Bundy Village and Medical Complex Project Maybe a 'NO GO"

A controversial development project on the outskirts of Santa Monica at Bundy Drive is further away than ever after the bankrupt developer removed the project from the Los Angeles City Council calendar in recent weeks.

According to a press release by L.A. Councilmember Bill Rosendahl's office, the developer of the proposed Bundy Village & Medical Complex, Michael Lombardi, sent a letter to the council on June 23 noting his intention to remove the project from the calendar of the Planning and Land Use Management committee indefinitely.

The proposed project raised alarm in Santa Monica, residents concerned that the complex would draw too much traffic to an intersection — Bundy Drive and Olympic Boulevard — that is already overwhelmed during rush hour.

The shift in momentum of the project from stalled to sliding backward came after a mailer was sent out to thousands of residents saying that the dormant project could be automatically approved unless the City Council took action.

Although it is technically true that the project could have found itself approved if the government had not acted within a certain time frame, it would not have benefited the developer, who is still languishing under bankruptcy protection while it gets a new development and financing plan underway, to do so.

Officials and neighborhood groups from Santa Monica have long-opposed the project in West L.A., citing a study conducted by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation that showed the development would create 20,000 additional trips in the already-gridlocked area.

In another letter responding to the proposed development, local neighborhood group the Friends of Sunset Park expressed its disapproval of the 1.3 million square foot proposal.

The group's board continued, saying that the traffic impacts would be too great, and that the town did not need another hospital.

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Source: Santa Monica Daily Press