Orange County's Largest Urban Infill Project

Tustin Legacy is the largest reuse of obsolete space and will include townhomes, detached homes and paired homes.

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June 3, 2003, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech


When the Navy announced the closure of the Tustin Marine base in 1993, local officials immediately saw the possibilities in the 1,600-acre windfall — new homes, parks, shopping malls and tax revenues.After 10 years, three lawsuits and countless hours of lobbying nearly every level of government, those possibilities will began taking shape with a groundbreaking for the first 376 homes to be built on the former base.

Thanks to Jack Skelley

Wednesday, May 28, 2003 in The Los Angeles Times

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