Cannery Park

Location

Northeast corner of F Street and Covell Blvd.

Land owner

ConAgra

Developer

Lewis Planned Communities

Phone

916-363-2617 x233 (Ken Topper)

Email

<ken.topper@lewisop.com>

Websites

http://cannerypark.com Developer

http://cityofdavis.org/cannerypark City

Proposed

2007-12-20. Resubmitted 2010-09-07.

Also see:
Covell Village

Cannery Park is a proposed planned mixed-use development that would occupy the former Hunt Wesson Plant plot. Developer Lewis Planned Communities, who purchased the land in 2004, presented the project at two public meetings on June 29, 2006 and July 19, 2006 before formally submitting the proposal to the city on 2007-12-20. In March 2009, Lewis unexpectedly withdrew their proposal.

From the developer's website, the plan includes "100 acres, approximately 600 homes, 11 acres of office, parks and open space." On 2006-06-30 The Davis Enterprise reported that most homes would be priced from $350,000 to $450,000. The development would include a retail center as well as "semi-public" land for churches, nursing homes, community centers, etc. A drainage canal would line the west border and empty into a protected habitat that lines the north border. Construction would take approximately 5 to 6 years, with offices being built first and retail last.¹

Unlike Covell Village, a voter-rejected development that would have been been adjacent to Cannery Park, this project is not subject to Measure J, meaning it could be approved by the City Council without a binding vote by the public.

In a 2009-03-16 letter to the Davis City Council, Lewis Communities canceled its plans to develop housing at Cannery Park, calling it economically unfeasible. Members of the City Council discussed the reason for the withdrawal at their 2009-03-17 meeting. ² On September 7, 2010 ConAgra resubmitted the plan. ³

Sign at the entrance during Fall 2007

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