Capital Improvement Project (CIP) #: CI5540 | State Clearinghouse (SCH) #: 2025090621

The proposed project involves redeveloping the Civic Arts Plaza (CAP) complex and surrounding areas to create a new pedestrian-oriented downtown, including new construction facilitating mixed-use residential, a hotel, commercial, office, and entertainment uses, partial reconstruction of the existing City Hall, development of public amenities such as a park plaza and outdoor amphitheater, as well as supporting infrastructure such as new roadways, reconfigured utilities, and stormwater management. More specifically, the proposed project would involve the construction of four new buildings, including Building E1 (a 7-story, 142-key hotel) totaling approximately 125,675 square feet of gross floor area, Building E2 (a 7-story, 161-unit mixed-use building with subterranean garage) totaling approximately 258,000 square feet of floor area, Building E3 (a 4-story, 79-unit mixed-use building with subterranean garage) totaling approximately 111,454 square feet of floor area; and Building B1 (a two-story, restaurant building), totaling approximately 6,725 square feet of gross floor area. The existing CAP structure (Building C1) would involve adaptive reuse and targeted reconstruction, including the targeted demolition of approximately 50,000 approximately square feet of existing City Hall administrative office floor area and construction of approximately 90,000 square feet of new floor area to accommodate uses such as a public market, office space, city administration and public services, a library facility, a police outpost, a new multi-purpose performance venue, artist studio and gallery space, and county clerk service space; as well as the redevelopment of a 22,400-square-foot outdoor terrace. Additionally, the proposed project would include a 2.0-acre public park with a children’s play structure, splash pad, interactive play equipment for all ages, informal stages and seating areas on low wooden decks, and flexible open space (i.e., the proposed Carpenter Park), and an approximately 1.1-acre outdoor amphitheater terraced seating area and single-story bandshell (Building B2), which would accommodate ticketed performances, public community performances, and other private and public events and gatherings. The uses proposed would be allowed the potential to serve alcohol onsite, with the appropriate state licenses.

The proposed project would be constructed in five phases, which are anticipated to commence in 2027 and be completed by 2032. The proposed project would require discretionary approvals, permits, and certifications, including, but not limited to, a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, Tentative Tract Map, Development Permit, Protected Tree Permit, and Special Use Permit. Approval of a Development/Purchase Agreement and Development Permits and/or Modifications would be requested at a future date.

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PROJECT LOCATION: The project site is generally located at 2100 East Thousand Oaks Boulevard, north of the Ventura Freeway (Highway 101), south of Thousand Oaks Boulevard, and west of Conejo School Road. The site consists of three public right-of-way segments (i.e., Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Dallas Drive, and Oakwood Drive) and encompasses the following Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs): 670-0-181-110, -090, -140; -235, -250, -260, -270, -340, -350, and -360; 670-0-182-050, -060, -190, -210, -220, -230, and 671-0-240-450, and -460. Additionally, 676-0-040-105, 676-0-180-325, and 671-0-240-410 would be utilized for off-site operational and construction-related parking. 671-0-240-485, and -475 are included in the proposed Specific Plan Amendment area but are not part of the area to be disturbed.