596 new homes coming to Laguna Canyon Road

February 20th, 2011, 1:00 am
Jeff Collins

The Irvine Co. has broken ground on the first of 596 homes it plans to build in a gated housing development on hillsides overlooking Laguna Canyon Road, the company has announced.

The sales office and model homes for the new Laguna Altura project — formerly called Laguna Crossing — are scheduled to open on May 14, said Dan Young, the Irvine Co.’s homebuilding chief.

Along with Stonegate in north Irvine, Laguna Altura is part of the developer’s 1,250-home “Irvine Pacific Collection.â€