By: Chad Kim

Much akin to Anaheim's Anaheim Resort District, Buena Park (City) has their Entertainment Zone which includes the popular amusement park, Knott's Berry Farm and the under construction mixed use development, The Source. Big changes are coming to the Entertainment Zone. The following is a map illustrating the boundaries, in red, of the City's Entertainment Zone and yellow demarcations indicate what is expected to remain unchanged:

(Source: "Entertainment Zone Action Plan Final Report", page 27)

The main north-south major arterial is CA-39 which is Beach Boulevard and major east-west arterials include: Orangethorpe Avenue, La Palma Avenue, and Crescent Avenue.

More about the City's overall plan for the Entertainment Zone can be found with the following link: https://www.buenapark.com/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=955

According to an article from the Visit Buena Park's website, Buena Park's Entertainment Zone is seeing an increase in new development ranging from new hotels to new entertainment attractions.

The Source project's first phase is aiming for an opening date sometime this year. There is also a second phase which pertains to the construction of a new hotel consisting of 150 hotel rooms. As quoted from the article " In 2016, phase two of the project will see the construction of a 150 all-suite hotel that will feature meeting space, dining and a roof-top pool and bar."(Source: http://www.visitbuenapark.com/articles/). Through a google search, renderings of the upcoming hotel at The Source was found (Source:http://www.gfaarchitects.com/portfolio-item/the-source-phase-ii/):
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​According to Gene Fong Associates's website, the hotel will be 7 stories tall. 

While The Source project will include a hotel development, according to the Visit Buena Park's article, there are two other separate unrelated planned hotel projects located within the Entertainment Zone, which totals to three new large hotel projects within the zone:

The Stanford Hotel. This project pertains to a 10 story boutique style hotel which will have 150 hotel rooms and is aiming to open some time in 2016. In addition, there will be a hotel spa, upscale restaurant, and wine bar. The Stanford Hotel also has locations in New York and South Korea (Source). According to the City's Council Agenda dated February 24, 2015, the project's location is 7860 Beach Boulevard. 

Renderings (Source: http://www.fore-architects.squarespace.com/still-2-2-1/):

Project Location: ​

​The Double Tree Hotel. This project is from Hilton and is aiming for completion some time in 2017. This will consist of a  6 story hotel (Correction; Source) with a total of 150 hotel rooms. Hotel amenities will include: an indoor pool, meeting space, and Brazilian steakhouse and bar. The location of this project is 7851 Beach Boulevard and 7864 Western Avenue (Source):

Project Location:

​Source: Google Maps

Porto's Bakery and Cafe is looking at an opening date on Summer, 2016 in what will be Orange County's first location. The location will be at 7620 Beach Boulevard:

Map Location:

By: Chad Kim

According to the City of Buena Park's website, there is a new proposed development, by FEGI LLC at what used to be the Anaheim General Hospital site (5742-5832 Beach Boulevard). Meeting notices were mailed out October 15, 2014, where the meeting took place on October 29, 2014. The meeting notice sheet provided details about the proposed project including a five story mixed-use development which includes: 60 senior apartment units and an estimated combined total of 48,000 sq. ft. of retail, restaurant, and medical office uses. The entire site makes up about 2.31 acres, where majority of the space is proposed to be surface parking lots. The project also proposes below-grade parking. The Circulation/Access illustration provided below sheds light on the vast surface parking proposed on the site. The illustration also points out transit accessibility which bus stops are located on Beach Blvd. at Franklin St. (The northbound and southbound stops are serviced by OCTA bus Route 29 and LA Metro's Route 460).

Stay tuned for more updates!

Rendering: ​

By: Chad Kim

Note: This is a previous post from Orange County Dense Developments.

The Source, located in Buena Park, is an upcoming development, by M&D Properties (The Developer) and constructed by Swinerton Inc., that will include retail, office space, hotel, and residential units. The mixed use development includes a high rise 7 story office building, which for the first time in Buena Park's history houses a helipad at the top of the roof, because of a requirement that buildings over 75 ft. requires a helipad at the top of the roof. According to the OC Register, the office building is about 107 ft. tall.

Rendering:
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