25th, 2007 - 10:19:03 am
Dan Reddell Email
Tuesday, Dec 25, 2007
Posted on Tue, Dec. 25, 2007
Biz Buzz: Mixed-use project would be a first
San Luis Obispo-based Quaglino Properties may start construction as early as next month on Sycamore Plaza, San Luis Obispo’s first mixed-use project with residences in an industrial zone at 3592 Sacramento Drive. The construction could well be a presage of more flexible zoning to come, where stores go up alongside light industry, in the midst of coffee shops, townhouses and apartments.
“This helps with the city’s mandate to produce housing,” said project developer Matt Quaglino, who is making both the residential and commercial spaces “condo-able,” so that people will have the option to buy or rent what they want. “And we feel there’s always a need for good commercial space, whether it’s someone who’s moving in the area, someone who is expanding or just relocating.”
The Quaglinos got the go-ahead for the project from the Planning Commission almost two years ago. The development, designed by San Luis Obispo architect firm, Steven D. Pults and Associates, will have two buildings. One will be entirely commercial and have a single level. The other will have three stories, with apartments on the second and third stories.
The residential flats will be about 1,300 square feet each, with one or two bedrooms, fireplaces, and washers and dryers. Total square footage for both buildings is more than 36,000 square feet, Pults said.
Since the project was approved, it has been redesigned with less-expensive construction materials to make the project more affordable, Quaglino said.
“It had a lot of masonry and concrete,” he said. “Now it’s basically stick-framed.”
Quaglino predicted the new Sacramento Drive project, estimated to cost about $5 million, will be finished within 14 months.
—Melanie Cleveland
Newest Hotline directory available
The 2007/2008 edition of the 211 SLO Hotline Human Services & Support Groups Directory is now available, featuring 500-plus listings of human agencies, programs and support groups in San Luis Obispo County.
A company can provide the services and use the directory for solutions for additional needs, said Linda McGregor, 211 SLO Hot-line’s executive director.
The $45 guide, produced by nonprofit agency 211 SLO Hotline, can be purchased on www.slohotline.org or by calling 544-6016. For 38 years, Hotline has provided free, 24-hour information and referral service, support and crisis intervention.
—Tonya Strickland
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Solarponics, an Atascadero based solar energy company, has received training to install the Skystream 3.7, a wind-powered generator designed to run quietly and to produce clean electricity even at very low wind speeds, according to owner Mike Emrich. Emrich and Mike Wiegel, the firm’s lead installer, have recently completed a three-day training course in Flagstaff, Ariz., at South West Windpower to become certified in the installation.
Emrich is a Cal Poly graduate and founded Solarponics, which has been locally owned and operated for the past 32 years.
Solarponics is located at 4700 El Camino Real.
—Tonya Strickland
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Steven Williams of Bunyon Bros. Tree Service, a commercial and residential tree care company in San Luis Obispo, recently completed the Certified
Treecare Safety Professional program offered by the Tree Care Industry Association.
The purpose of the CTSP program is to reduce work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses overall, and completion of the program demonstrates a commitment to improving the safety and well-being of tree care workers, organizers say.
—Tonya Strickland

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