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Irvine council approves planning principles, moves to add Crescent site to Great Park framework
Summary
The City Council voted 5-0 to adopt planning principles for the Spectrum–Great Park Opportunity Zone and to begin a property exchange that would give the city part of the 60‑acre “Crescent” parcel to spur transit‑oriented development near the Irvine Transportation Center.
The Irvine City Council on Feb. 25 unanimously approved development planning principles for the Spectrum–Great Park Opportunity Zone and moved to include the 60‑acre Crescent parcel in the Great Park Framework Plan, a preliminary step toward a property exchange with 5Point/Heritage Fields.
The action, made up of two resolutions and direction to staff, lays out a planning effort intended to encourage transit‑oriented, mixed‑use growth near the Irvine Transportation Center. The council also declared two city parcels — about 27 acres in the vicinity of the Great Park — exempt surplus land under the state Surplus Land Act to enable a possible swap with 5Point.
Why it matters: Council and staff described the area between the Great Park and the Irvine Spectrum as a rare…
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