For decades, the acres surrounding Anaheim’s Honda Center looked like most suburban sports venues in America: asphalt, a scattering of industrial buildings, and little reason to linger before or after a Ducks game. That is changing under OCVibe, a 100-acre, fully privately financed district that the Samueli family — owners of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks — is building block by block around the arena.
Scott Frick, senior vice president of real estate and district operations at the Samuelis’ Orange County Sports & Entertainment, laid out the scope of the project in an interview published August 18 by Commercial Observer. He described it as a $5 billion investment that will include 170,000 square feet of office space, more than 2,000 apartments, two hotels and more than 35 dining concepts, along with 20 acres of parks and plazas.
The first phase, arriving in 2027, brings the project’s public face into view. A 50,000-square-foot market hall called Katella Commons, a 5,000-capacity concert venue, and The Weave — a six-story mass-timber office building where flexible-office operator Kiln has already committed to a full floor — are all scheduled to open next year…