Rick Engineering Company was hired to provide urban planning and project entitlement services for the Channel Islands project in Oxnard. Rick was tasked with writing and processing a Specific Plan, an amendment to the Oxnard General Plan, a Zone Change, a Development Agreement and a Tentative Subdivision Map to allow for the development of the approximately 8.86-acre site. The Channel Islands Center included one mid-rise and two high-rise buildings with 477 residential units, 400 hotel/condo hotel rooms, 51,000 SF commercial office, retail and amenities to serve and support these functions. A 200 seat theater and a two story commercial-retail box facility and parking provided by a robotic automated system, considered by the industry as the cutting-edge solution. The project also included a medium density urban mixed-use project composed of four buildings with 354 residential units and associated commercial and retail space with underground parking and an above-ground structure that serves as a railroad sound barrier for this site.
Innovations included the most contemporary water quality practices and designs, emphasis on an active and alluring public realm, and design nuances that allow the variety of uses to co-exist and flourish within an urban community setting.
KEY COMPONENTS
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Specific Plan
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Urban Design
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Mixed-Use Project
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Traffic Peer Review
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Entitlements
