Urban Living in Irvine: Live-Work-Play on Martin Street
The Irvine Business Complex (IBC), which is located near John Wayne Airport, UCI, the Irvine business district, San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, as well as the cultural amenities of Newport Beach and the up-and-coming art scene in Costa Mesa, has been evolving into a live-work-play urban community for a while now.
The many high-rise homes available in the IBC have helped to create this urban-village lifestyle—a lifestyle that seems particularly to attract young professional and empty nesters who want to simplify their lives.
The Watermarke, Marquee Park Place and Avenue One are some of the most recent new construction, high-rise additions to the IBC, but the Metropolitan, built in the early 1990s on Martin Street, was the first to experiment with this live-work-play urban community lifestyle.
Home owners’ association dues in this guard-gated community, which are currently approximately $390 per month, include landscaping, trash service, property insurance, and maintenance on the club house, rec room, gym, pool and spa.
San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary PHOTO COURTESY OC THE GREAT OUTDOORS
For those interested in this urban-living lifestyle on Martin Street, here are some current possibilities:
Asking price: $399,000/$427 per square foot
Where: 2233 Martin Street #113, Irvine 92612
What: 1994 condo, 1+ bedroom/1 bath, 934 sf
Asking price: $465,000/$366 per square foot
2233 Martin Street #201, Irvine 92612
1994 mid-rise condo, 2+ bedroom/2 bath, 1269 sf
Asking price: $429,000/ $459 per square foot
Where: 2233 Martin Street #322, Irvine 92612
What: 1992 condo, 2 bedroom/1 bath
Asking price: $430,000/$460 per square foot
2233 Martin Street #413, Irvine 92612
What: 1993 penthouse condo, 1+ bedroom/1 bath, 934 sf
Asking price: $470,000/$370 per square foot
Where: 2243 Martin Street #218, Irvine 92612
What: 1993 mid-rise condo, 2 bedroom/2 bath, 1269 sf
Asking price: $374,000/$400 per square foot
Where: 2253 Martin Street #107, Irvine 92612
What: 1993 mid-rise condo, 1+ bedroom/1 bath, 934 sf
Asking price: $568,000/$401 per square foot
Where: 2253 Martin Street #216, Irvine 92612
What: 1993 mid-rise condo, 2 bedroom/2 bath (2 master suites), 1417 sf
Note: For more information on housing in the IBC, see Welcome to Urban Living in the IBC, Take the IBC Walking Tour—Open Houses, September 8th, What’s Selling in the IBC?, What’s New, IBC-style?, and Buildings Going Up, Prices Going Down.
Also see the following map for a list of IBC projects.
GRAPHICS COURTESY THE CITY OF IRVINE
