Planning the Village of Woodbridge in the City of Irvine

Oct 28

The Village of Woodbridge is a 2.65 square mile portion of the Irvine Ranch located in the City of Irvine. It was planned by the Irvine Company in the early 1970s and the grand opening took place in June 1976. Here are images, many of which were created by the SWA Group, to present the site planning concepts incorporated in the design of the village.

The following three exhibits highlight how the site planning of the initial development area of the village, the northwest quadrant, evolved as builders refined their product plans.

Below is a site plan of the Village of Woodbridge as ultimately built out circa 1990. According to the Woodbridge Village Association, there are over 9,600 residential units within Woodbridge with an overall population of approximately 30,000 residents.

The village encompasses approximately 1,700 acres and includes 41 recreational facilities including the two landmark lakes. There are 22 pools, a spalsh pad, 16 spas, 2 beach lagoons with boat ducks, 23 tennis courts, 4 pickle-ball courts, a big wheel park and a fitness course.

The Woodbridge Village Association operates and maintains all of the recreational facilities and commonly-owned landscape areas. It also enforces the rules and regulations of the community.

H. Pike Oliver

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, H. Pike Oliver has worked on real estate development strategies and master-planned communities since the early 1970s, including nearly eight years at the Irvine Company. He resided in the City of Irvine for five years in the 1980s and nine years in the 1990s.

As the founder and sole proprietor of URBANEXUS, Oliver works on advancing equitable and sustainable real estate development and natural lands management. He is also an affiliate instructor at the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington.

Early in his career, Oliver worked for public agencies, including the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research where he was a principal contributor to An Urban Strategy for California. Prior to relocating to Seattle in 2013, Oliver taught real estate development at Cornell University and directed the undergraduate program in urban and regional studies. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the American Planning Association and a founder and emeritus member of the California Planning Roundtable.

Oliver is a graduate of the urban studies and planning program at San Francisco State University and earned a master’s degree in urban planning at UCLA.

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