{"id":250076,"date":"2026-04-03T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/250076\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T13:25:07","slug":"shopping-center-redevelopment-approved-at-8020-e-santa-ana-canyon-road-in-anaheim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/250076\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopping center redevelopment approved at 8020 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road in Anaheim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A shuttered movie theater in <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/tags\/anaheim\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim<\/a> is poised to be razed and redeveloped with housing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocbj.com\/oc-homepage\/anaheim-approves-shea-properties-447-unit-housing-project\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per a recent report by the Orange County Business Journal.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the Anaheim City Council voted to approve plans from <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/tags\/shea-homes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shea Properties<\/a> of Aliso Viejo to redevelop a portion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefutureoffestival.com\/#futureofhousing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anaheim Hills Festival Shopping Center at 8020 E. Santa Ana Canyon Road<\/a>. The approximately 62,000-square-foot site is set to give way to the construction of a four-story, 447-unit apartment complex wrapping a parking structure.<\/p>\n<p>The project is to include 45 homes set aside for <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/here-are-californias-affordable-housing-income-limits-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">moderate-income households<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to a project website, the new development will leave in place existing tenants such as 24-Hour Fitness, Wood Ranch, Target, Hobby Lobby, and Tutor Time.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to housing, the proposed development would add public open spaces including a park, as well as private amenities for property residents including pools, club rooms, and fitness centers.<\/p>\n<p>The project was the subject of a lengthy public hearing, and concerted pushback, regarding potential impacts to evacuation in the event of a wildfire in the Anaheim Hills. The Business Journal reports that Shea Properties agreed to provide funding for public safety in response, including wildfire preparedness efforts and emergency response improvements.<\/p>\n<p>Shea Properties is one of several development firms leading efforts to redevelop <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/westminster-mall-give-way-80-acre-mixed-use-development\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">struggling malls in Orange County with housing and other uses.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on social media:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrbanizeLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/urbanizela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/urbanize-la\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@urbanizela\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urbanizela\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/urbanizela.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shuttered movie theater in Anaheim is poised to be razed and redeveloped with housing, per a recent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164],"class_list":["post-250076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}