The village site at the corner of Highway 68 and Corral de Tierra is flat and backed by a hillside.  The final village site plan works in several ways to ensure that the new buildings fit the rural setting and community character while protecting the scenic corridor. 

The Village Design

The village design is the antithesis of a strip mall. There are a number of low rise buildings tied together with open air plazas and pedestrian paths.  The building design, colors and materials mirror local historical agricultural buildings.

Below are some building elevations without landscaping.  These are provided to offer a sense of what the buildings will look like once you’re onsite. 

Elevation of Buildings 1 & 2 along Highway 68
 
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Elevation of Buildings 8, 9, 10 along Corral de Tierra Road
 
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Elevation of Building 5, the sole 2-story building backing up to rear hillside.
 
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Protecting Scenic Views

All new village buildings will be at least 100 feet away from frontage roads. There will be tall, deep and wide berms along the frontage roads that will be heavily planted with fast-growing, drought-tolerant trees, shrubs and plants.  The berms will become “green screens” that shield views of the village to drivers passing by on Highway 68 and Corral de Tierra.  The offsite views of the buildings will be further obscured by another layer of landscaping within the 12 parking islands.  Below are renderings of offsite views of the village — before and after construction.

 The view today looking at the site traveling on Highway 68 toward Salinas

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The same view 5-7 years after the project is developed on the 11-acre flat site

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The view today looking at the site traveling north on Corral de Tierra Road toward Highway 68

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The same view along Corral de Tierra 5-7 years after the project is developed.

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