Iron Lofts Mixed-Use Residential Development
Summary
SCH Number
2026040916
Lead Agency
City of Riverside
Document Title
Iron Lofts Mixed-Use Residential Development
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
General Plan Business Park (B/OP); Zoning: BMP-SP
Document Description
PLANNING CASE PR-2023-001469 (GPA, RZ, SPA, TM, PPE, COA ) - Proposal by Darrin Olson of Iron Lofts, LLC to consider the following entitlements to facilitate the construction of a Mixed Use development consisting of 291 residential dwelling units and 9 live/work units: 1) General Plan Amendment to amend the General Plan Land Use designation from B/OP – Business/Office Park to MU-U -Mixed Use – Urban, 2) A Zoning Code Amendment to rezone the property from BMP-SP – Business and Manufacturing Park and Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace) Overlay Zones and BMP-SP-CR – Business and Manufacturing Park, Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace), and Cultural Resources Overlay Zones to MU-U-SP – Mixed Use-Urban and Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace) Overlay Zones and MU-U-SP-CR – Mixed Use-Urban and Specific Plan (Riverside Marketplace), and Cultural Resources Overlay Zones (Structure of Merit and Seventh Street East Historic District); 3) A Specific Plan Amendment to amend the Riverside Marketplace Specific Plan to expand the Mixed Use Marketplace Sub Area to include the subject properties; 4) a Tentative Tract (TM-38624) Map to combine 12 parcels into one parcel, dedicate right-of-way, vacate an alley, and vacate a portion of 6th Street; 5) A Site Plan Review for the proposed Mixed Use development; and 6) A Certificate of Appropriateness for infill development within a historic district and the integration of a Structure of Merit into the overall development. The Planning Division of the Community & Economic Development Department recommends that the Planning Commission determine the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP).
Contact Information
Name
Christine Saunders
Agency Name
Christine Saunders & Associates, LLC
Job Title
President
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Name
Judy Eguez
Agency Name
City of Riverside
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Darrin Olson
Agency Name
Iron Lofts, LLC
Job Title
Principal
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Riverside
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
5th Street and Mission Inn Avenue
Zip
92507
Total Acres
7.03
Jobs
20
Parcel #
211-071-001, -002, 004, -005, -023, -024 211-072-001, -002, -004, -020, -021, -022
State Highways
SR-91
Railways
BNSF
Airports
None
Schools
Longfellow Elementary
Waterways
None
Township
2 S
Range
5 W
Section
24
Base
SBB
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Development Types
Residential (Units 300, Acres 7.03)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Site Plan, Rezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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