Orange County: Projects and Developments

[CityCenter949]

Has anyone heard anything about this building in recent months? Wondering if the developer has had any luck in securing an anchor tenant for this building.

[202_Cyclist]

There are two infrastructure projects in Anaheim that are progressing along.

The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) is under construction and Clark Construction has a webcam for the project. Here is the link for the webcam: http://www.buildartic.com/photos .

One of my friends from Anaheim also told me that the city has started installing its bike-sharing stations.

[202_Cyclist]

Housing proposals are on docket for Costa Mesa City Council

By Bradley Zint
July 13, 2013
Daily Pilot

"The Costa Mesa City Council is scheduled to examine two proposed residential developments Tuesday night.

One is a 208-unit apartment complex that would replace the Rolling Homes mobile home park, 1973 Newport Blvd., and another business along Ford Road.

The nearly 3.8-acre mobile home park, which is behind the Sandpiper Motel, has about 55 homes. Approving it would require an amendment to the city's General Plan to change the site from a "general commercial" designation to high-density residential."

http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dp...,2390264.story

Here is the link to the planning document from the city of Costa Mesa: http://www.costamesaca.gov/ftp/counc...07-16/NB-2.pdf

[202_Cyclist]

My friends who live in Anaheim were nice enough to take two photos of construction for the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center.

[Wally West]

Thanks for the update! I completely forgot about that project.

[202_Cyclist]

Angels' owner has means to move team, Anaheim City Council told

"As part of the negotiations, the Angels also would extend their lease in Anaheim through 2036 — and possibly as long as 2057 — in exchange for development rights to the parking lots around the stadium. The city has long envisioned building a retail and residential hub near the venue...."

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...,1847741.story

[dragonsky]

Originally Posted by OC Register

Honda Center overhauls food, concessions
Changes include a members only restaurant, a bistro by Wolfgang Puck, Pick up Stix and a Chipotle-style burrito stand.
Published: Oct. 10, 2013 Updated: 4:55 p.m.

The largest improvement project to hit Honda Center in 20 years includes a top-to-bottom overhaul of the arena's food operations – a makeover that spans everything from new popcorn to rustic communal meals at a members-only dining club.

By bringing the food division in-house, Honda Center CEO Tim Ryan said, the arena is poised to become a world-class facility fit for hosting an NBA team – a longtime goal of Henry and Susan Samueli, who own the company that manages the arena. A key part of the $20 million expansion is the 530-seat Grand Terrace – a members-only restaurant that boasts an expansive balcony with two outdoor bars flanked by fire pits.

Grand Terrace's 1,000 members pay $400 each season to enter the premium 15,000-square-foot dining space that overlooks Katella Avenue. The menu features “Big Share” rustic dishes like smoked barbecue ribs and bourbon-glazed pork served in large aluminum pans for fans to share. Platters cost $17 to $28. Exhibition food stations include a sushi bar and pizzas made in a “wood stone” oven.

Membership is sold out with a waiting list. Fox Sports will set up a studio on the Tuscany-theme patio for pre- and postgame shows.

In the general public sections, Honda Center is adding a Wolfgang Puck restaurant, Pick Up Stix and a Chipotle-style build-your-own burrito concession stand. General seating will feature vendors selling snacks; bagged, flavored popcorn; candies; and beverages during period breaks – something never offered before.

Anaheim Chile is a new assembly-line Mexican concept that allows fans to custom-order burritos. The menu also includes quesadillas, salads, nachos and a tortilla burger. Tacos are not on the menu. Prices range from $7 to $10.

On the Terrace level near Anaheim Chile is Cantina Roja, a full bar that features cocktails, craft beers and Mexican beers.

Main Street Deli is being upgraded to include hot sandwiches, including French dip and meatball sandwiches.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/f...-fans-new.html

[202_Cyclist]

Here is a photo from last week of the Irvine Company building under construction near Fashion Island. There is also a very similar 20-story building for the PIMCO headquarters that was recently completed (I think) next to Fashion Island in Newport Beach as well.

This area has a fairly dense concentration (for Orange Co.) of jobs, hotels, and retail/restaurants. It would improve the area tremendously if there were 2-3 mid-rise or high-rise residential buildings in this immediate area, allowing people to both walk to jobs and recreational activities as well as provide a more 24-hour vibrant community.


Note-- my girlfriend took this photo, I did not use my phone while driving.

[202_Cyclist]

Here are some photos I took a few weeks ago of the Newport Bay Marina (http://newportbaymarina.com/) mixed-use development that is under construction. It is located at 2300 Newport Boulevard. The top floors should have some excellent views of Newport harbor and Orange County.

[202_Cyclist]

Here are three photos of the ARTIC intermodal station in Anaheim that my friend took while home in Orange County this past week. It looks like there is pretty rapid progress on this.

[dragonsky]

Originally Posted by OC Register

Newport breaks ground on $39 million Marina Park
BY TAYLOR HILL AND NICOLE SHINE / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Published: Feb. 10, 2014 Updated: Feb. 11, 2014 7:16 a.m.

After years of planning, deliberation and debate, the 10.4-acre, $39.5 million Marina Park project is off and running, with the Newport Beach hosting a groundbreaking ceremony at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

Once completed, the site will feature a 24,000-square-foot sailing and community center, a 23-slip marina for visiting boaters, a new Girl Scout House and revamped tennis and basketball courts.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/m...ark-beach.html

[dragonsky]

Originally Posted by OC Register

O.C. science center to nearly double in size
BY PAT BRENNAN / STAFF WRITER
Published: Jan. 29, 2014 Updated: Jan. 30, 2014 8:45 a.m.

SANTA ANA – Amid fireworks, confetti and a few jokes about “ground blasting,” the Discovery Science Center kicked off a $22.5 million expansion Wednesday that will double the center’s size.

The center, best known for its giant cube looming over the I-5 freeway, will increase exhibit space by 40,000 square feet by March 2015.

The new space will be two stories high, and will include an education wing aimed at honing science, technology, engineering and math skills among students and teachers.

A hands-on simulation of a space mission-control room, a 500-seat theater, a “healthy kitchen” exhibit with live demonstrations and a “natural resources” pavilion to encourage conservation and recycling will fill the new space.

The existing center is known for its outdoor dinosaur exhibit, the Boeing Rocket Lab inside the cube, and an “eco-challenge” reuse and recycling exhibit that will be moved and expanded into the new space.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/c...nce-space.html

[friedpez]

Hi all, I stopped by the new Irvine Company headquarters tower in Newport Beach's Fashion Island/Newport Center area and snapped a few pictures. The exterior looks mostly complete but I can imagine it's still some time away from being ready for occupancy. It's also interesting how the new building, while elegant and modern (yet bland), definitely complements its older cousins nearby.

[dragonsky]

Originally Posted by California Apparel News

SEASIDE DEVELOPMENT IN THE OC
Pacific City to Open Luxe Waterfront Center in Huntington Beach
By Andrew Asch | Thursday, February 27, 2014

There are few retail centers currently in construction across America, and the upcoming Pacific City development in Huntington Beach, Calif., is ranked among a more select class—it is one of a handful of retail centers being developed along the beach.

“The Pacific Ocean is our anchor, basically,” said Linda Berman, senior vice president of strategy and communications/executive project director for DJM Capital Partners, the Santa Barbara, Calif.–headquartered developers of Pacific City.

The upcoming project is scheduled to open in late summer 2015 and is located at 21002 Pacific Coast Highway, adjacent to The Waterfront Beach Resort. It is a few blocks away from Huntington Beach’s Main Street, which is the address for some of California’s highest-profile surf shops, including Huntington Surf & Sport and Jack’s Surfboards.

http://www.apparelnews.net/news/2014...ter-huntingto/
http://gopacificcity.com/

[dragonsky]

Originally Posted by OC Register

Anaheim Convention Center will see its seventh expansion
The City Council approves the project, which supporters say is needed to remain competitive with potential convention center expansions in Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco. The Anaheim site hosts such events as the National Association of Music Merchants trade show and the Natural Products Expo West.
BY ART MARROQUIN / STAFF WRITER
Published: March 11, 2014 Updated: March 12, 2014 1:05 p.m.

ANAHEIM – A towering 200,000-square-foot glass structure facing Katella Avenue will serve as the seventh expansion of the Anaheim Convention Center, set to open by fall 2016, under a plan approved 4-1 by the City Council on Tuesday night.

Construction of the $180 million facility is expected to begin this summer, serving as a much-needed addition to the Convention Center so that Anaheim can retain growing events like the National Association of Music Merchants trade show and the Natural Products Expo West, while also possibly attracting larger functions.

Construction trade unions, local business leaders and trade show workers urged the council to support the expansion, which will create “flexible space” that will be used for meeting rooms, ballrooms and exhibit halls, bringing the city-owned center’s rentable space to 1.8 million square feet.

Plans call for building the new convention space on the site of a parking garage, adjacent to the center’s original, futurist-style structure that opened in 1967. The lost parking spaces will be replaced with a new garage that will be sandwiched into several floors at the center of the new building.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/c...onvention.html

[dragonsky]

Originally Posted by Transworld Skateboarding

Vans and Jack’s Garage celebrated the grand opening of the Vans Off The Wall Skatepark in Huntington Beach, California this past weekend.

The Vans Off the Wall Skatepark and Jack’s Garage skate shop grand opening celebration took place this past weekend in Huntington Beach, California. The day’s festivities included an official ribbon cutting, tons of skateboarding, autograph signings from Vans pro skateboarders and the inaugural “SoCal Sole of Fame” induction ceremony honoring local legends.

The Vans Off the Wall Skatepark “SoCal Sole of Fame” ceremony took place in the afternoon as local Huntington Beach skate legends Christian Hosoi, Ed Templeton and Tosh Townend were the inaugural inductees. The three skaters each put their feet in cement and the impressions will remain there to be joined by others as a part of the skatepark to commemorate the significant contributions of local skateboarders in their community.

Designed in partnership with Vans and built by California Skateparks, the Vans Off the Wall Skatepark offers every terrain imaginable and is defined by an upper transition bowl area and a lower street plaza area tied together with Vans iconic checkerboard paving pattern weaved throughout the park.

http://skateboarding.transworld.net/...grand-opening/
http://californiaskateparks.com/2014...tintion-beach/
http://la.racked.com/archives/2014/0...skate_park.php

[202_Cyclist]

Business owners oppose 'class A' apartments
They say new residents will complain about the noise made by their shops, and their property values will decline.


Pictured is a conceptual drawing of a proposed 240-unit apartment complex at 125 E. Baker St., Costa Mesa, that would replace a 1970s-era office building. (Image courtesy of the Daily Pilot)

By Bradley Zint
April 12, 2014
Daily Pilot

"For Garry Lukas and his allies, their opinions on the matter are clear: It's a case of Costa Mesa planners "gone wild."

Much to Lukas' chagrin, a proposal for a 240-unit apartment complex is wending its way through the City Hall approval process, which means that his sheet-metal manufacturing business could have residential neighbors as soon as next year.

With so many new dwellings, Lukas and other business people near him contend, will come the inevitable traffic, decreased land values and the stomping on business owners' interests in favor of developers..."

http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dp...391,full.story

[UserName01010]

I drove past the future site of the Greatwolf Resort in Garden Grove on Harbor Blvd. and the site is fenced off with blue cover and has a Turner sign. I could see a construction equipment poking above the fence.

For those not familiar with the project, the link is below:

http://www.mcwhinney.com/properties/display/73

Website is from McWhinney.



"Located two miles from Disneyland and the Anaheim Convention Center, this resort hotel will feature over 600 rooms, a three-acre indoor and outdoor water park, 30,000 square feet of conference space and 18,000 square-feet of premier retail and dining options."

[UserName01010]

From OC Register (including above image): http://www.ocregister.com/articles/i...s-traffic.html

"Unanimously approved by the city’s planning commission Thursday, the project from Garden Communities proposes 1,600 apartments at the corner of Jamboree Road and Campus Drive near John Wayne Airport."

[UserName01010]

It looks like the Brookhurst Triangle proposed project is finally moving one step forward.

From City of Garden Grove's website: http://www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us/com...rstTriangleMap





"The 14-acre, mixed-use commercial/residential project is bound by Brookhurst Street, Garden Grove Boulevard, and Brookhurst Way. The development consists of 674 dwelling units; 65,000 square-feet of commercial space; 271,979 square-feet of open space; and 1,832 parking spaces."

"The developer, Kam Sang Company Inc., under the name of Newage Brookhurst, LLC, is requesting a subdivision of the 14 acres into a
multi-phased project. The subdivision is to implement approved land and building improvements for condominium purposes."

"After review by the Planning Commission, the developer expects to begin construction this summer."