Liberated Brands has taken an additional 41,055 square feet of subleased office space at The Met campus on Anton Boulevard in Costa Mesa, about half a mile from South Coast Plaza. The sublease, to start in May, runs through 2027.
Those for and against the initiative, which would ease development restrictions in certain commercial and industrial areas, are sounding off as campaign dollars roll in.
An upscale 250-unit Costa Mesa apartment project a few blocks from South Coast Plaza has sold in a $172.2 million deal to a large institutional investor.
An Airport Land Use Commission determined nine identified sites could encroach into an "imaginary horizontal surface" set by the FAA to protect aircraft travel near John Wayne Airport. City Council members were unmoved.