Developer chosen for Home Ranch

Lolita Harper

COSTA MESA -- Developers of the Home Ranch project announced this week

they would hire Standard Pacific to build the housing units planned for

the site if the City Council supports it.

C.J. Segerstrom & Sons said the builders will be responsible for

constructing both single-family, detached houses and attached triplex

homes on the 16 acres proposed for residential use, representative Carol

Hoffman said. The homes will be designed around a recreation center and

community park.

“We chose them because of the quality they bring to their projects,”

said Paul Freeman, C.J. Segerstrom & Sons spokesman.

The detached homes would range in size from 2,000 to 2,300 square feet

and the attached homes from 1,200 to 1,770 square feet, Standard Pacific

Vice President Gary Jones said.

Housing on the Home Ranch site would range in price from the

mid-$200,000s for the triplex homes to the high $400,000s for the single

family houses, Jones said.

Standard Pacific officials are familiar with Costa Mesa and are

working on the Mesa Verde Collection on Adams Avenue.

The company met with strong opposition to the original plans for the

Adams Avenue housing tract and, after a denial by the Planning

Commission, Standard Pacific cut the number of units from 90 to 69.

Before she was elected, Councilwoman Karen Robinson was among one of

the Mesa Verde residents opposed to the development.

After Standard Pacific conceded to lower the number, Robinson said she

was happy the company listened but still thought the tract was too dense.

Robinson was unavailable for comment Wednesday.

Robin Leffler, who also pushed for the reduction of homes on the Mesa

Verde lot and has led the opposition against the entire Home Ranch

project, said she is not surprised Standard Pacific was chosen.

“They build nice houses,” she said.

Freeman said the builders have proven to be responsive to residents’

concerns with the Mesa Verde housing tract and will live up to their good

reputation in creating high-quality, owner-occupied housing for the Home

Ranch site.

As agreed to in the development agreement between C.J. Segerstrom &

Sons and the city, Pacific Standard would only be permitted to sell to

buyers who sign a contract to live in the house, Freeman said.

The city’s planning and development manager, Mike Robinson, said

Standard Pacific has an overall good reputation and have been easy to

work with.

“I look forward to working with them on the Home Ranch project, if it

is approved,” Robinson said.

Councilman Gary Monahan echoed Robinson’s sentiments.

“Seems like a good track record so far,” Monahan said.

The Home Ranch project proposes a 17-acre Ikea furniture store,

791,500 square feet of office space, 252,648 square feet of industrial

space and 192 homes at the former Segerstrom lima bean farm off the San

Diego Freeway between Fairview Road and Harbor Boulevard.