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Final Developement Phase at Eagle Ridge
The Highlands and Creekside are the final phases here at Eagle Ridge. Click on the link to see how the Gilroy Dispatch reported it.
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Eagle Ridge Being started (1996)
Eagle Ridge Development in Gilroy, Calif., Fuels Hopes for New Business.(Originated from The Dispatch, Gilroy, Calif.)
Source: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Publication Date: 23-SEP-96
GILROY, Calif.--Sep. 23--The 830-unit Eagle Ridge development will force more road improvements and more fire and police services, but it also fills a need for upscale housing in the city.
And that, in turn, could prove tempting to business executives and maybe to industrial and manufacturing firms.
So says the city's economic development director and a local Realtor. They contend Eagle Ridge's uniqueness lies in its size and the expected cost of its homes.
Costs for homes in the development are estimated at between $270,000 to $600,000, with an average price of about $350,000. That's much higher than the Gilroy median home price of about $215,000.
The most expensive sites at Eagle Ridge will be the 23 estate lots, which will range in size from 10,000 square feet to several acres. They will be located closest to the mountains, to provide the best views. Sixty-one 10,000 square foot lots will be located around golf course holes and fairways. The majority of homes, 606 in all, will be built on 7,000 square foot lots with a two-story design. The clustered courtyard homes will compromise 141 units and will be the least expensive.
Designed to lure business executives, the homes are coming just when major businesses are relocating to the region. Abbott Laboratories, for example, recently relocated to Morgan Hill. Chuck Vargas, Gilroy Century 21 coowner, said Morgan Hill has a better balance of luxury homes than Gilroy.
Besides Eagle Ridge, Country Estates and The Forest are two other projects in the city that are considered upper to middle class developments, according to City Planner William Faus. Country Estates has permits for 150 of 360 homes while The Forest is proposing 20 homes.
But Eagle Ridge differs from any project in the city because of the number and size of the homes, and costs for the estate and 10,000 square foot lots.
'These homes will bring some parity and balance in the housing community,' said Vargas, who has offices in Morgan Hill and Gilroy. 'We've taken second string to Morgan Hill as far as this type of housing. We might show about four homes like Eagle Ridge In Gilroy in a week and that's it. On the other hand I have a list of hundreds of affordable homes, while in Morgan Hill I have about 10 (affordable homes).'
The Eagle Ridge project received tentative map approval from the Gilroy City Council Sept. 3 and will be located on 1,600 acres west of Santa Teresa Boulevard. Project developer Shapell Industries can now move forward with final planning documents, as long as all the property has been purchased.
Agreements for the property purchases are expected to be closed by November, said Jack Schenk, assistant vice president of Shapell. Construction is planned over eight years, beginning in 1997. The project includes an 18-hole golf course and about 1,000 acres to be donated to the city as park land.
Bill Lindsteadt, the city's economic development director, said the homes will attract executives and may also lure business to the city.
'That's one of the benefits of this project,' Lindsteadt said. 'Gilroy has some nice housing but this specific housing says something to the company CEO, hopefully luring them to live here and then bringing in their company.
'We need the industrial-manufacturing type of operation here, but first you have to have the housing to support it. These homes are really not targeted for the assembly line workers.'
Lindsteadt, who was hired in April to find ways to retain and lure business to the city, said because of the cost of Eagle Ridge homes, it is likely that people moving in will work in other areas like San Jose.
While the homeowners targeted may not be those who already live in Gilroy, both Vargas and Lindsteadt agree the project will be a definite benefit to the community in several ways, other than just housing.
'This has the impact a large outlet center would have as far as creating jobs,' said Vargas, a 15-year Gilroy resident. 'It will help us rise to the level we should be at.'
The amount of jobs the project will create and support is another major benefit, Lindsteadt said. 'The plumbers, cement workers and carpenters will all be busy. Then when they build the houses -- and we're talking houses here not your two-bedroom cottages -- you have all the things that will need work inside.'
Eagle Ridge, along with other developments, will inevitably create increased traffic, a need for more police and, eventually, a new fire station in the west or northwest quadrant of the city, city officials said. City Administrator Jay Baksa said developers are required to pay impact fees that will cover those costs, but plans for a new fire station won't get started until the year 2000.
'The developments won't all be built at once, so that gives us a chance to increase services as our community grows,' Baksa said.
The city must also provide support services such as new roads and water service to residents. The city's planning department has drafted a preliminary impact report for Eagle Ridge. Some of the findings, which anticipate impacts from other developments as well, include:
Traffic flows will increase at 13 intersections and force Santa Teresa to expand to four lanes. An annual traffic monitoring program will determine when most improvements will be implemented. The first project, set for 1998, is the expansion of Santa Teresa to a four-lane expressway from Mantelli Drive to Welburn Avenue. The rest of Santa Teresa will be expanded to four lanes by the year 2005.
Eight intersection improvements are planned for 1997, including placing traffic signals at the Santa Teresa//Thomas Road and Monterey Street//Thomas//Luchessa Avenue intersections.
The project will design and operate its own waste water treatment facility.
Gilroy's water system must be expanded to serve the project and will require construction of one or more water reservoirs on the site. Eagle Ridge will pay for the expansion.
(c) 1996, The Dispatch, Gilroy, Calif. Distributed by Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News.
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