Concept Site Plan

The official draft site plan.

The City of Costa Mesa's own conceptual site plan for the 121 acres: courtyard housing blocks, two programmed parks, a paseo spine, DDS housing, mixed-use main street frontage, and the Regional Emergency Operations Center.

Official Conceptual Site Plan for the Fairview Developmental Center Specific Plan, Figure 4-2 from the City of Costa Mesa Public Review Draft, March 2026

Figure 4-2, Conceptual Site Plan, from the City of Costa Mesa's Public Review Draft Specific Plan (March 2026), page 55. Tap the map to open it full size. A draft document; details may change through the public process.

This figure shows the base plan of 2,300 homes. The Draft EIR also studies a higher-density scenario of up to 4,000 homes on the same land, so parcel layouts and unit counts can change through the hearings ahead of adoption, targeted for late 2026.

Courtyard blocks, not towers

Most housing comes as courtyard blocks and townhome rows, with a senior tower, DDS housing, and multi-family buildings that wrap their own parking structures.

Parks and a paseo spine

Two programmed park areas anchor the neighborhood, tied together by a walkable paseo, plazas, and public open space at the edges.

Civic commitments mapped

DDS housing for former Fairview residents, mixed-use frontage with ground-floor commercial, and the Regional Emergency Operations Center along Shelley Circle.

At street level