Developers want to build a second, separate five-story apartment complex right next to the one they’re building on the old Mission Bowl site.
Sunflower Development Group submitted a preliminary development plan to the city of Mission for what developers are calling phase two of the Residence on Rock Creek, better known as the Mission Bowl redevelopment project.
Developers want to build another five-story apartment complex in the empty parking lot next door to the current construction site on Martway Street.
The address is 5201 Johnson Drive, as it is the former Mission Bank’s overflow parking lot, but the parking lot itself is behind the bank on Martway Street.
Developers propose four stories of apartments on top of parking
- Phase two contemplates a five-story structure, comprising four stories of apartments, with the first “floor” being one level of parking with 98 spaces.
- The ground floor will also house a retail component in the northwest corner, according to city documents.
- The proposal is for a 96-unit apartment complex with 80% of those units being one-bedrooms or studios.
- Developers plan to use a different color brick and other design elements to make it stand out from the building next door, but also to complement the design of phase one.
Talks of phase two began after Mission OK’ed phase one
- Councilmember Lea Loudon asked if the city was aware of phase two when phase one was in the early stages.
- Assistant City Administrator Brian Scott said developers approached the city after the approval of phase one.
- At that time, Scott said the developer and the owner of the parking lot discussed doing something with the empty lot.
- City Administrator Laura Smith said developers spoke with several councilmembers about “potentially pursuing” a second phase of the project at phase one’s groundbreaking in September 2022.
What’s next:
- The Mission City Council will consider the preliminary development plan of phase two at its Aug. 16 meeting next week.
- At the same meeting, the city council will consider extending the developer’s deadline for phase one of the Mission Bowl redevelopment.
- Smith said developers plan to come back to the city for a request for public financing incentives for phase two.
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