1,529 homes proposed for Westminster, Aliso Viejo shopping centers

Two new proposals for Orange County housing are the latest examples of how dying shopping spaces are becoming a key birthplace for residential deve...

April 19, 2023
9:16 PM

Two new proposals for Orange County housing are the latest examples of how dying shopping spaces are becoming a key birthplace for residential development. Homebuilders are submitting plans to the cities of Westminster and Aliso Viejo that could produce a total of 1,529 more housing units on what's essentially retail wasteland. Load Error Today, finding undeveloped land with the possibility of home development is a rarity in Orange County. So builders and city planners are looking at reusing underutilized properties such as ailing retailing hubs.

Jonathan Lansner