Plans for a new mixed-use building at 240 Pacific Ave., wrapping around the Old Ship Saloon, are moving along now that the Planning Department has issued a document on the project for public review.

The Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration, a 152-page report outlining details of the project, renderings and environmental review, is  now online for perusal. It gives specifics of the market-rate condo and commercial development, which will be seven stories high (84 feet, plus another 12 for mechanical equipment).

The building will have a lobby entrance on Battery Street, just north of the saloon. Entrances to residential parking spaces and commercial spaces will be on Pacific Avenue, on a site that now holds the shuttered Globe restaurant and a parking lot. (For a two-page overview, see the Notice of Availability of and Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration.)

240 Pacific Ave.

The next step is for a 20-day period of public comment, starting from Oct. 21st; after that, the Planning Commission will host a public hearing on Dec. 3rd. Amelia Staveley of Grosvenor Americas, the developer, told us slight changes have been made since the renderings were submitted. They sent us the most recent ones, which show no Juliet balconies or slots in the facade. (Handel Architects is designing the buildings.)

A previous rendering showing balconies and slots. 

"We’ve removed the balconies because we think it creates a cleaner, more elegant facade," Staveley said. "We’ve changed the facade a bit on the ground floor to increase the proportion of masonry and decrease the proportion of glass," she added. "We felt that it was more appropriate for the context of the neighborhood."

Current rendering of Battery Street entrance. 

Previous rendering of Battery Street entrance. 

Other than that, the project is the same as we've previously reported: It'll include 33 units, with 36 stacked parking spaces, 54 bike parking spaces and two ground-floor retail storefronts totaling 2,009 square feet, including one of about 1,600 square feet and one of 400 feet. "The neighborhood is generally positive" about the project, Staveley said. There is no definite date for construction to start.

For questions on the 240 Pacific Ave. project, email Steve O’Connell at Steve.Oconnell {at} grosvenor {dot} com or Amelia Staveley, Amelia.Staveley {at} grosvenor {dot} com.