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for cocktails and a game of cornhole on the event lawn at The

Canyon House. OR • Join your Gavilan “gal-pals” for water aerobics at the resort-style Outlook. OR • Take the kids for ahike in Oak Canyon and aswim at South Plunge. OR • Gather with neighbors for morning lattes at

Canyon Coffee before you head-out to the annual springtime FieldFest.

For singles, couples and families of every age and life stage, this is just another day at the new hillside village of Esencia on the new South Orange County community of Rancho Mission Viejo where awide assortment of homes for sale, recreational amenities, and an abundance of activities are provided for the young and young-at-heart.

Currently, Esencia offers afull range of eight “all age” neighborhoods and four “Gavilan”

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neighborhoods of primarily single story homes exclusive to the 55+ crowd within one ageless village. Priced from the high $400,000s to over $1 million, the homes now available for purchase at Esencia are situated in 12 neighborhoods set atop some of the highest elevations on Rancho Mission Viejo to afford both coastal and backcountry panoramas.

The first place to engage with the Esencia lifestyle is at the Visitor Center found at The Canyon House - an all age indoor/outdoor retreat featuring a covered open air great room, a spacious courtyard with fireplace, event lawn and the adjoining Canyon Coffee, a village coffee house proudly serving Peet’s Coffees and Teas. Just below The Canyon House is Oak Canyon where hiking trails meander through stands of live oaks.

afew steps from The Canyon House is Esencia Farm, one of several community farms

now under planning, production or cultivation on Rancho Mission Viejo. and, while the newly opened South Plunge offers all Esencia residents arefreshing pool, children’s play area, event lawn and outdoor grilling and dining area, The Outlook provides a resortstyle refuge for the exclusive use of Gavilan 55+ residents. Situated overlooking a wide canyon and the rugged tops of Chiquita Ridgeline, The Outlook includes a covered outdoor great room, a lap pool with cabanas, a fire pit, and an outdoor dining area with barbeque grills.

and, now taking shape at Esencia are several open air rooms and retreats located within this new village and along its scenic edges. Offering both all age and Gavilan 55+ exclusive access, these unique Esencia retreats are planned to provide such amenities as outdoor tent cabins, native plant gardens, fire places

and fire pits, barbeque grills and outdoor dining areas, bocce ball courts, and small event and gathering areas.

Plus, envisioned as Esencia’s social and recreational heart is The Hilltop Club,slated to open in Spring 2017. Designed as an all age clubhouse, The Hilltop Club is expected to provide afitness center, group exercise room, outdoor exercise patio, swimming pool and spa with poolside cabanas, arcade, bar with lounge seating, loggias with lots of patio seating, outdoor barbeque/dining area,fire pit, bocce ball courts, locker rooms with showers, and alarge event lawn with an outdoor barbeque pavilion.

Plus, as Rancho Mission Viejo community residents, Esencia homeowners enjoy access to the clubhouses and amenities at Sendero, the first village to open on Rancho Mission Viejo.

anticipated to open for instruction by Fall 2018 will be the new Esencia K-8 school

(part of the acclaimed Capistrano Unified School District).

and, approximately 50 acres of commercial space has been allocated at Esencia for such uses as retail shops and services, restaurants, professional and medical offices, and more. Esencia is located just 2.3 miles from downtown San Juan Capistrano and five miles from San Clemente and Doheny State Beach.

To reach the Esencia model homes and the Visitors Center in The Canyon House, exit the i-5 at Ortega Highway and proceed inland to antonio Parkway. Turn left, then right at Cow Camp Road and follow the signs to Esencia. The Visitors Center is open daily at 10:00 am. For more information, call 949-768-1882 or visit www.RanchoMissionViejo. com.