The Irvine Company plans to begin construction this summer on a 204-room hotel and 128 villas at its Pelican Hill at Newport Coast resort, the company said Thursday.
The development is set to include a five-star hotel, 128 villas that will be sold, a new golf clubhouse, restaurants, a spa, meeting rooms and shops.
The clubhouse and villas are expected to open in late 2007, followed by other parts of the resort.
Jennifer Hieger, an Irvine Co. spokeswoman, declined to disclose the cost of the project. Plans for Pelican Hill were first announced in 2003.
The resort will sit on 115 acres off Pelican Hill Road along the Pacific Ocean coastline in southern Newport Beach.
Pelican Hill Golf Club will be shut down at the end of 2005 to allow a new sprinkler system to be installed.
During the closure of the two 18-hole courses, golf course designer Tom Fazio will look at lengthening fairways, repositioning greens and making other adjustments. Fazio designed the courses.
The courses are expected to reopen along with the new golf clubhouse, villas and related practice facilities in late 2007, followed by the hotel in 2008.
