For the last couple of years, I have been talking about the possibility of moving to a retirement complex to be built in San Juan Capistrano.  Initially, the site was to be in the center of town, in an ideal plot of land that was being used for storage of trees at a plant nursery.  The developers ran into zoning issues, and were denied permission to build at that site.  They then found another site, just at the edge of town, already zoned and ready to proceed.  That was in early 2016.  I have posted photos along the way showing progress.

Ten days ago, the developers ran a “hayride” tour of the site to show prospective residents the progress they have now made.  I attended this event, but a couple of days earlier I took some photos from the edges of the the complex.  The first shots are from across the entrance road.

I then went across the main road and took some shots from the park there.

The “hayride” tour was done in two large golf carts.  We drove to the top of the entrance road (the top of the site as seen in previous shots) on paved roadway, and parked on a portion of the pad.  The developer ran the tour tram that I rode.

There will be several areas of separate homes, as well as a large “clubhouse” with restaurants, a pond and waterfall, and other amenities.  Attached to the clubhouse will be a number of apartments — I will be on the top floor of this area.

The framing is for the clubhouse.

Views are rather impressive — this is to the east, to the Cleveland National Forest.  The bulldozers are in an area that will become a medical center.

They have made considerable progress, and are anticipating moving people into the complex during the first quarter of 2019, about a year from now.  For now, they are working hard except when they do these tours — on those days, they serve catered lunches on site, this time of hamburgers and hot dogs.