Newport Beach sues owners of vacant shopping center
The city of Newport Beach is suing to force the owners of a crumbling, vacant Mariners Mile shopping center to clean up the property.
In legal papers filed this week in Orange County Superior Court, the city contends that the shopping center near West Coast Highway and Dover Drive is full of “garbage, offal, rat harborages, stagnant water, combustible materials” and other fire and health hazards.
The city is suing property owners Mariners Mile Gateway to force them to fix up the shopping center.
