Laguna Hills / South Orange County
Oakbrook Village on Avenida De La Carlota has showroom-sized space available today: the owner lists a 10,018 SF suite in Building E and 7,500 SF in Building F, next to large-format anchors REI Co-op and Road Runner Sports. El Toro Road at I-5 is the home improvement node, with The Home Depot at 24332 El Toro Road. Just north of Oakbrook, the former Laguna Hills Mall (Village at Laguna Hills) is being replanned, and the owner's 2026 proposal assumes a 28,000 SF Nordstrom Rack plus four retail and service pads of 1,200 to 8,000 SF.
Population
30,740
Median HHI
$128,851
Median age
41.7
Homeownership
70%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.
Primary retail corridors
Alicia Parkway · El Toro Road · La Paz Road · Paseo de Valencia · Moulton Parkway
Specific shopping centers in Laguna Hills that already carry credible co-tenancy for this use. Listed in approximate order of fit.
24231–24321 Avenida De La Carlota
Anchors / key tenants: Trader Joe's, REI Co-op, Road Runner Sports, See's Candies
Size: 130,000 SF
20-acre, roughly 130,000 SF center owned by Fritz Duda Company and anchored by Trader Joe's and REI Co-op. A 2015 redevelopment phase added apartments and more retail. Available suites are small-shop sized rather than large-format boxes.
Existing operators are the most honest comp for whether a use can support Laguna Hills rents. These are publicly visible showroom retail space businesses currently trading in the market.
Kitchen Art
Oakbrook Village, 24231 to 24321 Avenida De La Carlota, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Named as a tenant on owner Fritz Duda Company's Oakbrook Village page. The owner page does not give a suite number or describe the business, so treat it as a tenant name only until the format is checked.
The Home Depot (store 6628)
24332 El Toro Road, Laguna Hills, CA
Shown in the Orange County Health Care Agency food facility list dated February 2023, which gives a 92637 ZIP code for this address. Home Depot's own store page returned HTTP 403, so current details were not confirmed from the retailer.
01
Laguna Hills has no separate furniture, appliance or showroom use category. A showroom would normally fall under 'Retail/service business', which is permitted by right in CC (Table 9-28.020), FC (Table 9-26.020) and NMU (Table 9-29.020) and needs a site development permit in MXU (Table 9-30.020). 'Department store' appears only in FC and MXU, with a site development permit, and 'Warehouse/sales outlet' is a conditional use in FC. Section 9-10.050 lets the Community Development Director classify an unlisted use, so get that in writing for a hybrid showroom and warehouse concept.
02
The lower parking ratio has a condition. Table 9-44.A parks 'Furniture stores and home furnishing showrooms' at 1 stall per 500 sq ft, but only where items are ordered primarily for home delivery or installation (the table's examples are carpet and flooring, window coverings and windows). Otherwise the general retail rate of 1 per 200 applies. For a 10,018 SF suite like Oakbrook's Building E, that is about 20 stalls versus about 50.
03
EV and auto showrooms: 'Vehicle sales' is a conditional use in CC and needs a site development permit in FC, NMU and MXU. 'Vehicle repair' is a conditional use in CC and carries special requirements in FC under Chapters 9-11 and 9-40. Table 9-44.A parks automobile, truck and RV sales at 1 stall per 400 sq ft of indoor floor area plus 1 per 4,000 sq ft of outdoor retail area. An EV concept that also services cars needs both rows checked.
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Permit path: under Table 9-92.030 a conditional use permit or major site development permit goes to the Planning Agency after notice to owners within 300 feet, while a minor site development permit is a Community Development Director letter. The city's review handout estimates 60 to 90 days after a complete application for Planning Agency cases and about 30 days for administrative cases.
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Village at Laguna Hills: the April 21, 2026 fiscal impact analysis for owner MGP Fund X Laguna Hills, LLC's proposed modification shows 138,700 SF of new retail with a 28,000 SF Nordstrom Rack, a 35,000 SF grocery anchor, restaurant and retail pads and shops buildings of 2,500 to 11,100 SF. The site is in the Village Commercial district, where Table 9-10.050 defers all uses to the Urban Village Specific Plan, and the outcome of the July 2026 hearing on case USE-0239-2025 was not confirmed.
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Every tenant needs a Certificate of Use and Occupancy. Laguna Hills does not issue a traditional business license, the city asks tenants to confirm zoning with the Planning Division before signing a lease, and the fee for a COUO without construction is $250.10.
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.