OC developer proposes 42-unit condo complex in Whittier

Mission Pacific Land eyes townhome-style units on former Marie Callender’s site

9829 La Serna Drive (Hermann Design Group and WHA)
9829 La Serna Drive (Hermann Design Group and WHA)

A developer has proposed replacing a shuttered Marie Callender’s restaurant in Whittier with 42 townhomes.

Newport Beach-based Mission Pacific Land Company is seeking to redevelop a corner lot at 9829 La Serna Drive with 42 townhome-style condos, Urbanize Los Angeles reported, based on a city environmental report.

Plans call for a mix of two- and three-bedroom homes with two-car garages. Construction is expected to begin next year.

The La Serna Townhomes project is designed by William Hezmalhalch Architects, based in Newport Beach. It will include a series of six, three-story Mediterranean-style buildings flanked by trees.

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Hermann Design Group, based in Palm Desert, is the landscape architect for the project, designing its central recreation area and dog park.

The project site is a few miles east of the Whittier Greenway, where Downey-based Florence Homes is planning a similar residential development on Greenleaf Avenue, according to Urbanize.

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