The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan

The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan Project would provide for redevelopment of the approximately 17.2-acre site with mixed-use commercial and residential, residential only, and commercial only buildings. A central commercial area would include a variety of commercial uses, such as restaurants, a market, and retail uses, with additional commercial uses extending through the ground floor of adjacent residential buildings. Stand-alone residential and mixed-use buildings would provide housing opportunities for residents in the City’s South Bristol Street Focus Area. In total, The Village would include up to 1,583 residential units (encompassing approximately 1,850,000 square feet of building space), 80,000 square feet of retail space, 300,000 square feet of office space, and approximately 7.5 acres of publicly accessible open space and common areas. The Specific Plan includes a maximum height of 25 stories with a minimum of 1 story for commercial/office only buildings and no minimum height for residential or mixed-use buildings. Parking would be provided in tower and podium buildings and underground building levels with up to four levels below grade. At full buildout, the project is anticipated to provide a combined 13.8 acres of public and private outdoor and recreation space including approximately 7.5 acres of publicly accessible open space and common areas and 6.3 acres of private outdoor and amenity spaces. Public open spaces at The Village would consist of active spaces, outdoor seating, garden paseos, a fitness loop, and a recreational lawn. Private open space amenities include outdoor balconies and patios, pools and spas, outdoor kitchens, and communal gathering spaces. The proposed project would also include roadway and streetscape modifications and improvements along Sunflower Avenue, Bear Street, and South Plaza Drive in addition to new access points throughout the project site and a bicycle network which includes new Class IV bike lanes along Sunflower Avenue and Bear Street. Construction of the proposed project is anticipated to begin January 2026 and could take up to 20 years to complete. Construction of the proposed project would be implemented in a series of five phases to reflect anticipated market conditions and to ensure that access, public facilities, and infrastructure connections are appropriately installed to serve the project. Demolition of the entire project site would occur during the first phase of the construction period. Subsequently, the construction period for each phase would generally include excavation, grading, trenching, pile driving, installation of utilities, building construction, architectural coating, paving activities, and installation of landscaping and hardscape elements for the respective phase. The maximum excavation would reach approximately 52 feet below grade where up to four levels of subterranean parking are proposed. Approximately 420,000 cubic yards of total material would be excavated and likely hauled away from the project site. The proposed project has a General Plan Land Use designation as District Center-High (DC-5) within the South Bristol Street Focus Area. Development in the DC-5 designation is intended to provide urban retail, residential, mixed-use, and employment centers. The project site is currently zoned as Specific Development Plan Number 48 (SD-48) which was adopted in 1989 and was last amended in 1997. The proposed project includes a Zone Change to change the zoning of the site from SD-48 to The Village Santa Ana Specific Plan District (SP No. 6), a Tentative Tract Map to delineate parcel boundaries and public rights-of-way, and a Development Agreement between the City and the developer detailing development rights and public benefits.