They Love that Small Town Flavor

According to a recent article in the Pasadena Star News, a mixed use housing development has been approved for a 3-acre parcel currently occupied by Neff Instruments at Walnut and Myrtle avenues. The project is fairly close to the proposed Gold Line Station development, and is expected to include 136 residential units, 11 live/work units, and 7,800 square feet of commercial space. Apparently the developer, Carlsbad-based Barratt American Homes, has been impressed enough by the city of Monrovia's maintaining and further developing the area's small town flavor to pursue the $40 million dollor project here. The project should take about 2 years to complete.