Huntington Beach / Coastal Orange County
The Beach and Edinger corridor is where the showroom users we could verify sit: Sleep Number on Beach Boulevard a block south of Edinger, Ashley at 7212 Edinger, and Bella Terra's Custom Comfort Mattress and World Market next to Costco. Farther south on Beach Boulevard, Huntington Beach Ford sits at 18255 Beach. Pacific City is the design-oriented alternative near the coast: DJM Capital says it built 191,000 sq ft of retail on two levels over a 1,000-car underground garage, though we did not confirm a furniture or design tenant there.
Population
195,240
Median HHI
$120,919
Median age
44
Homeownership
55.4%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
Primary retail corridors
Beach Boulevard · Pacific Coast Highway · Main Street · Edinger Avenue · Adams Avenue · Warner Avenue
Specific shopping centers in Huntington Beach that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.
Beach Boulevard / Edinger Avenue
Anchors / key tenants: big-box, automotive, and value-tier retail corridor
Heavy traffic-count corridor with big-box, value, automotive, and casual restaurant pattern. Daily-needs and service-retail leasing here looks very different than Pacific City or Main Street.
7777 Edinger Avenue
Anchors / key tenants: Whole Foods, Costco, Kohl's, REI, Ulta Beauty, The Cheesecake Factory
Size: 778,000 SF
PGIM-owned regional center, ≈96.8% leased. Whole Foods anchors the grocery; Costco holds a ground lease. Recent reuse: Staples closed in early 2023 and was redeveloped into Ulta Beauty. Mixed-use Residences component adds steady weekday foot traffic.
21010 Pacific Coast Highway
Anchors / key tenants: oceanfront mixed-use lifestyle center
Oceanfront mixed-use center across PCH from the pier. Boutique shopping, full-service and casual dining, and a weekend farmer's market. The premium visitor-and-resident destination in HB.
Main Street between PCH and Orange Avenue
Anchors / key tenants: walkable beach-town dining, nightlife, and surf retail
The pier-to-Main pedestrian core. Strong visitor evening pattern, surf/lifestyle retail, casual dining, and nightlife. Less suited for appointment-based services; better for high-frequency food and lifestyle.
Existing operators are the most honest comp for whether a use can support Huntington Beach rents. These are publicly visible showroom retail space businesses currently trading in the market.
Ashley Store
7212 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Furniture and mattress showroom on Edinger Avenue, per Ashley's own store page. Ashley's California directory lists no other store in the city.
Sleep Number, Huntington Beach-Beach Blvd.
16091 Beach Boulevard, Suite 101, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Sleep Number's store page describes it as one block south of Edinger Avenue, which puts it on the Beach and Edinger corridor.
Cost Plus World Market
Bella Terra, 7777 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Home furnishings and decor. Listed in Bella Terra's directory, and World Market's own locator gives 7777 Edinger Avenue.
Custom Comfort Mattress
Bella Terra, 7777 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Mattress showroom listed in Bella Terra's directory, which places it across the street from the Costco gas station and points customers to the parking structure off Center Avenue.
Costco Wholesale
Bella Terra, 7777 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647
Not a showroom, but it is the large-format anchor next to the Bella Terra furniture tenants. DJM Capital, the center's developer, gives the store as 150,000 sq ft with a gas station, and the center directory notes it sells furniture and appliances.
Huntington Beach Ford
18255 Beach Boulevard, Huntington Beach, CA 92648
New vehicle dealer on Beach Boulevard, per the dealer's own website. Relevant to EV and auto showroom users because the Beach and Edinger Corridors Specific Plan has its own auto dealer standards.
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Classification and zone: the Chapter 204 definition of Retail Sales expressly includes furniture stores, appliances, carpeting and floor covering, kitchen utensils, hardware, and paint and wallpaper. Section 211.04 permits Retail Sales in the CG and CV districts and does not allow it in CO, so a flooring or furniture showroom in an office-zoned building is not a by-right use.
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Parking is lighter for furniture: Section 231.04 sets furniture and appliance stores at 1 space per 500 sq ft, not counting storage or loading areas, with a minimum of 5, against 1 per 200 sq ft for general retail and hardware stores. A 10,000 sq ft showroom with 2,000 sq ft of back stock needs 16 spaces at the furniture rate and 50 at the retail rate, so get Planning to confirm the furniture classification in writing.
03
EV and auto galleries: Vehicle Equip. Sales & Rentals is a Zoning Administrator conditional use permit in CO and CG and is not permitted in CV (Section 211.04). Parking under Section 231.04 is 1 space per 1,000 sq ft of indoor and outdoor display area open to the public (minimum 10), plus 1 per 300 sq ft of office and 1 per 200 sq ft of service area. Ask whether a small in-center EV gallery will be treated as vehicle sales or as retail.
04
Contractor-facing kitchen, bath and building supply: Building Materials and Services (lumber, tool and equipment rental, contractors' yards) is allowed only in CG, and it excludes stores that sell only paint and hardware. Its parking is 1 space per 1,000 sq ft of lot area, minimum 10, plus 1 per 300 sq ft of office.
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Beach and Edinger sites: the Beach and Edinger Corridors Specific Plan (effective April 16, 2010) was amended on May 4, 2015 to change auto dealer development standards, raise front setbacks to 15 feet for single-story commercial buildings, and allow deviation from Edinger Avenue frontage road rules for commercial projects adding up to 50% of existing square footage. Addresses like 16091 Beach and 7212 Edinger may fall under the plan instead of Chapter 211, and Bella Terra has its own specific plan.
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Big boxes and add-ons: Section 211.05(Q) requires a Zoning Administrator conditional use permit for additions of 10,000 sq ft or more, additions of 50% or more of a building, or any addition within 300 feet of a residential zone or use. Section 231.04 also requires one 14 by 20 by 14 foot loading space per 20,000 sq ft of floor area (none below 20,000 sq ft), so check dock access before committing to a large-format box.
Zoning, licensing, and demographic figures on this page come from the public records below. Codes and licenses change, so confirm with the city and the licensing agency before you sign.