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The Planning Commission Study Session for the Koll Center Residences project, previously scheduled for Nov. 8, has been postponed and due to an unscheduled vacancy on the Commission, Newport Beach city officials announced this week. In a message shared on Wednesday, city...

As the dust finally settles on the Museum House condominium tower, so does the city on two lawsuits related to the controversial project. Following a closed session on Feb. 27, Newport Beach City Council unanimously approved a settlement agreement that included the Orange County...

NOTE: Indy reporter Sara Hall compiled this look back at what made headlines in the NB Independent during 2017. This week, we cover January through June. (click the first line of text in each brief to read the full, original story)   January   A Huntington Beach man was...

News from around Newport Beach   Community Activist Loses Defamation Suit Against Councilwoman, City Community activist Mike Glenn lost his defamation suit against the city of Newport Beach this week, with the court ruling the statement in question as protected speech. Filed...

Discussion got tense this week during an informational meeting by a developer working on a project in the airport district. Shopoff Group presented Koll Center Residences to about 50 people on Monday in the Friends Meeting Room of Newport Beach Central Library. Koll Residences is...

In a message distributed on Wednesday, Newport Beach city staff invited residents to an upcoming public hearing about the Koll Center Residences, a 260-unit mixed-use infill residential and retail development at Birch Street and Von Karman Avenue in Newport Beach. Staff asked the...

The Newport Beach City Council denied an appeal by residents in Santa Ana Heights to overturn the Planning Commission’s unanimous approval of the Santa Ana Avenue Cottages project Tuesday night by a vote of 6-1, with Diane Dixon voting against it. The plan for a small...

The petition opposing the Newport Beach City Council’s approval of the controversial condominium tower, Museum House, should be found “deficient and voided,” according to a lawsuit filed Jan. 6 by the Orange County Museum of Art. OCMA is asking the Superior Court of Orange County...

A set of “cottages” on Santa Ana Avenue are one step closer to becoming a reality. Newport Beach Planning Commission voted 6-0 on Nov. 17 to approve a major site development review and tentative tract map for the construction of seven residential condominium units at 20452 Santa...

Audience members both applauded and booed last week after the Newport Beach Planning Commission unanimously approved a controversial high-rise residential project in Newport Center. Council chambers were packed at the Oct. 20 meeting, with many speaking during the public comment...

The developer behind the 150 Newport Center project (formerly known as Newport Center Villas) project withdrew their application this week. The move came right as Newport Beach City Council was scheduled to hear and vote on the 35-unit, five-story project at Newport Center and...

News around the community of Newport Beach. Commission Recommends Denial of Smaller Newport Center Project The Newport Beach Planning Commission voted Sept. 1 to recommend denial without prejudice of a scaled -down 35-unit, five-story version of the proposed 150 Newport Center...

A local environmental group and a political action committee have partnered in an effort to gather signatures for a petition to stop the proposed 150 Newport Center (formerly known as Newport Center Villas). Stop Polluting Our Newport (also known as Still Protecting Our Newport)...

Details were revealed and questions were answered this week about the contentious Museum House project during a community meeting. A passionate crowd of about 125 people packed into the Community Room at the Newport Beach Civic Center for Speak Up Newport’s monthly meeting...

The city has released the draft Environmental Impact Report for 150 Newport Center Drive residential condominium development, the project formerly known as Newport Center Villas. An EIR is meant to provide information and addresses the potential environmental impacts, it does not...

The Newport Beach City Council has rejected a proposal that a proposed condominium tower where the OC Museum of Art currently stands should be considered at the same time as a condominium project at 150 Newport Center Drive. At the heart of the discussion was race between two...

The Orange County Museum of Art needs Newport Beach to approve the construction of a 25-story condominium tower at its San Clemente Drive campus to fulfill its mission and remain fiscally sustainable, according to Todd Smith, the museum’s CEO. The museum’s leadership wants to...

Calling Newport Center home may soon be a reality. Newport Center Anacapa Associates, LLC, a Newport Beach-based real estate developer, announced Tuesday its plans for 150 Newport Center, a seven-story (75 feet, six inches), 49-unit residential condominium development on a 1.3...

By Daniel Langhorne | NB Indy Newport Beach residents will get their first opportunity on Monday to share their thoughts on a proposed 26-story condominium tower to replace the Orange County Museum of Art’s building in Newport Center. City planning staff will host a scoping...

Say goodbye to the 2,085 square-foot car wash and gas station that currently sits along Newport Center Drive in Fashion Island, and say hello to a seven-story, 49-unit condominium complex that might take its place. The Newport Center Villas, developed and owned by Newport Center...