Moving Forward with Plans for Tustin Legacy
The city is moving forward with revamped plans for the Tustin Legacy, including a potential sports and entertainment complex near the southern hangar complete with a hotel, lake and amphitheater, according to officials.
About 800 acres of the former Marine Corps Air Station base still are vacant, offering an opportunity for land development in densely populated Orange County. Visions for the former base have been taking shape since its closure in 1999.
City officials emphasized “connectivity” in their plans, which include a sprawling “linear park” designed to link the Legacy from one corner to the other.
The community will include schools, shopping centers, corporate buildings, 170 acres of open space and parks, and more than 6,000 homes and apartments. Effectively, this is “creating a city within a city,” Councilman Allan Bernstein said at a public workshop Dec. 5.
At the workshop, city staff presented new or revised ideas for the vacant land, including creating dense “transit-oriented” housing near the Metrolink station on Edinger Avenue, a corporate campus for technology companies and a Main Street with shops and residences. While the specifics are not set, the assignments of specific sections are unlikely to change, City Manager Jeff Parker said.
The concept is to create a “close-knit” community where people are connected by walking and bike trails.
“This is a place where you live, a place where you can recreate, a place where you can shop,” Parker said of the Legacy.
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