Malibu Canyon Resort

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In 2024, Green Acres, LLC submitted an application for a coastal development permit (CDP No. 24-001), conditional use permit (CUP No. 24-001) and other discretionary requests for the construction of a 146-room resort hotel with restaurants, meeting rooms, and other amenities on three vacant parcels located in the Commercial Visitor-Serving 2 (CV-2) zoning district at 4000 Malibu Canyon Road. The application meets the definition of a “Project” pursuant to the California Environment Quality Act (CEQA) and requires the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Click here for a detail description of the project. 

Next Step - A Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meeting will be published. The purpose of a Notice of Preparation of an EIR and scoping meeting is to formally announce that an EIR is starting and to ask the public and agencies for guidance on what potential environmental effects, alternatives, and mitigation measures the study should analyze. 

Processing

The CDP/CUP application is currently incomplete. The Project includes multiple variance requests. Three incomplete review letters have been provided by the Planning Division to the Developer in February 2024, July 2024, and May 2025. Additional incomplete review letters have been issued in 2024 and 2025 by other City reviewers including Biology, Building Safety, Geology, and Public Works. Reviews are also pending from the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACFD) and Los Angeles County Waterworks District 29. To date, no City or County department has issued approval of the Project; all departmental reviews remain outstanding. 

The project requires a Planning Commission hearing to consider the EIR and entitlements. As the project does not include code amendments, it would only be reviewed by the City Council if the Planning Commission’s decision is appealed. 

Timeline

TBD - A Notice of Preparation and Scoping Meeting will be published. A meeting date has not been scheduled. 

August 10, 2026 - The City Council will consider an agreement with Impact Sciences, Inc. to prepare the EIR. In addition, the Councill will consider a Developer Reimbursement Agreement to re-pay the City for costs associated with the processing of the EIR. Staff report forthcoming. 

June 4, 2026 - The City released a Supplemental Request for Proposals for preparation of an EIR Consultant under CEQA for the proposed Project.

March 9, 2026 - The City released a Request for Proposals for preparation of an EIR Consultant under CEQA for the proposed Project. 

January 5, 2024 - The applicant, Green Acres, LLC, submitted the Malibu Canyon Resort application to the Planning Department.

Project Documents

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PREVIOUS PROJECTS  PROPOSED 

Malibu memorial park project

On April 28, 2015, the applicant, Bruce McBride, on behalf of the property owner, Green Acres, LLC, filed a CDP application to develop the Malibu Memorial Park Project (proposed project), located on the former Rancho Malibu Hotel Project site, 4000 Malibu Canyon Road (APNs 4458-030-007, 4458-028-015, and 4458-028-019). The project is located in the Commercial Visitor Serving-2 zoning district. The Planning Commission approved the project in June 2017 and granted a two-year time extension in 2022.

Rancho Malibu Hotel Project

The project site was previously proposed as the Rancho Malibu Hotel project. The 2011 CDP application included a 274,775 square-foot hotel complex, with 146 rooms, a spa, swimming pool, bar, and ballroom, as well as meeting room facilities, and retail and restaurant uses. A proposed four-level, 543-space parking structure included three levels of subterranean parking and one ground level parking lot.

A Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was released for the Rancho Malibu Hotel Project in October 2013, and a public hearing before the Planning Commission was held to receive public comment on November 18, 2013. A Final EIR was not prepared for the project since the application was withdrawn in September 2015 when the project applicant proposed the subject memorial park on the project site in place of the hotel project.

A detailed history of the hotel project entitlements and environmental review is provided in the Staff Memorandum dated 2012 (PDF). It should be noted that the memorandum has not been updated since 2012. The Coastal Commission-issued permit noted in the memorandum has since expired.