Woodcrest Retail Center ("Veil Centre") — Draft EIR enters State Clearinghouse review
Riverside County is processing a roughly 61,020-square-foot retail and restaurant project — a Stater Bros.-anchored shopping center referred to locally as the "Woodcrest Veil Centre" — on 9.42 gross acres at Van Buren Boulevard and Washington Street. The Draft EIR was formally received by the State Clearinghouse in September 2026, advancing the project through environmental review.
“The Project includes proposed development of a retail shopping center on an approximately 9.42-acre gross (9.0-acre net) site located in the unincorporated community of Woodcrest in the northeastern portion of the Lake Mathews/Woodcrest area of Riverside County.”
Why it matters: A Stater Bros.-anchored, ~61,020-sq-ft retail center with gas station and drive-through pads moving through EIR is a future commercial rooftop and parking canopy ideally suited for commercial solar + battery to offset demand charges.












