A proposed mixed-use project, estimated to develop some 1,300 residential units on about 25 acres, will go before the Buena Park City Council on Tuesday.

The developer proposes to transform the property at La Palma and Stanton avenues from a vacant Sears and Sears Auto Center as well as surface parking lots into a mix of 1,176 apartments and 126 town homes as well as nearly 3,000 parking spaces — bicycle and electric vehicle parking spots would also be available — and a publicly accessible 1-acre park.

Since the Sears department store shuttered, the space has been used for a farmer’s market, pumpkin patch, Christmas tree lot, Tesla vehicle storage and more, according to a staff report.

The Village at Buena Park, owned by San Diego-based real estate investor Merlone Geier Partners, which acquired the property a few years ago, would be walkable to restaurants, shopping and entertainment.It is adjacent to the Buena Park Downtown Mall and Knott’s Berry Farm and Soak City.

Construction would be expected to take part in two phases, according to a planning staff report, with the first phase to take place between this year and 2025 and the next phase from 2024 to 2027.

The apartment complex, according to the report, would consist of five- to seven-story buildings with balconies and a contemporary architecture in earth-tone colors. The town houses would rise three stories and include front patios on the ground level and balconies on the second, the report said.

A website from Merlone Geier Partners promoting the project and soliciting feedback says traffic would not increase, compared with the existing commercial use of the property.

The project will go before the City Council on Tuesday without any recommendation from the city’s Planning Commission, which split on a 2-2 vote with two commissioners recommending approval, two recommending rejection, two absent from the vote and another abstaining.

The council will consider the proposed development, a zoning change from regional commercial to general mixed use and a tentative tract map at its meeting.

Other malls are struggling to figure out how to repurpose with their shuttered Sears stores. Recently, Brea approved a five-story, 380-unit apartment complex along with new restaurants, shops and a fitness center at the Brea Mall.

The Buena Park City Council meets at 5 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 6650 Beach Blvd.