Compiled by Chris Hannigan
The planning department is reviewing plans for a proposed Tesco supermarket at the southwest corner of Chapman Avenue and Main Street. Britain’s Tesco PLC plans to remodel a 16,000-square-foot store that used to house a Good Guys electronics store. Chino-based Bergman Co. is the developer working on the project. This opening is part of a larger push by Tesco, the world’s fourth-largest retailer. The company plans to expand to the U.S., where some 150 stores are planned in California, Arizona and Nevada. Tesco is building a 1.4 million-square-foot distribution center in Riverside. Stores are planned in Fullerton, Buena Park and Laguna Hills.
The city’s planning department also is reviewing plans submitted by Walgreen Co. to demolish a closed Drug Emporium at Chapman Avenue and Tustin Street and build a new pharmacy. In addition to the planned 15,000-square-foot pharmacy, Walgreen is seeking approval for an extra 8,000 square feet of retail space. No tenants as of yet.
Redevelopment is under way in the historic College Park area near Fullerton College. Lake Forest-based Blue Ribbon Design-Build razed a wooden house, replaced sewage lines and is building a Mission-style duplex at Lincoln and Wilshire avenues. The duplex is designed to look like a 1920s building. Each apartment is set to have a two-car garage and be about 1,000 square feet. The project is set to be done by late summer and cost about $100,000. After the project was designed, it took nearly a year to gain approvals from the city’s Design and Review Committee and Planning Commission.
The city approved a pair of pacts for electricity generated from landfill gas. The council approved both short-term and long-term purchase deals with Brea Power Partners LP for a total of 25 megawatts of landfill gas. The short-term agreement is for 5 megawatts from an existing generating facility. The second agreement is for 20 megawatts from a facility to be built by Brea Power in the next two years. The power in the two deals is enough to serve about 18,750 Anaheim homes. The pacts are part of a city effort to provide alternative sources of energy without putting Anaheim Public Utilities ratepayers at risk. State law requires sellers of electricity to increase their share of renewable energy sources. Anaheim Public Utilities developed a plan approved by the City Council in August. The utility hopes to have 20% of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of 2015.
Denver-based GolfTec Enterprises LLC is seeking Planning Commission approval for a high-tech golfing education center at 7564 Edinger Ave. GolfTec plans to lease space to sell golf gear and offer private lessons seven days a week. The building is set have an artificial putting green and three high-tech rooms with driving nets. Students wear small backpacks connected to a computer during lessons. The computer measures everything from the angle of backswing to the velocity of a drive, so instructors can make recommendations accordingly.
A 2.7-acre site off of Calle Rolando was approved for a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood of homes. The nonprofit is seeking donations to start building. Thirteen duplexes and one single-family home are planned for 27 qualified poor families. An anonymous donation of $250,000 recently was made. Another $6.5 million is needed. Fourteen of the homes will be marketed to combat disabled veterans and their families. A pilot program for Habitat of Humanity, Homes for Heroes, is the first development for the group that specifically targets veterans.
