Developing Orange County

Rendering of OC Streetcar. Credit: OCTA By: Chad Kim Orange County's first modern urban rail line broke ground on Nov 30 bringing future connections between Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center, Downtown Santa Ana, to Garden Grove.

Source: City of Santa Ana By: Chad Kim Developer, National Community Renaissance, proposes constructing a residential mixed use development in Downtown Santa Ana adjacent to a future streetcar stop.

Credit: City of Santa Ana By: Chad Kim Located in the heart of Downtown Santa Ana, is a proposal to construct a mixed use development consisting of two lots.

Credit: City of Anaheim By: Chad Kim Environmental report released by the City of Anaheim provides a closer look regarding the future 700 room Disneyland hotel.

Credit: Creative Noodle IRVINE, Calif. - International award-winning firm  KTGY Architecture + Planning  announced today that Anaheim White House Restaurant, owned by world-renowned chef, r estaurateur, author and humanitarian, Sir Bruno Serato,  has risen from the ashes after a devastating fire on February 4, 2017, which ravaged nearly the entire restaurant housed in a historic 1909 Colonial-style mansion in Orange County, California.  The landmark building located at  887 South Anaheim Boulevard  in Anaheim, not only housed Serato’s celebrated Italian steak and seafood restaurant, but it was also the place where Serato prepared more than 3,500 free dinners daily to feed hungry children around Orange County for his nonprofit organization, Caterina’s Club.  “Working together with Brookfield Residential, KTGY provided design and architecture of the restoration and rebuild of the historic building’s exterior,” according to David  Obitz , princi...

Source: City of Garden Grove By: Chad Kim Applicant, Avi Marciano, proposes constructing a new mixed use building in Downtown Garden Grove's Main Street consisting of ground floor commercial and residential units above.

Source: City of Santa Ana By: Chad Kim Moda Hotels, LLC proposes to build a hotel in south-eastern Santa Ana with 142 hotel rooms and will be a Tapestry Hotel from Hilton.

Source: City of Santa Ana By: Chad Kim Located in Downtown Santa Ana, a new residential and commercial mixed-use development is proposed to replace the existing First American Title Co building.

Source: City of Santa Ana By: Chad Kim Applicant, MainPlace Shoppingtown, LLC, is proposing a master plan for the MainPlace Mall site to develop the surrounding parking lots with residential, hotel, commercial and office space.

Source: City of Anaheim By: Chad Kim Applicant, NARA Investments, LLC, proposes to construct a six story hotel in Anaheim Resort. The proposed building will be branded as a Hilton Garden Inn and Home2 Suites would include 223 hotel rooms.

IRVINE, Calif.  – Judges for the 2018 Gold Nugget Awards have recognized international award-winning firm  KTGY Architecture + Planning  at its annual competition for the firm’s design of 13 different residential developments.  The awards program honors architectural design and planning excellence and draws entries from throughout the United States and international.  Chosen from the elite pool of Merit Award winners, Grand Awards were announced on June 28 as a feature highlight of PCBC®, the nation’s largest regional conference and trade show for the real estate development field. The Gold Nugget Grand Award winners are as follows:  VITAE. Image Credit: Tom Pellicer UNIQUE RESIDENTIAL DETACHED HOUSING – OVER 15 DU/ACRE VITAE Costa Mesa, California Developer/Builder:  Planet Home Living Architect/Planner: KTGY Architecture + Planning These new homes in Costa Mesa are far from typical. Designers considered every detail, every step...

Source: City of Anaheim By: Chad Kim Project Applicants, Greenlaw Partners, LLC and BDC/Anaheim, LLC, proposes a 12 story hotel near Anaheim Boulevard and I-5.

Credit: Architects Orange and City of Orange By: Chad Kim FF Realty III, LLC proposes apartments and townhomes (total of 727 residential units) at the existing approx 12 acre office park.

Credit: MD Properties and CORBel architects By: Chad Kim Developer MD Properties proposes a 34 unit mixed use apartment building near Beach Boulevard and I-5 in Buena Park.

Credit: TCA Architects By: Chad Kim The five story apartment development from the Picerne Group is nearing the finish line. When completed, there will be 260 apartment units.

Wil Wong. Credit: KTGY Architecture + Planning IRVINE, Calif. - International award-winning firm KTGY Architecture + Planning is pleased to announce the addition of Wil Wong, AIA, to its board of directors. Wong is a principal based in the firm’s Irvine, California office. 

Rendering of  SCG America's Planned Hotel at Site C in Garden Grove. Credit: Orange County Business Journal; Archilier Architecture By: Chad Kim According to the Orange County Business Journal (OCBJ), SCG America takes another step forward in the planned three hotel development at Site C in Garden Grove as two hotel operators for two of the three hotels has been announced.

Credit: City of Anaheim By: Chad Kim Formerly The Anabella Hotel, developer Wincome Group is constructing an eight story hotel in the Anaheim Resort district.

By: Chad Kim Located at the south-western corner of Katella Avenue and Haster Street, Prospera Hotels, Inc. is constructing a five-story Hampton Inn & Suites hotel in Anaheim Resort.

Credit: City of Anaheim By: Chad Kim Located in City of Anaheim's Anaheim Resort district, Choice Hotels International, Inc. with Nexus Companies is constructing a 12 story Cambria Suites hotel with 352 hotel rooms.

Credit: Huitt-Zollars By: Chad Kim The 12 story JW Marriott at GardenWalk in Anaheim Resort district is under construction.

  Credit: Architecture and Imagery by Togawa Smith Martin, Inc. and AC Martin  City  of Orange approves development of 402-bed student housing development along with renovation of historic Villa Park Orchards Association Packing House to be adaptively reused as a Museum and Student Services Center for Chapman University