• 0
  • Home
  • About Us
  • What We Do

Shopping Cart

GPAM
  • Home
  • About Us
  • What We Do

Noodle maker beats appeal to expand ramen plant in Irvine

Development opponents in California often bring CEQA appeals, but a noodle maker in Irvine beat one on the legal question of “standing.”

Maruchan, maker of a popular brand of ramen fast-cook noodles, was approved by the City Council to add a 227,400-square-foot industrial building to its 400,800-square-foot plant at 15800 Laguna Canyon Road, in the Irvine Spectrum, the Orange County Business Journal reported. 

The decision put the kibosh on an appeal filed by Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility, a Covina-based advocacy group tied to the laborer’s union. 

SAFER, in its protest filing, argued the City of Irvine didn’t conduct a sufficient analysis of the project under the California Environmental Quality Act. Irvine staff said the appeal lacked merit.

Specifically, the staff report stated that “the appellant does not have standing to appeal the associated conditional use permit modification because SAFER is neither the applicant nor an owner or resident of property within 500 feet of the project site.”

The Maruchan factory cranks out the noodles, and apparently needs space for more.

The unit of Tokyo-based Toyo Suisan Kaisha currently has six production lines at the Irvine facility, with 482 employees working two shifts, 223 during the day and 182 at night, according to the Business Journal.

The company applied to add 227,400 square feet more space for three new production lines and 191 more employees, 103 during by day and 88 at night.

The new building would include light manufacturing, warehousing and auxiliary offices. It would also include new driveways, loading docks and equipment.

Maruchan was launched in Los Angeles in 1972 to market instant noodles from Japan, then began manufacturing them five years later, according to a company report. It now has four plants across the U.S.

The 5,000-acre Irvine Spectrum is one of the two major business centers in Irvine, according to the city. It includes 38 million square feet of commercial space, and 3,500 companies that employ nearly 80,000 people. 

The city’s Irvine Spectrum Center, the city’s major retail center, has 1.2 million square feet of shops and restaurants containing more than 130 businesses.

— Dana Bartholomew

Read more

  • OC billionaire sells pair of Irvine office buildings for $60M
  • Google renews office lease for 200K sf in Irvine
  • How low did Irvine Company go on San Diego office sale?

The post Noodle maker beats appeal to expand ramen plant in Irvine appeared first on The Real Deal.

Powered by WPeMatico

  • 08 October 2024
  • The Real Deal
  • Uncategorized
  •  Like
Aflalo unveils look of Beverly Hills project on Pavilions site →← Allegro Capital moves ahead on 41-unit complex in Glendale
  • Recent Posts

    • Hoteliers sound the alarm on looming distress  May 24, 2025
    • Growth markets see retail boom even with tariff uncertainty May 24, 2025
    • Westchester resi project gets city OK after union drops objection May 23, 2025
    • WATCH: ‘Father of CMBS’ Ethan Penner to run for governor of California May 23, 2025
    • Fashion Island office fetches $756 psf May 23, 2025
  • Recent Comments

    • Archives

      • May 2025
      • April 2025
      • March 2025
      • February 2025
      • January 2025
      • December 2024
      • November 2024
      • October 2024
      • September 2024
      • August 2024
      • July 2024
      • June 2024
      • May 2024
      • April 2024
      • March 2024
      • February 2024
      • January 2024
      • December 2023
      • February 2023
      • January 2023
      • December 2022
      • November 2022
      • October 2022
      • September 2022
      • August 2022
      • July 2022
      • June 2022
      • May 2022
      • April 2022
      • March 2022
      • February 2022
      • January 2022
      • December 2021
      • November 2021
      • October 2021
      • September 2021
      • August 2021
      • July 2021
      • June 2021
      • May 2021
      • April 2021
      • March 2021
      • February 2021
      • January 2021
      • December 2020
      • November 2020
      • October 2020
      • September 2020
      • August 2020
      • July 2020
      • June 2020
      • May 2020
      • April 2020
      • March 2020
      • February 2020
      • January 2020
      • December 2019
      • November 2019
      • October 2019
      • September 2019
      • August 2019
      • July 2019
      • June 2019
      • May 2019
      • April 2019
      • March 2019
      • February 2019
      • January 2019
      • December 2018
      • November 2018
      • October 2018
      • September 2018
      • August 2018
      • July 2018
      • June 2018
      • May 2018
      • April 2018
      • March 2018
      • February 2018
      • January 2018
      • December 2017
    • Global Property and Asset Mangement, Inc.
      137 North Larchmont
      Los Angeles, California 90010
      +1 213-427-1127

    © 2025 GPAM