Cerritos approves plans for Tous les Jours bakery

CERRITOS — The City Council recently approved a proposal to build a one-story commercial building at the vacant parcel at 13359 South Street.

The property owner, Beachcom, LLC, has requested construction of a single-tenant structure that upon completion will be leased to CJ Foodville, which will operate the bakery Tous Les Jours. The French-Asian bakery will serve a selection of baked goods and beverages made with quality ingredients from South Korea.

CJ Foodville has locations internationally and throughout the United States, including California. The company intends to make the Cerritos location its first corporately operated "flagship" bakery restaurant.

The 3,297-square-foot building will feature Craftsman-style designs, including decorative wood bracket elements, elongated storefront windows, metal awnings, stone-covered columns and stacked stone and "wood look" plank stone veneers. The building will be painted crystal white with brown/green accents.

Landscaping will include California native plants. The property will offer 33 parking stalls.

In lieu of the Cerritos Art in Public Places artwork requirement, Beachcom has opted to pay the fee (totaling one percent of the valuation of the project) toward the Art in Public Places trust fund.

Construction is expected to commence in January and be completed by May.