LATHROP — Lathrop is booming.
The city’s Community Development Director Rebecca Willis updated the City Council Tuesday evening on projects planned or underway.
There are several new warehouse/distribution centers planned for the city. Buzz Oates has submitted applications for three industrial warehouse buildings on two lots in the Crossroads Logistics Center. The three buildings will be 104,000 square feet, 117,000 square feet and 340,000 square feet.
“This was made possible through the various negotiations that were done with South Lathrop and the Crossroads plant decommissioning the sewer plant,” Willis said. “So a lot of good came out of that effort. That was an extraordinary effort with a lot of benefits.”
LBA Realty has submitted for re-approval of the 517,600 square foot distribution warehouse on the 299-acre site in Crossroads Commerce Center on LBA Harlan Road South.
“This is a project that was approved several years ago, but it expired,” Willis explained. “With the news of SB5, they wanted to come and get everything re-approved and have everything lined up.”
Senate Bill 5 was the levee improvement measure that incorporates flood risk considerations into urban planning.
The foundation has been laid for the I-5 Logistics center, a 750,000 square foot warehouse/distribution structure on Harlan Road. The footprint for the building is 17 acres.
The environmental impact review is underway for a new Pilot Flying J travel center and is expected to be finished next spring.
The 13,000 square foot building will include a store, restaurants, drivers’ lounge, laundry, shower and rest room facility. There will also be nine diesel fueling lanes, 12 gas lanes, 64 vehicle spaces and 116 parking spaces.
The facility on Roth Road is not within city limits now, but the city plans to annex it concurrent with construction.
The Tesla plant is up and running, and there are plans to add more machines. Willis said the company has more than 20 permits for different types of machinery in the plan.
“They are a working plant right now,” Willis said. “At the same time they’re also adding more machinery and making really efficient use of the space here.”
TEC is nearly finished with its new sales and service facility for trucks and trailers on Louise Avenue in what was the Anderson Truss building.
“They completely renovated it,” Willis said. “When you walk in, you don’t feel like you’re walking into a truck service station. You feel like you’re walking into a new truck showroom.”
Super Store Industries has received approval and will start work soon on its 18,000 square foot addition to the refrigerated warehouse on McKinley Ave.
With regard to residential construction, River Islands has 334 homes constructed so far. That community also added its second school this year.
Woodside Homes expects to complete the last six of the infill lots in Mossdale Landing by the end of the year.
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