Paso Robles approves landmark housing project — here’s when it will get 1,200 new homes
Paso Robles leaders on Thursday night approved a significant housing development that’s been in the works for decades — one that will bring more than 1,200 single-family and multi-family units to the city.
The City Council voted 5-0 in favor of Viñedo, a project that will occupy 356 acres across four land parcels in the southeast corner of the city.
The Viñedo site is bordered by Hanson Road to the east; Fontana Road, Poppy Lane and Pioneer Trail and Winding Brook roads to the west, and Meadowlark Road to the south.
Danny Brose, a Southern California developer, wants to combine South Chandler Ranch, Olsen Ranch, Centex and Our Town to build a 1,233-unit community — bigger than the 580-unit San Luis Ranch and 720-unit Avila Ranch projects planned for the San Luis Obispo area.
The land parcels are controlled by multiple owners, but Brose’s Olsen Ranch 212, LLC has the majority stake.
South Chandler and Olsen ranches have long been ripe for new housing, but, until now, no developers have been able to successfully execute their visions.
Paso Robles annexed the 826.7-acre Chandler Ranch property in 1980, and leaders agreed to split the site in two in 2017. Allegretto developer Doug Ayres proposed 350 units of workforce housing, but that project has not moved forward.
Olsen Ranch and the nearby Beechwood property became part of the city in 2004.
The first phase of the Viñedo development will probably break ground this summer at the earliest, and potentially as late as September or October, Mark Zonarich, the project planner, told The Tribune earlier this month.
New units will be ready for sale 18 to 24 months later, he said.
The development will include a mix of housing types, including apartments, townhomes, motorcourt homes and small- and large-lot single-family homes, Zonarich said.
Apartments will rent for prices within or below San Luis Obispo County workforce housing rents, he said.
Base-model townhomes could start in the low-$400,000 range, while small-lot homes will likely sell in the mid- to high-$500,000 range and large-lot homes could start in the mid-$600,000s, Zonarich said.
