Covina City Council Approves Covina Bowl Redevelopment
William Hezmalhalch Architects
Last month, the Covina City Council approved a redevelopment proposal for a 12,000 square foot (SF) adaptively reused building that would provide retail, office, and commercial uses, and a 132-unit multi-family residential development.
The proposals would be part of the Covina Bowl Specific Plan Project. The Project site is 7.5 acres and consists of five parcels that would be rezoned into four planning areas.
Trumark Homes, the project applicant, proposes to adaptively reuse a portion of the Covina Bowl Building, a former bowling alley, to create 12,000 SF of commercial/retail/office uses in Planning Area 1. 16 three-story buildings containing 132 multi-family residential units would be located in Planning Area 2. The existing 31-unit residential apartment complex, detached single-story restaurant, and small office building would remain on the project site in Planning Area 3 for now, but may be removed in the future to make way for more development. Planning Area 4 would consist of the development of a range of residential, retail and commercial uses.
William Hezmalhalch Architects
Under the new Specific Plan, Planning Area 1 would be designated Commercial/Office, Planning Area 2 would be designated Residential, and Planning Areas 3 and 4 would be designated Mixed Use.
The Covina Bowl Building, which was built in 1955 with Googie style architecture, has a number of defining features that William Hezmalhalch Architects would retain, preserve, and/or restore for the adaptive reuse. These features include the Pyramid building entry, a folded plate entrance canopy, a 60-foot high reverse triangular neon sign, Bouquet Canyon Rock Walls, and a Mayan-themed concrete block curbed wall located behind the Pyramid entry.
The 132 residential units would be condominiums ranging from one to four bedrooms. The residential portion would also be designed in the Googie style. It would feature folded plate overhangs in entryways, common open space designs such as lighted lawn bowling amenities, cantilevered overhead trellis, paseo entry features, and a bowling ball inspired mosaic sphere at entry.
William Hezmalhalch Architects
Each residential unit would include 125 to 150 SF of private open space. The project would include 5,026 SF of common open space including a recreational area, a playground, a fitness park, an outdoor BBQ area, and a 3,334 SF lawn bowl area inspired by the historical use and architecture of the Covina Bowl Building.
The project site would contain a total of 357 parking spaces, including 250 residential spaces, 38 onsite guest parking spaces, and 37 shared street parking spaces.
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