TO: Chair and Members of the Design Review Committee
THRU: Anna Pehoushek, Assistant Community Development Director
FROM: Chad Ortlieb, Principal Planner
1. SUBJECT
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The Village at Orange Demolition and Wall Refacing, 1500 East Village Way (Design Review No. 5131-23).
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2. SUMMARY
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The applicant proposes demolition of approximately 158,725 rentable square feet of interior Village At Orange mall space, wall reconstruction and resurfacing, and related work.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Approval by the Design Review Committee.
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4. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Applicant/Owner: The Village at Orange, LLC
Property Location: 1500 East Village Way
General Plan Designation: General Commercial Max 1.0 FAR (GC)
Zoning Classification: Limited Business Tustin Redevelopment Project Area (C-TR)
Existing Development: The site is the existing Village at Orange Mall consisting of the 158,725 square foot (sq ft) enclosed mall building, exterior lined tenants, and freestanding outparcel tenants. See Exhibit A - Site Plan, Sheet AS1.1, for the exact area of demolition.
Associated Application: None.
Previous DRC Project Review: None.
5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The applicant is proposing to demolish the central interior core of the Village at Orange Mall. Exterior facing tenants and the Sears, JC Penny, and Walmart tenants would not be demolished. However, the walls of those tenants left exposed after the core mall demolition would require refacing/resurfacing, and in two instances, will require construction of a new wall.
Wall elevations are proposed as follows:
* The north elevation of Homegoods and south elevation of Sprouts will have painted plaster cement walls. Walls will be jointed.
* The west elevations of Homegoods and Sprouts will have new walls placed in front of existing walls with minimal offsets and unusable void space in between. New walls will match the north and south elevations.
* The Sears property is under separate ownership and...
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