 A brief note in "The New York Times" on November 29, 2009, concerned a high-end charity fund-raising event for the project and said renovation was to begin in 2010.. Reports since then put the expected cost across a fairly wide range, while accounts of some other details have also varied.In April 2009, a comparatively detailed report in a local Orange County media outlet put costs at $15 million, indicating work had been ongoing.A public lounge area which had included the building's iconic second-floor fireplace has been reconfigured as a restaurant and catering operation.