The Irvine Company has plans to convert a portion of the MacArthur Court office complex in Newport Beach into housing.

The project, according to the Orange County Business Journal, would transform approximately 107,000 square feet of office space at 4665 and 4685 MacArthur Court into 700 apartments. Plans also call for redeveloping surface parking areas with approximately 678,000 square feet of residential space in a pair of five-story buildings, accompanied by a five-level parking structure.

At the exterior, the development would incorporate a new lawn area for community activities, connecting the residential and office areas of the campus. Roughly 37,000 square feet of recreation space is planned. The project would retain 603,000 square feet of office space at MacArthur Court, when completed.

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No plans were included with the preliminary application, which was submitted to the City of Newport Beach in September.

Newport Beach, to comply with state mandates to rezone for new housing, has targeted the area surrounding John Wayne Airport for redevelopment with nearly 2,600 homes. In total, the city has been required to rezone to accommodate up to 5,000 new homes by 2029.

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