The "Coast" report

Orange Coast College’s $113-million Student Union, College Center nears completion
—LA Times
     Orange Coast College has been a relative ghost town since students transitioned to distance learning in March during the coronavirus pandemic, but for work crews, planners and designers the past few months have been busier than ever.
     And that work is beginning to bear fruit as officials with Orange Coast … announce the completion of several major building projects on the Costa Mesa campus that have been in the pipeline for more than a decade.
     Without the usual fanfare of a ribbon-cutting ceremony and public unveiling, work wrapped up in April on a $51-million aquatics center that is home to a 65-meter pool and 47,000 square feet of space for athletics and kinesiology courses.
     And now two new campus superstars — a 40,800-square-foot Student Union and a College Center, whose 119,185 square feet of space will accommodate a cafeteria as well as the campus’ culinary arts, hospitality and tourism programs — are nearly ready for their campus debut….