by Mark Mueller | Orange County Business Journal

A slow period for new hotel development in Orange County, particularly along the coast, looks set to end this summer, with work starting for a pair of high-profile projects at the revitalized Dana Point Harbor. Groundbreaking is expected this August for an upscale, 130-room hotel, as well as a more affordable, 169-room hotel at the harbor, said Bob Olson, chief executive of Newport Beach-based R.D. Olson Development.