10300 Willard Way

Summary

10300 Willard Way is the primary parcel (~8.73 acres, tax map 57-2-20-004-D) of the Courthouse Plaza Shopping Center, a Safeway-anchored commercial development originally approved in 1978, located in the Old Town Transition Overlay District and bounded by University Drive to the west and Blenheim Boulevard to the east. Combined Courthouse, LLC has pursued mixed-use redevelopment of the site through multiple application cycles. An initial work session was held on September 24, 2024, followed by a second on February 25, 2025, during which the applicant's third submission was under staff review and nine special exceptions were being sought. After a public hearing on July 22, 2025 — at which the proposal called for 315 multifamily units and approximately 12,000 sq ft of ground-floor retail — Council deferred action 5-1 to October 28, 2025. At that October 28 meeting, all requests were denied: the motion to approve nine special exceptions failed 2-4, motions to deny the special exceptions and to deny the Certificate of Appropriateness each passed 4-2, on the grounds that the proposal was inconsistent with the zoning ordinance, comprehensive plan, and city design guidelines. Following those denials, a new pre-application process began; a pre-application briefing was presented to Council on February 24, 2026, describing a revised two-phase redevelopment concept encompassing both 10300 Willard Way and adjacent 3922 Blenheim Boulevard, including a 6-story mixed-use building in Phase 1. By June 22, 2026, the applicant had formally submitted a new land use application (with one resubmission already filed), and a Planning Commission work session was held on that date to discuss a rezoning request from CR/CG with proffers to PDM Planned Development Mixed Use with Transition Overlay District commitments.

Open questions & options on the table

• Outcome of the June 22, 2026 Planning Commission work session has not been recorded — no minutes or actions are available.
• Full details of the revised two-phase redevelopment proposal (Phase 2 scope, total unit count, retail square footage, commitments) have not been recorded in the available material.
• The rezoning request from CR/CG to PDM with Transition Overlay District commitments has not been acted upon; further Planning Commission and Council review is pending.
• Three special exceptions that staff noted in February 2025 had not yet been formally requested — the status of those in the new application cycle is not recorded.
• No date certain for Council consideration of the new application has been established in the available record.

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What members have said

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