The June 24 meeting of Citizen Participation Organization (CPO) 4K (King City) focused on a new development starting soon in the Kingston Terrace Town Center, located at the intersection of Roy Rogers and Beef Bend roads.
Pam Verdadero, vice president of acquisitions and entitlements for New Home Co., made a presentation about the company’s plans to develop housing in part of the Town Center area that will occur in two phases.
The Kingston Terrace Town Center spans 134.5 acres and when fully built out will house King City’s civic center including a City Hall and library, along with a diverse array of residential and commercial spaces.
The Town Center plans include 151 traditional single-detached homes, 358 rear-loaded single-detached homes, 80 cottage-style single-detached homes on small lots, 197 row-homes, and 544 multi-dwelling units distributed across four residential-only buildings and eight mixed-use buildings. These mixed-use structures will also offer 33,912 square feet of ground-floor commercial space suitable for retail and office purposes. Additionally, the project will feature over 28 acres of public parks and open spaces.
“We don’t just build homes – we build communities,” said Verdadero during a PowerPoint presentation showing various aspects of the company’s development plans.
According to Verdadero, New Home plans to build 1,186 homes of different types in the two phases of their development, sited around Al’s Garden & Home, which opened in 2005 and occupies 10.5 acres with an entrance off Roy Rogers Road.
“The King City Town Center will connect with River Terrace (in Tigard),” Verdadero said. “There will be almost 34,000 square feet of retail/commercial space. There will be a 1-acre park block next to the public plaza that may include a soccer field, a splash pad, a basketball court, a playground, open lawn and pickleball courts. This will be a walkable community with wider sidewalks.”
She noted that improvements will be made to Beef Bend Road, but only on the east side, and she added, “We hope to start grading in late summer.”
Some of the people attending the meeting are part of a new group called Unite King City, which seeks to bring the entire city together after the divisive recall election that removed four city councilors. Some of them met with Mayor Shawna Thompson in April to discuss how the city’s Transportation System Plan can be revised to create a street system in Kingston Terrace that doesn’t divide communities or cause environmental damage.
The group’s website states: “The successful recall election sent a strong message. The city councilors who were not recalled and the newly appointed councilors have all expressed a desire for deeper community engagement. It is important that we all continue to make our voices heard.”
King City residents are encouraged to visit the group’s website at unitekingcity.com or contact them at email@unitekingcity.com.
