A project that has been more than 30 years in the making is finally coming to fruition after receiving approval from the City of Oxnard. Referred to as the Beachwalk at Oxnard, the project will bring a new housing community to a 91-acre plot of land along Mandalay Bay.
The property, located between Harbor Boulevard and Fifth Street, has also been referred to as Northshore at Mandalay Bay over the past 30 years. In total, the approved plan consists of 292 single-family detached residential units in three distinct styles. According to Land Advisors, which handled land optimization at the site, 109 lots will be alley-loaded homes, with the garage in the rear of the property, and will begin at 4,000 square feet. Additionally, the property will consist of 88 small detached and 95 single family detached homes, beginning at 4,750 and 6,000 square feet, respectively.
In addition, the master-planned community will provide public parks, trails, and open space all directly adjacent to neighboring Mandalay Beach.
The developer behind the project is national real estate development firm SunCal, which will be offering market-rate housing at the site. Typically, homes in Oxnard sell for approximately $645,986, according to Zillow.
The site is located along the coast, near the Mandalay State Beach. It is also in close proximity to the Oxnard State Beach Park, the Channel Islands, various marinas and the Oxnard Airport. With its prime coastal location, Oxnard is also home to many hotel properties, including Embassy Suites by Hilton Mandalay Beach, Hampton Inn Channel Islands Harbor and Casa Via Mar Inn, among many others.
The site was previously the J & J and Carney and Sons Oil Field Waste Disposal prior to being reimagined into a mixture of residential, commercial, and tourism related developments in the 1990s. The project was initially proposed in 1997 and consisted of 364 detached dwelling units. However, due to site cleaning and the 2008 financial recession, the process has taken nearly 30 years to receive approval.
SunCal did not respond in time to comment on this story.
