Costa Mesa Officials Seek $3.5 Million to Redevelop Former Mental Hospital Into Housing

A flag flies in front of the Fairview Developmental Center, an overflow hospital facility that has added a unit for COVID-19 patients with dementia, in Costa Mesa, Calif., on Dec. 29, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Costa Mesa city councilors voted unanimously Oct. 4 for a request for proposals of $3.5 million in state funds, which will be spent in planning for the redevelopment of a former mental hospital into residential and commercial properties.

Located just south of Harbor Boulevard and Adams Avenue, the 100-acre property was formerly the city’s Fairview Developmental Center, a facility that opened in 1959 for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, but was closed in 2015 by then-Gov. Jerry Brown.