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Reynolds Ranch developer seeks to add hotel, senior housing

By Ross Farrow
News-Sentinel Staff Writer
Monday, August 25, 2008 3:28 PM PDT

The developers behind the Reynolds Ranch project are expanding the scope of the project's commercial component with plans for a hotel, mini storage and senior housing.

San Joaquin Valley Land Co. is building a 20.5-acre Blue Shield office southwest of Harney Lane and Highway 99 to anchor its 226-acre mixed-use development from the western Highway 99 frontage road to the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks.

The new plan still calls for 1,084 housing units, but on about 19 fewer acres. And 50 of the 77.8 acres designated for housing would be devoted to seniors, with 11.3 acres spelled out for assisted senior living.

The Lodi Planning Commission will review San Joaquin Valley Land's application for a General Plan amendment at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Due to the large amount of senior housing, San Joaquin Valley Land, headed by Dale Gillespie, has eliminated a 14-acre elementary school site.

For more of this story, see Tuesday's News-Sentinel.

Contact reporter Ross Farrow at rossf@lodinews.com.

First published: Monday, August 25, 2008

Reader Feedback

edumacation wrote on Aug 25, 2008 10:07 PM:

" To T & C: Do YOU want to place your elderly parents in a Lodi trailer park? Well, I gave four "positive" solutions to you in the other news story. You are strangely silent!

1) Buy buy buy more houses today! Haven't you heard? TODAY is the BEST time to buy?

2) Refinance that beautiful Hilborn estate and get some of that "equity" money to give yourself a gift, go buy a new car. I hear theat you can get a good deal on a new 2006, 2007 or 2008 Hummer or Mercedes - a bright shiny NEW car. Ah the fragrance of "Mercedes Leather" seats! Or you can get a HELOC from any of our small privately owned banks. Keep your money in Lodi!

3) Start writing letters to the CC to get the RDA moving along so we can keep our local developers and builders busy with hiring undocumented aliens. We need someone to buy stuff from the new WALMART SUPERCENTER.

4) Support the new Walmart Supercenter as an "anchor" for all the pawn shops, liquor stores and tattoo parlors we will need. "

T & C wrote on Aug 25, 2008 9:12 PM:

" Here we go with more "Gob" rants from edumacation, aka tc T&C, t&c, patton1 and lord knows how many other blog names. Gob, Gobs, and more Gobs! edumaction for City Council I say! "

sam wrote on Aug 25, 2008 9:07 PM:

" TandC, you crack me up. Blog on. "

Rhodie wrote on Aug 25, 2008 8:24 PM:

" If they put a golf course with the senior housing i might be able to get my parents to come up here. Then it would be much easier to get babysitters. "

edumacation wrote on Aug 25, 2008 8:21 PM:

" Moe larry the Cheese! Nyuk nyuk "

edumacation wrote on Aug 25, 2008 8:20 PM:

" It never ends with these people. I have heard rumors that some of the GOB want a Lodi theme park. What rides will we have" The "three stooges" spook house? "

TandC wrote on Aug 25, 2008 8:10 PM:

" Mini storage? Are they already changing the rules of the game there at Reynolds Ranch? The developer knows that with Hansen, Johnson and Katz on the council that anything they can sneak by the planning commission will be a done deal at council. Time to vote Mr. Johnson into retirement in November and stop the games. "

edumacation wrote on Aug 25, 2008 7:25 PM:

" To Sam: Yes, "trailer parks", but this time SENIOR trailer parks. I have listened to the buzz about "what are we going to do?". Well, first off, "not building a school" will save them millions and they won't need all those state approvals. The low end type of stick built construction or maybe just more trailer parks is what Lodi builders know. Lets look at their marketing studies. Woops! What marketing studies?

Ask Rad how Sid Dunmore from Granite Bay (nice house) conducted his. Didn't Rad work for Dunmore communities? I am a "dumb broad" and I don't know this "man talk". LOL The word on the street (the GOB marketing method), is that "IF YOU BUILD IT ---THEY WILL COME". Well, tell this to the largest developers in the country who are going bankrupt. One of the largest developers in Sacramento just BK'd. Remember the emergency I-5 "boat section" repair last month? The owner has filed BK.

Where are we going to get all these seniors? REAL and QUALITY NEW houses are being given away in some Florida Senior housing communities. Why move to Lodi? "

sam wrote on Aug 25, 2008 6:47 PM:

" Edumacation, I love your blogs. Seriously, a trailer park?

I read how the change will have no environmental impact... yeah as 20 times the cars and trucks zoom down Armstrong.. a 35 mph zone... doing 70.

Yeap, no environmental impact at all. "

edumacation wrote on Aug 25, 2008 6:39 PM:

" Yahooo! Educator" You took the words right out of my mouth. G.O.B. I knew it!! The RDA is too slow for these people. Some developers?(LOL) have already started receiving partial loan payments on byuilding projects that MUST be completed. They aren't going to build Noah's Ark, so they have to build something. Trailer park anyone? I was speculating that they were going to put in low rent apartments for the homeless, or maybe a few more trailer parks. But they beat me to the punch. Now its called "senior housing". Oh Yeah for the senior homeless shopping cart pushers. I be that AFTER they are built, they will turn them into "condos" or apartments. LOL ROFL How about "assisted living quarters" for unemployed developers and builders. "

sam wrote on Aug 25, 2008 6:06 PM:

" Whoa, I WILL take a TGIF. I love that place.

I like the senior component. However, not all us baby boomers are willing to ship our parents off. My 90 year old in laws always have a place here. Heck my father in law could mow my lawn for room and board.

Actually I am blessed with healthy, vibrant, great parents and in-laws. They are still living large and strong in their 90's. God bless them... and Mom and Dad... thanks for the great genes. "

Whoa Nellie! wrote on Aug 25, 2008 6:01 PM:

" the map is on pgs. 35-36 with written before and after. "

Whoa Nellie! wrote on Aug 25, 2008 5:50 PM:

" Less single family homes and more senior housing makes perfect sense to me. With an aging population and the boomers unwilling to have 80yrold parents move in with them assisted living facilities will be needed.

Sure a Costco would be nice, but I'm worried that we will look like Milpitas or Elk Grove in the short years to come. All we're missing is a Best Buy and a TGIF's, rofl. "

sam wrote on Aug 25, 2008 5:05 PM:

" 4AStrong Lodi, I hear a Costco is coming too.

The map looks pretty cool. "

sam wrote on Aug 25, 2008 5:04 PM:

" Zin, here it is

http://www.lodi.gov/community_development/PC%20agenda%20PDFs/August_27_2008_PCPacket.pdf "

4AStrongLodi wrote on Aug 25, 2008 5:01 PM:

" ALRIGHT! Finally this town is going to experience some positive growth. We have been dying for another hotel.

I can't believe this town claims to be a tourist destination, but yet there was no place "nice" to stay overnight, except Wine & Roses and now Hampton Inn. "

zinfandel wrote on Aug 25, 2008 4:48 PM:

" sam, I was told to go to Lodi.gov and then to planning commission. It shows the upcoming meeting. Unfortunately, I am unable to bring the map up.
Hopefully you will have better luck! "

sam wrote on Aug 25, 2008 4:44 PM:

" I was told there is an online link to view the revised map.

Anyone have that link? "

educator wrote on Aug 25, 2008 3:47 PM:

" Hmmmm...let's see how long it takes a certain blogger to mention Good Ol Boys. "

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