Civic center project costs could run $82M-$140M

Plans to build a new Newport Beach city hall, 16-acre park and central library expansion could cost the city anywhere from $82 million to $140 million, Newport Beach City Manager Dave Kiff said Tuesday.

In April, city officials said that the whole project could cost as much as $100 million.

The Newport Beach City Council were to discuss preliminary cost estimates for the project at a study session slated for 4 p.m. today.

The latest vision for the massive Civic Center project, at 1100 Avocado Avenue in Newport Center, includes a walkway over San Miguel Drive; a 4,000 square-foot emergency operations center; an up to 17,000-square-foot library expansion and a 450-space parking structure.

The council could look at ways to keep costs down to around $100 million, including getting rid of some of the more costlier components of the project, Kiff said.