The situation of two parcels owned by Safety Nationwide Properties, now the location of a housing growth proposal.
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We’ve been listening to whispers about this potential growth for months, with native residents getting telephone calls from an unidentified polling agency asking questions on a housing growth venture close to the Indianola Cutoff between Eureka and Arcata.
Properly, now we all know a bit extra. Safety Nationwide Properties, one in every of quite a few subsidiaries of sometimes-Eureka-resident Rob Arkley’s Safety Nationwide Grasp Holding Firm, LLC, issued a press launch this morning asserting plans to construct a group housing venture on land it owns east of Freeway 101.
Whereas the Indianola Cutoff space is positioned simply minutes from each Arcata and Eureka, it additionally lacks a lot in the way in which of group companies inside strolling distance — no grocery shops, purchasing districts, playgrounds, daycare facilities, and so on.
However the firm notes our county’s housing scarcity, saying the most effective use for this land is group housing “to help the realm’s basic, workforce, and pupil inhabitants wants.” And it does seem to fall inside the service boundaries of the Humboldt Neighborhood Providers District.
Reached by telephone, spokesperson Gail Rymer mentioned the corporate doesn’t but know precisely what number of items might be constructed. “We’re at these very preliminary phases,” she mentioned, “As soon as we’re in a position to do technical research and design, then we’ll have an concept of what number of [units] we will do and nonetheless hold the aesthetics we would like.”
The press launch beneath says preliminary design concepts embrace a mixture of residences and townhomes surrounded by native landscaping, trails and entry to public transportation.
Right here’s the press launch from Safety Nationwide Properties:
Eureka, Calif., Sept. 21, 2022 — In response to the housing scarcity in Humboldt County,
Safety Nationwide Properties (SNP) has taken preliminary steps to start growth of a group
housing venture on its vacant property positioned between Arcata and Eureka, east of the Indianola
Cutoff and Freeway 101. The corporate in the present day submitted to the Board of Supervisors a request
to authorize the County Planning Division employees to start the planning course of for the venture.“Humboldt County, like a lot of California, is experiencing a housing disaster,” mentioned Tim Callison,
venture supervisor at Safety Nationwide Properties. “Primarily based on our preliminary analysis, we imagine the
finest use at this location is group housing to help the realm’s basic, workforce, and
pupil inhabitants wants.”The event might be in-built compliance with the CalGreen necessities of the California
Constructing Code and help the good growth already underway within the Humboldt space.
SNP is dedicated to utilizing high-quality sustainable methods and supplies, electrical vitality and
renewable sources, and constructing with carbon-reducing transportation choices in thoughts.“As residents of Humboldt County ourselves, we’re dedicated to a growth that’s
economically sound, environmentally pleasant, and supportive of high quality group housing,”
added SNP Mission Supervisor Kenny Carswell. “The event might be designed in a manner that
respects the character of Humboldt County.”SNP is taking a look at a group housing growth with easy accessibility to Arcata and Eureka.
Primarily based on enter from current polling, in addition to discussions with group members, preliminary
design concepts embrace a mixture of unit sorts in each residences and townhomes, surrounded by
native landscaping, pedestrian trails, and entry to public transportation.The planning course of will embrace conducting intensive technical research on the property. SNP
might be offering alternatives for group enter because the venture progresses along with
group enter alternatives supplied by the County.
Safety Nationwide Properties is a industrial actual property agency with operations in downtown
Eureka.SNP focuses on remodeling properties to serve native market and housing wants.
