Next Design Review Board meeting set for CVS at 4722 Fauntleroy

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The Southwest Design Review Board‘s calendar has been empty since its last meeting in mid-April, but now that’s changed: The second review for West Seattle’s first CVS drugstore is on the schedule, for 6:30 pm Thursday, June 25th. It’s another Early Design Guidance meeting, since board members had enough concerns and critiques to not allow it to pass that stage the first time through, back in March (WSB coverage here; official city report here). Despite the site being zoned for 8 stories, the drugstore is proposed as a single-story, one tenant building (the land also will be rented, and the project team says the height limit is part of the lease), with 49 parking spaces. The June 25th meeting, which includes public comment, will start at 6:30 pm at the Senior Center of West Seattle in The Junction.

Ron Swanson May 5, 2015 (10:54 pm)

Got to wonder what sort of game the Campagnaro family is playing with the lease restrictions. Certainly a terrible use of prime real estate.

Ray West May 6, 2015 (5:12 am)

Someone please tell CVS to go away. I want WS produce and the consignment store to stay where they are.

Mark May 6, 2015 (6:49 am)

I’d rather see a strip mall than a CVS. At least some local stores could enter the strip mall. I’ll continue to go to Bartell’s

Joe Szilagyi May 6, 2015 (8:26 am)

@WSB, has the family/business/interest that owns this land said why they’re limiting it to such a small facility when it can be suited to something… well, bigger and far more appropriate for that site? I mean, if they wanted a driver-friendly CVS, that’s trivial to do with 7 floors of residential above it…

Jason May 6, 2015 (9:12 am)

@Joe and others, I’m also disappointed in this project, and I strongly suspect that CVS required the Campagnaros to place this dubious height “restriction” on the property in order to make it easier for CVS to get through Design Review without the board telling them to present something more appropriate, as they did in the case of the Queen Anne CVS. I think CVS learned from that experience and is trying to block similar board action here in West Seattle. CVS doesn’t care about communities or livability; they just want to get their building open as soon as possible, and they can do that sooner if it’s 20 feet tall and most of the lot is asphalt. Unfortunately, and for reasons I can’t really understand, the Campagnaros seem more than happy to forego the additional income that would be generated by either selling to a better developer, or ground leasing to Velmeir for a more appropriate, higher-density mixed-use building.

You should definitely go to the next EDG meeting and voice your concerns to the board. I attended the last meeting, but refrained from making an issue out of this since it was the first meeting. If the proposal isn’t significantly better at this second meeting, I plan to speak up and would encourage you and others to do the same.

LS May 6, 2015 (12:47 pm)

Do we really need another drugstore? If I were Bartell’s, I would truely be concerned. And with Whole Foods across the street, WS Produce will also be driven out.

anonyme May 7, 2015 (8:41 am)

This is another completely unnecessary business and a horribly wasteful use of space. While we’re cramming townhouses into the backyards of cottages without restriction, how does a sprawling, single-story megastore fit into Seattle’s plan for urban density? This is no different than allowing a Wal-Mart. What West Seattle could really use is a small hospital; that would be a perfect location.

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