Developers, residents face off over Gelson’s
One of three houses being built on 8th Street across from the proposed Gelson’s site. Photo Residents grilled a representative of Paragon Commercial Group, which wants to build a Gelson’s supermarket on Sepulveda Boulevard and 8th Street, at a meeting hosted by the Manhattan Beach Residents Association on Oct. 21. About 60 people attended, including Mayor Mark Burton, City Planning Manager Laurie Jester and Paragon principal Jim Dillavou, a Manhattan Beach resident. Though Dillavou identified some changes to the proposal, many attendees didn’t seem satisfied. “I haven’t heard anything that allays my concerns,” said Eileen Neill, who lives behind the site and gave a presentation outlining the concerns of some residents. The biggest changes had to do with parking. In the original plan submitted earlier this year, Paragon asked to be excused from the number of parking spaces required by the city’s code. It also didn’t include room for all employees to park onsite. Neighbors behind the site worried that employees and shoppers would crowd residential streets. Paragon appears to no longer be asking for a parking exception and will provide spaces for all employees in the onsite lot…
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