When we last checked in on Umbria Place Lofts at 4889 Umbria St., the main takeaway was pretty obvious: this thing was big. With 384 apartments, 380 parking spaces, and a sizable new building wrapped around a handful of older industrial structures near Ivy Ridge Station, the project was never going to go unnoticed.

Since then, the proposal has come back with some changes that actually feel worth noting. The updated version adds more brick, tones down some of the harsher facade treatment, moves the garage entrance from Parker Street to Smick Street, and adds more planting along Parker. Those are not massive changes on paper, but together they make the project feel more settled into the site and a little less abrupt at street level. The added brick helps warm up the exterior, while the extra landscaping should go a long way in softening the edges of a development this large.

The numbers got trimmed too. The original plan called for 384 units, while the latest version lists 364 apartments and the same 380 parking spaces, which is still a notable amount of parking for a site sitting right across from Ivy Ridge Station. Even so, the reduced unit count suggests the team was willing to adjust the scale at least somewhat in response to feedback. The proposal also keeps about 42,978 square feet of the existing industrial buildings, which helps preserve some of the site’s character instead of starting entirely from scratch. That piece feels especially important here, where the older structures help give this stretch of Umbria Street some of its identity.

The biggest actual update is that the project has now completed Civic Design Review. That does not mean construction equipment is pulling up tomorrow, but it does mean this one has moved beyond the rendering stage and is still very much in play. It is still a large, parking-heavy proposal, but the latest version feels more refined than the one we saw before.