Costa Mesa city councilors voted unanimously Oct. 4 for a request for proposals of $3.5 million in state funds, which will be spent in planning for the redevelopment of a former mental hospital into residential and commercial properties.
Located just south of Harbor Boulevard and Adams Avenue, the 100-acre property was formerly the city’s Fairview Developmental Center, a facility that opened in 1959 for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, but was closed in 2015 by then-Gov. Jerry Brown.
“This is an opportunity to some extent, to create the most walkable bikeable planned community that we possibly could,” Mayor Pro Tem Andrea Marr said during the council meeting….