Newport Beach-based Irvine Co. plans to break ground this fall on the Orange Heights residential community that’s been in the works for nearly two decades.
The community, located south of Irvine Regional Park off Santiago Canyon Road, was first approved in 2005 as a 4,000-home project that stretched from East Orange to Irvine Lake. In 2014, the project was significantly scaled down with all approved development east of the SR-241 nixed to provide more open space on the Irvine Ranch.
The new plan includes 1,180 for-sale homes, most of which will be single-family detached residences, as well as public trails to create the first direct connections between Irvine Regional Park and Peters Canyon Regional Park.
Santiago Canyon Road will also be completed with an additional lane in each direction, landscaped medians and new bike lanes and sidewalks.
Irvine Co. today launched a community update website for the project.
