Article: Plan for Santa Ana, Calif., high-rise office tower meets with mixed opinions.

By Courtney Perkes, The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 25--SANTA ANA, Calif. -- Jon Julio, a professional in-line skater from the Bay area, once spent a summer in Newport Beach. But when he decided to move to Orange County, he picked the sounds of the city instead of the surf.

Julio, 27, bought an artist loft in downtown Santa Ana because he wants to invest his future in a place where he sees investment all around him -- from live-work lofts to a 37-story office tower approved last week that would be the tallest in the county.

"There's a lot of rebuilding going on," said Julio, who also owns a ...

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