Orange Coast College campus packed with new buildings, though kept empty by pandemic

Orange Coast College’s Costa Mesa campus has been a construction zone for the past few years, but today many of the new facilities are done and awaiting the return of students to campus.
With funding from a $697 million bond measure voters approved in 2012, the college so far has built a new aquatic complex with what OCC officials say is the county’s largest pool, and two neighboring buildings that together encompass 160,000 square feet. In one, a student union with space for clubs,