Starpointe Ventures
The principals of Starpointe Ventures have over seventy years of combined experience in real estate development and entitlement. As both a traditional equity developer as well as a fee-based consulting developer, Starpointe Ventures has processed a multitude of projects through the public sector, including office, multi-family, industrial, hotel, and retail land uses. Many of these projects are among the largest master plans in Orange County. Starpointe Ventures is the recognized leader in real estate-related government relations in Orange County, California.
Starpointe Ventures has supervised the entitlement of over 16,000 residential units, 7.4 M square feet of office, 60,000 square feet of retail, and a 250 room hotel.
Experience
Heritage Fields, Irvine, CA
Description:
9,500 residential units, 4.7M square feet of commercial
Project Location:
Former El Toro MCAS Base, Irvine, CA
Project Size:
Approximately 5,000 acres
Client:
Heritage Fields El Toro LLC
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is acting as senior strategic consultant to the joint venture between Lennar, LNR, Rockpoint, and MSD Capital on this multi-billion dollar mixed-use project. Starpointe Ventures supervised and processed a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, and Maps for 4,894 homes, Affordable Housing Plan, Density Bonus Agreement, Develoment Agreement, Master Implementation Agreement, EIR, Park Plans, Master Landscape and Trails Plan and other associated approvals and served as the primary advocate through hundreds of hours of public hearings.
In 2011-2013, Starpouinte Ventures again served as the primary consultant in the filing and processing of a converion plan which would convert approximately 1M square feet of non-residential entitlement into approximately 4,800 homes and apply the mixed-use zoning created in the first round of entitlements across the project. Starpointe Ventures supervised and processed a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Affordable Housing Plan, Density Bonus Agreement, Adjacent Landowner Agreement, EIR and other associated approvals.
Starpointe Ventures continues to assist the Heritage Fields entity in multiple roles including ongoing entitlement consulting, government relations, and managing the commercial portfolio on the project.
Irvine Crossings, Irvine, CA
Description:
Added 173,774 square feet of office to existing office/warehouse building
Location:
17871 Von Karman between Main and McGaw, Irvine, California
Client:
Voit Development
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a Master Plan and Transfer of Development Rights to add additional office square footage. The project required a Negative Mitigated Declaration for environmental clearance.
Date of City Approval:
April 2008
Legacy Business Center Pacific Park, Aliso Viejo, CA
Info: 48,000 square foot, 2-story office building located in Pacific Park
Location: 95 Argonaut, Aliso Viejo, California
Year Built: 1990
The Plaza Irvine – Tower III, Irvine, CA
Description:
105 high-rise condominium units in a 16-story tower (13 residential floors over 3 levels of parking)
Location:
Northeast corner of Jamboree Road and Campus Drive, Irvine, California
Client:
Opus West Corporation
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, and Tentative Tract Map to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Addendum to the IBC Program EIR.
Date of City Approval:
December 2005
Mountain Vista, Irvine, CA
Description:
Multifamily residential project
Location:
Alton Parkway and Millikan
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is overseeing all entitlements.
Irvine Technology Center, Irvine, CA
Description:
1,000 Residential units in seven buildings. 44,000 square feet of office and 30,000 square feet of retail.
Location:
Jamboree and Campus
Client:
Greenlaw Partners
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Master Plan, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Full Project EIR. Additionally, Starpointe Ventures is overseeing the effort to remove CC&R residential restrictions.
Date of City Approval:
Pending completion of IBC Overlay EIR
Stoneridge Apartments Corona, CA
Info: 492 apartment units
Financing: The project was financed with multi-family housing bonds which provided a below market interest rate in exchange for a rent restriction on 20% of the units for low-income tenants. The project is now owned and operated by Equity Residential Trust.
Location: 2178 Stoneridge Drive, Corona, California
Year Built: 1986
Year Sold: 1995
The Plaza – Irvine, Irvine, CA
Description:
202 high-rise condominium units in two 16-story towers (13 residential floors over 3 levels of parking)
Location:
Northeast corner of Jamboree Road and Campus Drive, Irvine, California
Client:
Opus West Corporation/Geoffrey Edmunds & Associates
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures successfully obtained a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, and Tentative Tract Map to convert the existing office zoning to residential. Other project requirements included an Affordable Housing Plan and Addendum to the IBC Program EIR.
Date of City Approval:
August 2004
Campus Center, Irvine, CA
Campus Center, Irvine, CA
Description:
28-acre site
1,008,411 square feet of office
535 apartment units
250-room hotel
8,000 square foot restaurant
7,000 square feet of retail
Location:
Northeast corner of Jamboree Road and Campus Drive, Irvine, California
Client:
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures successfully obtained a Major Modification to the previous Conditional Use Permit for this project as well as managed numerous other project requirements including a new subdivision map, inclusionary housing agreement, park covenant, traffic study, project and parking CC&R’s, utility agreements and easements, off-site improvements, civil engineering, environmental testing, and title issues.
Date of City Approval:
May 2001
Central Park, Irvine, CA
Description:
42-acre site
1,380 residential units
90,000 square feet of office
19,700 square feet of retail
Location:
Northwest corner of Jamboree Road and Michelson Drive, Irvine, California
Client:
KFPLB Michelson Jamboree LLC/Lennar Communities
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures successfully obtained a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Master Plan with Design Guidelines, Park Plan, Development Agreement, Community Facilities District, Tentative Tract Map, Transfer of Development Rights, and Affordable Housing Plan to convert the existing office/industrial zoning to mixed-use.
Date of City Approval:
September 2004
16542 Millikan, Irvine, CA
Description:
199 residential multi-family units.
Location:
Barranca & Millikan
Client:
undisclosed
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Full Project EIR.
Date of City Approval:
Pending completion of IBC Overlay EIR
Park Place Apartments, Irvine, CA
Park Place Apartments, Irvine, CA
PICTURE COMING
Description: infill development of a surface parking lot at the Park Place development. 440 units
Location: Park Place, Jamboree Road and Michelson Drive, Irvine, California
Client: Sares Regis
Starpointe Ventures’ Role: Starpointe Ventures first assisted the property owner, LBA, in preparing the property for sale including a Minor Modification to the Master Plan.
Starpointe Ventures then assisted Sares Regis in their due diligence on teh acquisition.
Starpointe Ventures is now managing the processing of a PreApplication and Park Plan for the residential multi-family units.
Date of City Approval: Expected Summer 2014
Tribeca Flats, Irvine, CA
Description:
62 “workforce housing” for-sale units
Location:
Central Park West
Granite Court, Irvine, CA
Description:
71 Affordable Housing Apartments in a podium structure.
Location:
Kelvin and Murphy
Client:
Jamboree Housing Corporation
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. An addendum to the IBC Program EIR is also being prepared.
Date of City Approval:
June 2006
Campus Center Apartments, Irvine, CA
Description:
341 apartment units on a 6.7-acre site
Location:
Southeast corner of Jamboree Road and Dupont Drive, Irvine, California
Client:
Opus West Corporation
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures successfully obtained a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit and Park Plan to convert the existing office zoning to residential. Other project requirements included an Affordable Housing Plan and Addendum to the IBC Program EIR.
Date of City Approval:
September 2003
Vista Verde School Site, Irvine, CA
Description:
Location:
University Park
Client:
Lyon Homes
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, and Tentative Tract Map to convert the existing institutional zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and EIR.
Date of City Approval:
Approved 2012
2801 Alton, Irvine, CA
Info:179 for sale residential condominiums on a 3.76-acre site. The project is wrapped around a 5-level parking structure.
Location: Northeast corner of Jamboree and Alton Parkway, Irvine, California
Date of Entitlement Approval: July 2005
Martin Street Condos, Irvine, CA
Description:
90 residential condominium units in a four-story building over two levels of parking
Location:
Von Karman and Martin Street
Client:
West Millennium Homes
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map, and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Subsequent EIR.
Date of City Approval:
March 2007.
Rolling Ridge Apartments Chino Hills, CA
Info:110 apartment units
Financing: The project was financed with multi-family housing bonds which provided a below market interest rate in exchange for a rent restriction on 20% of the units for low-income tenants.
Location: 13439 Peyton Drive, Chino Hills
Year Built: 1986
Year Sold: 1987
Campus Center Apartments Expansion, Irvine, CA
Description:
63 additional units plus parking garage
Location:
Northeast corner of Jamboree Road and Campus Drive, Irvine, California
Client:
Opus West Corporation
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, and Tentative Tract Map to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Addendum to the IBC Program EIR.
Date of City Approval:
October 2005
Campus Center, Irvine, CA
Description:
28-acre site
1,008,411 square feet of office
535 apartment units
250-room hotel
8,000 square foot restaurant
7,000 square feet of retail
Location:
Northeast corner of Jamboree Road and Campus Drive, Irvine, California
Client:
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures successfully obtained a Major Modification to the previous Conditional Use Permit for this project as well as managed numerous other project requirements including a new subdivision map, inclusionary housing agreement, park covenant, traffic study, project and parking CC&R’s, utility agreements and easements, off-site improvements, civil engineering, environmental testing, and title issues.
Date of City Approval:
May 2001
2400 Michelson, Irvine, CA
Description:
186 for-sale condominiums
Location:
Von Karman and Michelson
Client:
Trammell Crow Residential
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Subsequent EIR. Additionally, Starpointe Ventures is overseeing the effort to remove CC&R residential restrictions.
Date of City Approval:
Project Sold before Entitlement
2851 Alton, Irvine, CA
Description:
171 for-sale residential condominiums wrapped around a parking garage
Location:
Northwest corner of Alton Parkway and Murphy Avenue
Client:
Alton Associates Starpointe Ventures’ Role: Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Subsequent EIR.
Date of City Approval:
March 2007
Coast Community College District, Various Jurisdictions, CA
Description:
Client:
Coast Community College District
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising all of the Community College District’s real estate projects on all campuses, including RFP’s and RFQ’s, Ground leases, land use and entitlements, etc.
Metropolis, Irvine, CA
Description:
400 residential units
Location:
Main Street and Cartwright
Client:
Sares Regis Group
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Master Plan, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Full Project EIR.
Date of City Approval:
Pending completion of IBC Overlay EIR
Koll Center Newport, Newport Beach, CA
Description:
250,000 square foot, 10-story office building
Location:
Northeast corner of MacArthur Boulevard and Jamboree Road, Newport Beach, California
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures was hired by Aetna Life Insurance and Koll Center Newport Number A as consulting developer for this project. Starpointe successfully negotiated a development agreement with the City of Newport Beach and won approval of the project by both the Planning Commission and the City Council. The Greenlight Ordinance in the City required a majority vote of the City residents on November 20, 2001. The project was rejected by the voters.
Alderwood School Site, Irvine, CA
Description:
Location:
Woodbridge
Client:
Lyon Homes
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Master Plan, Park Plan, and Tentative Tract Map to convert the existing institutional zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and EIR.
Date of City Approval:
Approved 2011
California Green, Irvine, CA
Description:
785,000 square feet of office, 15,500 square feet of retail
Client:
Hines/CALPRS
Location:
Corner of Jamboree Road and Michelson
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a Master Plan, Development Agreement, Tentative Parcel Map, and a Project EIR.
Date of City Approval:
December 2008.
Dupont Centre, Irvine, CA
Info: 250,000 square foot office project on a 6-acre site. The project consists of an 8-story, 150,000 square foot office building, a 5-story, 100,000 square foot office building, and a 1,000 car, 4-level parking structure.
Location: 2201 and 2301 Dupont Drive, Irvine, California
Year Built: 1986
Year Sold: 1988
MetLife Apartments, Irvine, CA
Description:
481 apartment units on a 10-acre site
Location:
Northwest corner of Main Street and Siglo, Irvine, California
Client:
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures successfully obtained a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit and Park Plan to convert the existing office/industrial zoning to residential. The project also included approval of an Affordable Housing Plan and Addendum to the IBC Program EIR.
Date of City Approval:
June 2003
Chino Hills Apartments Chino Hills, CA
Info:110 apartment units
Location: 2851 Bedford Lane, Chino Hills, California
Year Built: 1988
Year Sold: This project was sold to an investor in 1988 during the construction phase. The investor planned to perform a “condo conversion” to the property.
Kelvin Apartments, Irvine, CA
Description:
194 Residential multi-family units
Location:
Jamboree and Kelvin
Client:
Trammell Crow Residential
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Project EIR.
Date of City Approval:
Approved February 2011
2323 Main Street, Irvine, CA
Description:
445 For-sale condominiums.
16901 Jamboree, Irvine, CA
Description:
179 apartment units wrapped around a four-story parking structure.
Location:
Jamboree and Richter
Client:
Avalon Bay Communities
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Full Project EIR.
Date of City Approval:
Approved February 2011
Triangle Square, Costa Mesa, CA
Description:
Introduction of residential uses within the existing retail project.
Location:
Newport Boulevard and 19th Street
Client:
Greenlaw Partners
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment Screening to persue residential entitlement at this existing retail center.
Date of City Approval:
Third Quarter 2006
The Village, Irvine, CA
Description:
350 hotel rooms, 242,510 square feet of office, 25,356 square feet of retail
Location:
Jamboree & DuPont
Client:
General Investment Funds Real Estate Holding Co.
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a Master Plan and Tentative Tract Map.
Date of City Approval:
Pending completion of IBC Overlay EIR
2801 Kelvin, Irvine, CA
Description:
248 condominiums on a 5-acre site.
Location:
Northeast corner of Jamboree and Kelvin, Irvine, California
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures is supervising the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, and Tentative Tract Map to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Addendum to the IBC Program EIR.
Date of City Approval:
September 2005
Park Avenue Apartments, Irvine, CA
Description:
156 residential multi-family units.
Location:
Alton Parkway and Millikan
Client:
Trammell Crow Residential
Starpointe Ventures’ Role:
Starpointe Ventures supervised the processing of a General Plan Amendment, Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, Park Plan, Tentative Tract Map and Transfer of Development Rights
to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Full Project EIR.:
to convert the existing office\industrial zoning to residential. Other project requirements include an Affordable Housing Plan and Full Project EIR.
Date of City Approval:
Approved February 2011