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Austins unveil details for Springbrook development |
Plans for the 450-acre property include 865 homes,
commercial space, parks, reconfigures roads and open spaces |
By David Sale, Newberg Graphic
reporter
E-mail David at
dsale@eaglenewspapers.com
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Engineering firm WRG Design Inc. of Portland has released an
ambitious master plan for the Austin family’s proposed Springbrook
Village development.
The documents spell out the shape development will take on the
450-acre property, located to the north and east of the A-dec Inc.
campus. The development has been under consideration since 1988.
The land within Newberg’s city limits is roughly 3,200 acres. The
Springbrook development will increase Newberg’s size by 14 percent,
or about one-seventh of its present area.
The
current plan revises initial land use figures, calling for 284 acres
of residential development; 63 acres of parks; 48 acres of
commercial, mixed-use and office space; along with an 85-room luxury
hotel, spa and restaurant on 32 acres.
“We’ve rearranged some of the interior streets, but 90 percent of
this is similar to the (conceptual) plans presented in May 2006,”
said Joe Kavale of Springbrook Properties, the assistant project
manager for the development.
The master plan, which was recently presented to the Newberg
planning department, delves into the details of the plan with maps
of zoning areas, streets, utilities and parks.
It calls for the realignment of Mountainview Drive — which will
gain a center turn lane along its whole length — into an S-curve
between Aspen Way and Springbrook Road, creating a new intersection
between Mountainview and Springbrook near Zimri Drive. A traffic
circle will be added at the intersection of Springbrook and
Crestview, the main entrance to the development.
Villa Road will be extended north, intersecting both Foothills
Drive and Aspen Way. Together with Mountainview Drive, this will
serve as the primary roads through the main residential area of
Springbrook Village.
The area around Hess Creek, between Aspen Way and Mountainview,
will be developed into 865 lots for single-family housing, with
typical lot sizes ranging from 5,500 square feet to 10,800 square
feet.
“Once we’ve constructed the infrastructure and roads, we’ll start
looking for local builders to develop the houses — we’ll be selling
unfinished lots,” Kavale said. “The builders will develop their own
designs, but we’ll have an architectural review committee look them
over. We’re hoping to pick up elements from the hotel and
(mixed-use) village”
Hess Creek Canyon and Springbrook Canyon will both be preserved as
green spaces with adjoining public parks, along with 10 existing
groves or large historic trees throughout the area. A network of
paved and unpaved pedestrian trails will circle the development,
extending from College Street to Benjamin Road.
The 32-acre hotel grounds will be located west of Zimri Drive.
Between Mountainview and Crestview, 28 acres will be developed as an
expansion of the A-dec campus.
Finally, in the wedge-shaped area between Crestview Drive,
Springbrook and Portland roads and the Western Pacific railroad
lines will be the “village” proper, approximately 220 townhouses and
condominiums, along with additional single-family lots. The existing
historic school and cannery will be restored as the centerpiece of a
public square and retail shopping area near the intersection of
Springbrook and Crestview.
“Overall, it’s very impressive — they’ve certainly put a lot of
thought into the plan and detailed how it will connect to the city,”
said Newberg City Planner Barton Brierley.
The Newberg Planning Commission will review the Springbrook Village
development in a two-part meeting, July 10 and 12. The commissioners
will hear a presentation on the project in the first session and
take public testimony in the second. Both sessions will begin at 7
p.m. in the Public Safety Building, at the intersection of Third and
South Howard streets. |
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From
June 23, 2007, Newberg Graphic
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