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Sea Salt mixed-use development, 675 West Grand Avenue
675 W Grand Avenue, Grover Beach, CA
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Summary
Sea Salt is an approved four-story mixed-use building at 675 W Grand Avenue in Grover Beach, on a 0.69-acre lot between North 6th and North 7th Streets in the Central Business Open zone. The project replaces an existing commercial building, most recently occupied by a church, with 58 residential apartments, seven hotel units and 2,500 square feet of commercial retail space in two ground-floor suites. Ground-floor parking, a mid-block pedestrian paseo to West Grand Avenue and an elevator and stair tower about 2.5 feet above the normal height limit are part of the design. The property owner and applicant is the Cusack Family Trust, represented by Arris Studio Architects.
The City's 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report, published in March 2026, listed Sea Salt under planning review. On June 2, 2026 the Planning Commission considered Development Application 23-52, which included a development permit, a use permit for the hotel units, a vesting tentative subdivision map (Tract 3231), a 25 percent density bonus under State Density Bonus Law in exchange for four very low-income units, and a waiver reducing required parking from 78 spaces to 60. The City's tracker records design approval on that date, and a notice of exemption from environmental review (Class 32, infill development) was posted on CEQAnet on June 3, 2026.
The tracker, updated October 14, 2026, lists Sea Salt under building review. No building permit or construction is documented in the records reviewed.
Documented scope
- Homes
- 58 residential apartments [1]
- Affordable homes
- 4 very low-income units (25 percent density bonus) [2]
- Hotel units
- 7 [1]
- Commercial space
- 2,500 square feet in two suites [2]
- Stories
- 4 [1]
- Parking
- 60 spaces (78 otherwise required) [3]
- Site
- 0.69 acres net (1.27 acres gross) [2]
Milestones
- City's annual report lists Sea Salt under planning review. [4]
- Planning Commission hearing on Development Application 23-52; the City's tracker records design approval on this date. [2]
- Notice of exemption (Class 32, infill) posted on CEQAnet, SCH 2026060136. [3]
- City development tracker lists the project under building review. [1]
Dates are shown with the precision the source gives: a month or a year when the record has no exact day.
What changed
- The City's tracker moved Sea Salt to building review after the June 2026 approval. [1]
- Notice of exemption filed after the Planning Commission approval. [3]
What the records leave open
- The Planning Commission's vote is reported by the City's tracker as design approval on June 2, 2026 and is consistent with the notice of exemption filed the next day; the adopted resolution itself was not reviewed.
- The City's tracker also still shows Sea Salt in its planning-review section, which appears to be a leftover entry from before the approval.
- Being listed under building review does not establish that a permit has been issued or that construction has begun.
More in Grover Beach
Sources
- Current Development Projects (city development tracker), City of Grover Beach Community Development Department, October 14, 2026 (checked November 5, 2026) Online map last updated October 14, 2026.
- Planning Commission staff report: Development Application 23-52, 675 W Grand Avenue, City of Grover Beach, June 2, 2026 (checked November 5, 2026) Agenda item 3. Only the staff report portion was read; the attachments were not reviewed.
- Notice of Exemption, DA-23-00052 (675 W Grand) DP/TM/USE, SCH 2026060136, CEQAnet, Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, June 3, 2026 (checked November 5, 2026)
- 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report, City of Grover Beach Community Development Department, March 2026 (checked November 5, 2026) Table 6, Status of Major Development Projects.
Research reviewed November 3, 2026. Page content reviewed November 5, 2026. Guide last updated November 5, 2026. Research last reviewed November 3, 2026; records cover November 3, 2021 to November 3, 2026. How the guide is built, and what it does not cover.
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