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Orange County Goes Urban, In A Suburban Sort Of Way

Posted by: Paul Shigley

17 August 2007 - 1:00pm

A 1,400-unit condo project in Irvine demonstrates Orange County's newfound urban qualities, as well as its reluctance to shake suburban design values, according to Bill Fulton, who recently visited the construction site.

"Lennar proudly states that the company has followed all the rules of urban development: walkability, verticality, integrated retail, a community center, and no walls"

"No walls, at least, within the project itself. In the way it relates to surrounding areas, Central Park West is still what planners used to call a 'pod' – completely walled off."

Full Story: Going Urban in Orange County
Source: California Planning & Development Report, August 14, 2007
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