River View and Brandon Park

aka "formerly Wyse HQ" -- 3469 North First Street

Status: Under Construction, late 2016

Permit: PDC07-057 and PD07-090

Events: Planning Commission 1/28/2008

Developer: Thompson-Dorfman for "Parcel 4" and the park, Irvine for the remainder

Acres: 32.6

Units: 1508, 26,000+ square feet of retail space, 5 acre park, 3 acres of private courtyards

Leasing Website: River View by Irvine

Details:

• 1/15/2014:
  • Parks Dept slides show 5.2 acre park being designed fronting the river levee. Basketball and tennis courts, a large playground, bocci courts, and open space.
  • T/D slides (start at slide 7) show 250 units on Parcel 4 will complete March 2014. Park will complete June 2014.
  • Irvine slides show 26.8 acres with 1308 units at a 87 du/acre density. Will complete March 2016.
• Update 8/20/2013 Irvine's updated site plan.
• Update 8/16/2013 from news article:
  • Irvine has bought 5 of the 6 planned blocks: 26,000 sqft retail (along 1st), 1308 units, renamed to Brandon Park, 5 stories over 3 stories of parking, no change to the park plans.
  • "a Wyse affiliate" still has the other 400-ish units
• NSJ Taskforce Update 9/19/2011:
  • 1579 RUs, up to 45,000 square feet of retail, and a 5-acre park along the river.
  • Starting construction now on Phase 1: 271 RU's, complete September 2013.
  • Park will start construction 2013, complete 4th quarter 2014. It will have a large turf area, picnic, playgrounds, tennis.
• The Wyse/WTI development is going before the planning commission for rezoning in late January. Here are some updates from the latest filed plans:
  • The exact details of each parcel are detailed here.
  • Here are three new looks at the community layout: parcel layout, details of retail space, and three elevations, where (1) is from River Oaks Parkway.
  • Also three views of the proposed exterior architecture: parcel 1, parcels 2,3,4, and parcels 5,6. Also, see the minutes from our 1/21 board meeting. Jim Foran wrote a letter that reiterates our concern with the riparian corridor language.
• The city staff's response letter.
• Previous community meeting: Tue, October 23, 2007 at the ATT Training Center 1 River Oaks Place at 6:30 pm
• The proposed site map of "Riverview" is here. The 5-acre park is along the Guadalupe River frontage, and the retail space looks to have 17,000 sqft reserved for a "market". The community meeting information shows some tall 16-story buildings (182 feet).