Irvine Spectrum is a district in southeastern
Irvine,
Orange County, California
Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, a ...
, centered on the
Irvine Spectrum Center
The Irvine Spectrum Center is an outdoor shopping center developed by the Irvine Company, located in the Irvine Spectrum district on the southeast edge of Irvine, California. The mall features Nordstrom and Target department stores, a ferris whee ...
shopping and
lifestyle center
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. It is also an
edge city
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, a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown, as defined by
Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau (born 1948) is an American journalist, scholar, and author.
In 1981, Garreau published ''The Nine Nations of North America''. In 1991, he published '' Edge City: Life on the New Frontier''. In 2005, he published ''Radical Evolutio ...
in his 1991 book ''Edge City: Life on the New Frontier''.
The Irvine Spectrum Center is anchored by
Target
Target may refer to:
Physical items
* Shooting target, used in marksmanship training and various shooting sports
** Bullseye (target), the goal one for which one aims in many of these sports
** Aiming point, in field artillery, fi ...
,
Nordstrom
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and a large
Edwards Cinema
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multiplex. Office space is leased by the
Irvine Company
The Irvine Company LLC is an American private company focused on real estate development. It is headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with a large portion of its operations centered in and around Irvine, California, a planned city of more ...
, which promotes Irvine Spectrum as Orange County's new "tech hub" and its new "Downtown" of office space, with 13 million square feet of office space in over 40 office "communities".
"Irvine Spectrum", Irvine Company Office Properties website
/ref> The area also includes apartments, and is immediately adjacent to two other districts that by Garreau's abovementioned criteria would make them part of the edge city:
* Irvine Medical and Science Complex to the west, containing Cal State Fullerton
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Irvine Center, Hoag Hospital
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* Bob Hoag, American record producer and songwriter
*Charles Hoag (1808–1888), American scholar and teacher; first school master of Minn ...
Irvine and a Kaiser Permanente
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hospital
* Irvine Technology Center to the east, containing Alton Marketplace (big box center with a Costco
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and Walmart
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), the Irvine Transportation Center
Irvine Transportation Center (also referred to as Irvine station) is a passenger rail and bus terminal in the Irvine Spectrum district of southeastern Irvine, California, United States. Located on the southwest end of the decommissioned Marine Co ...
, with Amtrak
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and Metrolink train service, and the FivePoint Amphitheater
References
{{Villages of Irvine
Edge cities in Greater Los Angeles
Villages of Irvine, California
High-technology business districts in the United States
Geography of Orange County, California