Newport Beach, California, Approves Rights for Up to 78 Homes at Newport Beach Country Club
The Newport Beach City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2026-17 on Oct. 27, giving Eagle Four Partners a five-year vested right to build up to 78 homes at Newport Beach Country Club. No detailed plans have been submitted, and further city reviews are still required.
On Oct. 27 the Newport Beach City Council adopted an ordinance granting Eagle Four Partners, which operates Newport Beach Country Club in Newport Beach, California, a five-year vested right to develop up to 78 homes along the northeastern edge of the private club, according to The Balboa Local. The site, known as Fairway Three, covers 2.2 acres.
The ordinance, No. 2026-17, approves a development agreement vesting the right to develop up to 78 residential units for five years in exchange for negotiated public benefits, The Balboa Local reported. Introduced by the council on Oct. 13, it was adopted on second reading Oct. 27 as part of the consent calendar. The Newport Beach Planning Commission had unanimously recommended approval on Sept. 17, according to the Daily Pilot.
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This agreement does not approve a designed project. The Orange County Business Journal reported that Eagle Four "has not submitted detailed housing plans or named any building partners," and that the agreement would give the company "certainty, plus the opportunity and option to build the homes within five years." A site development review and a tentative tract map must still go before the city, The Balboa Local said. Liz Westmoreland, the city's deputy community development director, told the commission that "the future project would require review by the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will have the opportunity to review that project when the details are provided."
On one side Fairway Three overlooks Hole 3 of the 128-acre club's private course and lies within walking distance of Fashion Island and Newport Center, which the Business Journal calls Orange County's financial hub. Under its state housing plan the city had marked the area as a housing opportunity site, and Newport Beach must plan for 4,845 new homes under its state-mandated allocation, the newspaper reported.
A Newport Beach-based firm, Eagle Four invests in hospitality, golf, residential and sports entertainment, with a portfolio that includes The Ritz-Carlton Residences in Newport Beach and Pendry Newport Beach. City staff reports list Eagle Four as the applicant and Golf Realty Fund LP as the property owner, the Business Journal reported.
For each home built the city would receive $128,205, a total that could reach almost $10 million if all 78 are built, the Business Journal reported, citing city staff. The newspaper described the possible homes as "multimillion-dollar" homes with golf course views. Because the project is not subject to an inclusionary housing requirement, Eagle Four would not be required to designate a portion of the 78 units as affordable housing, Jaime Murillo, the city's community development director, told the Business Journal. An Eagle Four partner, Kevin Martin, told the newspaper the company paid into an affordable housing fund instead of building affordable units at its Ritz-Carlton Residences project and could not yet say whether that would apply to Fairway Three.
The club hosts the PGA Tour Champions' Hoag Classic, and in March it held the event for the 29th consecutive time, according to the PGA Tour. Elsewhere in Orange County, Santa Ana Country Club, founded in 1901, is building a $26 million, 33,000-square-foot replacement clubhouse in Santa Ana.
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Housing is also rising on private club land in Florida, where a 24-story, 86-residence condominium tower inside West Bay Club in Estero topped out Oct. 30. In Newport Beach, the agreement gives Eagle Four five years to build up to 78 homes beside Orange County's financial hub, on a site the city has listed under its state housing plan, while any designed project must still go before the Planning Commission.
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