Commission Approves Final Design for New Mixed-Use Building to be Built at former Twin Palms Site in Old Pasadena

The Design Commission last week voted to approve the final design for the four-story mixed-use building proposed to be built at the former site of actor Kevin Costner’s Twin Palms Restaurant in Old Pasadena.

The Tuesday approval for the design for the 20,962-square-foot building with 4,840 square-foot commercial space at 85 W. Green Street was subject to conditions to be reviewed and approved by staff prior to issuance of a building permit.

Four commissioners, namely Timothy Sales, Christopher Hawthorne, Philip Chiao and Yolanda Sepulveda, voted in favor of the motion to approve the application for final design review for the project during the commission meeting.

Commissioners Stephen Lipira and Julianna Delgado abstained from the voting, while commissioners Srinivas Rao, Joel Noel Toro and Robert Carpenter were absent.

During the meeting, the commissioners decided to adopt the 17 conditions of approval listed in the staff report.

These include zoning compliance review during plan check, payment of the alternative replacement fee for the unpermitted tree removal in the site, modification of balconies serving unit two, as well as further study of venting locations.

The commission also decided to add another condition, which is for the project to be subject to a balcony drainage details review by staff.

The project, proposed by developer Sunshine Management Group LLC, consists of 18 residential units.

No parking is proposed on-site. However, an off-site lease agreement has been determined to satisfy the project’s parking requirement.

The project site is located at the northwest corner of West Green Street and South De Lacey Avenue, within the Old Pasadena Historic District.

According to staff, the site is non-contributing to the Old Pasadena Historic District, however it is immediately adjacent to two contributing structures that could be found at 101 and 111 West Green Street, and the surrounding context is historically and architecturally sensitive.