Great Park Post (plus OH 3, Unicorn PS 5, etc.)
People might be in shock with the sparsity of single-family residences in District 4 of the Great Park, but it just gets worse: District 5 will include only 211 single-family residences. This was supposed to be the most premium neighborhood in the Great Park Neighborhoods - Phase 1 with nearly all of the homes being single-family residences. However, in total, there will be 3,173 condominiums in Phase 5 and parts of Phase 6! That's crazy!
Don't worry though. Phase 5 is on relatively flat land, while the unicorn Portola Springs Neighborhood 5 homes will be looming over it (worse than the Groves North homes next to SR-241 in Orchard Hills that are at no elevation above the highway). Interestingly, the original plan for Neighborhood 4 called for the largest single-family residences to be next to the land now planned for the cemetery. For obvious reasons, they have now been moved to the corner furthest away from it, with the smallest attached homes next to it.
Onto to other neighborhoods:
Orchard Hills Neighborhood 3 will consist of, at maximum, 1,000 homes. If the maximum is achieved, that would make it as dense as Neighborhood 2! However, the number is a maximum, so Irvine Company could choose to build far less units in the neighborhood.
Many people have known about Eastwood by now, but many have not heard about Phase 2. Phase 2 will consist of the homes north of the Belvedere tract and west of Rotunda and also the homes east of Piedmont and the elementary school, but west of Jeffrey. All of the homes east of Piedmont and the elementary school, but west of Jeffrey, however, will be condominiums. The homes north of Alpine will all be single-family residences, not unlike the Stonegate homes north of Encore, and will be part of Phase 3. As of now, there are Petaluma clones in Phase 2. Phase 1 will open March.
The area east of Quinterra in Portola Springs is being prepared for up to 656 homes. These are not in a great location, when you consider that they are smack next to SR-241 and surrounded by mountainous regions that include the landfill.
The unicorn, Portola Springs Neighborhood 5, is not far away from being built! Irvine Company has submitted plans for 470 homes in the neighborhood, roughly half of the 849 units planned. The original plan consisted of ridiculously large lots for the largest homes, the size of La Cima lots in Turtle Ridge. In total, it called for roughly 1100 homes. Irvine Company actually shrunk the number of homes for the development! Obviously, all units will be detached. There are planned to be 4 detached condominium tracts, while the rest will be single-family residences. The design reminds me of Quail Hill inside the gates, but Turtle Ridge outside. The 656 homes east of Quinterra are like an expanded Canyon's Edge enclave, except with larger homes, while the homes east of Modjeska are like an expanded Chantory and Arborel enclave, except with a greater diversity of homes.
In the current site of Los Olivos Phase 2, an elementary school is planned. Laguna Altura and Hidden Canyon residents are currently slated to attend this once it is built, as well as Great Park District 6 residents.