Village of Life issued the following on Dec. 27
Mansour proposes warehouse complex
Looking for a small space to house a business? Mansour Company’s Louis Mansour has just submitted a design review application for a new warehouse complex along Latrobe Road in El Dorado Hills.
Located at the southeast corner of Latrobe Road and Monte Verde Drive, Mansour’s Latrobe Road Research and Development Complex project encompasses five buildings totaling 6,000 square feet and an additional single 10,000-square-foot building on about 4.5 acres. Parking, drive aisle and utilities are included in the plans.
The parcel fronts Latrobe Road but has no direct access rights to Latrobe Road. Two point of access are provided: through Monte Verde Drive via an existing 25-foot private drive and south through Mansour’s storage property to Latrobe Road with a private access agreement. Single family residential and open space flank the property to the north and to the west is the El Dorado Hills Business Park. The complex will be consistent with the current Industrial/Research & Development Uses zoning code.
“It is R&D; it’s been zoned R&D,” said Mansour at December’s Area Planning Advisory Committee meeting, noting that the land had a special use permit for self-storage. “With what’s going on today, I don’t need to say it. There’s no need for any more storage in El Dorado Hills or probably El Dorado County on the whole.”
Mansour said his vision for the development is warehouse-type flex buildings, divisible from 1,000-1,500 square feet.
“Right now a lot of people are looking for those small spaces,” he said. “They have internet businesses where they just need a little warehouse to process merchandise.” He also cited “last-mile” industry as a possibility whereby companies like Amazon can send a single semi-truck to a central warehouse from which smaller vehicles will deliver goods.
One special tenant is slated for occupancy. “The only use that I’ve got going there is that we’re intending to move my wife’s party rental business into a bigger facility. That’s about it,” Mansour shared. “I’m building on spec to see what happens.”
Hoping to complete the project by fall 2021, Mansour said he’s excited to try new façade materials. “I’ve got some really unique things that we’re working with and some materials and products that I’ve been researching,” he revealed, saying he is keeping the aesthetic concept in line with the storage building. “It might not be stucco; it might not be stone … but it’s going to look like it.”
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