A plan to replace a former restaurant on El Camino Real in Palo Alto with a six-story, 120-unit apartment building has triggered pushback from about a dozen neighbors, who say the project would loom over their three- to four-story condo complex, block sunlight and add to traffic congestion in the area.
The proposal by developer Mircea Voskerician would replace the former Su Hong Chinese restaurant at 4256 El Camino Real and requires a zoning change from commercial to planned home. The property had previously been approved for a hotel, but Voskerician is in the pre-screening stage with the city to build housing instead.
Most opponents who spoke at this week’s City Council meeting live at the adjacent Palo Alto Redwoods condominium complex. Along with privacy and sunlight concerns, they cited the building’s 80-foot height, lack of setbacks from neighboring residences and shading of nearby redwood trees…