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Planning Commission forwards 1,050-unit 'Hive Live' project to council with 6‑1 recommendation; DA includes $4.5M in public-benefit allocations
Summary
The commission voted 6‑1 to recommend City Council certify the Final EIR and approve the Hive Live project, a three‑phase, roughly 1,050‑unit residential development at 3333 Susan Street with 105 low‑income units and a development agreement that includes staged public‑benefit payments.
The Costa Mesa Planning Commission on June 9 voted 6‑1 to recommend that City Council certify a Final Environmental Impact Report and approve entitlements for the Hive Live project, a three-phase residential development proposed at 3333 Susan Street that would total about 1,050 units and include 3,692 square feet of retail.
The project, led by Legacy Partners and presented by Tim O’Brien, would redevelop a site north of the 405 Freeway and east of Anduril into a mix of multi‑story residential buildings, paseo walkways open to the public and a public plaza fronting the retail corner. Staff said the master plan proposes a maximum height measured to elevator shafts of roughly 73–77 feet in places, phased construction and 1,756 parking spaces (roughly 1.65 spaces per unit), including 15 retail spaces.
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