Ballpark District created to clean up blocks around Petco Park By Jennifer Van Grove June 6, 2025 at 6:25 p.m. A nonprofit d with the San Diego Padres will soon be responsible for the daily...
The Headquarters in downtown San Diego slated to be sold for $34.9 million By Jennifer Van Grove June 3, 2025 at 7:19 a.m. The Board of Port Commissioners is set to consider the proposed change in leasehold ownership...
Costa Verde Center owner wants to turn shuttered strip mall into its own neighborhood By Jennifer Van Grove May 29, 2025 at 4:32 p.m. New owner is crafting a master plan for a mixed-use development with thousands of residential...
San Diego’s convention center in major disrepair. Can it be fixed? By Lori Weisberg May 25, 2025 at 6:01 a.m. Amid mounting repair costs totaling $400 million, the center is experiencing more building failures during...
Mission Valley’s Hazard Center is getting a new name, look and vibe By Jennifer Van Grove May 23, 2025 at 7:57 a.m. The property's new owner is rebranding the retail and office complex as The Landing at...
Landscaping around Balboa Park’s Botanical Building will get a $10M makeover By Jennifer Van Grove May 21, 2025 at 11:34 a.m. Nonprofit Forever Balboa Park will soon begin exterior restoration work on the building's gardens and...
San Diego preparing to put downtown’s old Central Library on the market By Jennifer Van Grove May 19, 2025 at 5:59 a.m. The vacant, historic property at 820 E St. is slated to be offered for sale...
Auction date set for downtown San Diego’s Campus at Horton By Jennifer Van Grove May 14, 2025 at 10:01 a.m. With hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid debt, developer Stockdale Capital Partners has only...
Balboa Park Powwow celebrates Native American singing, dancing By Jennifer Van Grove May 10, 2025 at 5:28 p.m. Annual community gathering, now in its 37th year, is marked by its a circular arena...
‘There’s just no capital.’ Hotel scrapped from plan for Navy site on San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove May 8, 2025 at 4:40 p.m. Lane Field developers are now primarily focused on building an entertainment venue on a reduced...
New vision for San Diego’s Civic Center strives for renaissance of downtown By Jennifer Van Grove May 7, 2025 at 1:38 p.m. Downtown boosters seek to turn a just-released vision for six blocks of city-owned real estate...
Famous geneticist moving research institute to RaDD project on San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove May 6, 2025 at 10:45 a.m. J. Craig Venter Institute, now in La Jolla, has leased 50,000 square feet of space...
Fashion Valley’s newest names: Arhaus, Columbia Sportswear, Marine Layer and a Spanish fashion brand By Roxana Popescu May 7, 2025 at 5:52 a.m. Marine Layer, Columbia Sportswear, Arhaus and other stores will be coming to San Diego's Fashion...
Two projects will bring 562 apartments, more retail to downtown Oceanside By Phil Diehl May 4, 2025 at 5:12 a.m. Redevelopment renaissance continues along Mission Avenue, as city takes aim at housing shortage
San Diego’s unpopular ADU incentive ‘has been exploited’ by developers, needs ‘guardrails,’ planners say By David Garrick May 2, 2025 at 3:34 a.m. City planners want bigger fixes for San Diego's bonus ADU program than Mayor Todd Gloria...
Developer remaking Sorrento Mesa buildings into office condos By Jennifer Van Grove April 30, 2025 at 4:40 p.m. Abington Emerson Investments bought the buildings at 5665 and 5677 Oberlin Drive with plans to...
Seaport San Diego developer asks state lawmakers to expedite environmental review process By Jennifer Van Grove April 24, 2025 at 7:52 p.m. SB 675 would require the Coastal Commission to review the mega project proposed for San...
New owner in the works for The Headquarters in downtown San Diego By Jennifer Van Grove April 17, 2025 at 7:49 p.m. LBX Investments is in the process of acquiring the leasehold for the landmark retail center...
Oceanside commissioners say proposed appeal revisions are ‘offensive’ By Phil Diehl April 15, 2025 at 4:04 p.m. City Council suggests expansion of issues examined before overturning advisory body's decisions
Developer to build 36 homes on Oceanside parcel at I-5 and Route 78 By Phil Diehl April 14, 2025 at 5:03 a.m. Neighbors concerned about project's effects on traffic, access, property values and more
Prebys Foundation buys Wells Fargo Plaza tower to uplift downtown San Diego By Jennifer Van Grove April 11, 2025 at 12:06 p.m. The real estate acquisition is being framed by the philanthropic organization as a business decision...
New vibe, more diversity: Inside the University Club’s makeover to attract younger By Lori Weisberg April 11, 2025 at 6:03 a.m. Amid a growing exodus of downtown San Diego office workers, this longstanding -only club is...
Fairgrounds 2050: State institution to craft new plan for 324 acres of land By Jennifer Van Grove April 11, 2025 at 6:23 a.m. The 22nd District Agricultural Association, which produces the San Diego County Fair, has kicked off...
Downtown tower, Five50West, surrendered to lender By Jennifer Van Grove April 8, 2025 at 1:29 p.m. Asset management firm Barings took back the 20-story office building at 550 W. C St....
SANDAG moves into new, pricier downtown HQ By Jennifer Van Grove April 4, 2025 at 6:37 p.m. San Diego's lead transportation agency officially started its residency as the anchor office tenant at...
East Village block will get a $3.8M ‘greenway’ in place of parking lane By Jennifer Van Grove April 3, 2025 at 6:10 a.m. The city is converting a parking lane on a one-block stretch of 14th Street in...
Local developer buys 10-acre, Miramar Road property zoned for housing By Jennifer Van Grove March 27, 2025 at 12:02 p.m. Pacifica Companies purchased the Miramar Landing shopping center and an adjacent office building for $30.6...
Settlement reached in lawsuit that challenged housing project in fire-prone South County By Tammy Murga March 27, 2025 at 1:24 p.m. Parties in Otay Ranch Village 13 project agree to preserve 300 acres of open space,...
Midway Rising analysis sheds new light on plan for San Diego’s sports arena site By Jennifer Van Grove March 28, 2025 at 12:14 p.m. Draft environmental impact report details how the large project will change the landscape of the...
Harbor Police Department HQ on San Diego Bay slated for redevelopment By Jennifer Van Grove March 19, 2025 at 3:48 p.m. The Port of San Diego wants to demolish the 77-year-old police headquarters on East Harbor...
San Diego agrees to promote affordable housing, density in higher-income neighborhoods By Jeff McDonald March 19, 2025 at 9:54 p.m. The commitment is part of a settlement of a long-running lawsuit that accused the city...
DOGE targets 5 government office leases in San Diego for termination By Jennifer Van Grove March 20, 2025 at 9:16 a.m. The federal government reform team is seeking to end leases totaling 40,242 square feet of...
Oceanside considers changes to appeals process; building industry opposed By Phil Diehl March 13, 2025 at 4:29 p.m. Remake would allow broader basis for overturning commission's decision
San Diego City Council reverses stance, approves All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro By Phillip Molnar March 11, 2025 at 9:05 p.m. A year after rejecting it, San Diego City Council OKs All Peoples Church facility in...
To encourage homebuilding, San Diego moves to rein in historic building protections, tax breaks By David Garrick March 7, 2025 at 8:38 a.m. The timing is key, officials say: Many homes are hitting the 45-year-old threshold that makes...
San Diego rolls back California’s most aggressive ADU incentive By David Garrick March 7, 2025 at 7:33 a.m. After seven hours of public comments and policy haggling, council voted to largely undo...
Partial lease on the table for Balboa Park’s decaying Starlight Bowl, but future still uncertain By Jennifer Van Grove March 4, 2025 at 3:24 p.m. San Diego has restricted lease negotiations with nonprofit Save Starlight for the historic venue's upper...
San Diego to reconsider denial of All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro By Jennifer Van Grove February 28, 2025 at 12:37 p.m. City Council will revisit their decision to block the controversial project, which is proposing...
Port of San Diego renames DEI team, removes language from website By Jennifer Van Grove February 27, 2025 at 7:19 p.m. The agency renamed its DEI team the Culture of Belonging team, but maintains the change...
Judge sides with city, Padres development team on one claim against Tailgate Park deal By Jennifer Van Grove February 20, 2025 at 2:41 p.m. A Superior Court judge tossed out the claim that San Diego broke state environmental law...
A ‘campus town center,’ a greenway and 3 times as many people: What San Diego plans for the College Area By Maura Fox February 25, 2025 at 3:47 p.m. Community response is mixed. Some residents say more housing is crucial, especially near SDSU, but...
Campus at Horton in foreclosure By Jennifer Van Grove February 15, 2025 at 12:01 p.m. Developer Stockdale Capital Partners could lose the 10-acre property in the heart of downtown San...
Costa Verde Center near UTC sold for $124M By Jennifer Van Grove February 13, 2025 at 8:03 p.m. A London buyer with local ties has purchased the shuttered strip mall for a mixed-use...
Legal challenges to housing development aren’t new to San Diego. But the group behind this one is. By David Garrick February 14, 2025 at 10:11 a.m. The nonprofit, funded by construction unions, has challenged several high-profile projects in Los Angeles and...
Shea Homes buys office park and 23 acres of undeveloped land in Scripps Ranch By Jennifer Van Grove February 11, 2025 at 3:32 p.m. The homebuilder recently acquired five plots of land along Scripps Ranch Boulevard and Meanley Drive...
Torrey Pines research campus trades hands for $159M By Jennifer Van Grove February 7, 2025 at 6:13 a.m. Life science real estate developer Breakthrough Properties bought the three-building Muse complex at 3030, 3040...
Sorrento Mesa office property slated to be redeveloped with hundreds of apartments By Jennifer Van Grove February 6, 2025 at 7:33 a.m. Multi-family housing developer JPI plans to replace an office building following adoption of a community...
San Diego City Council will reconsider key ADU incentive in unexpected shift from pro-housing stance By David Garrick January 31, 2025 at 2:46 p.m. Council unanimously agreed not only to nix the controversial 'Footnote 7' zoning loophole but...
Apartment-style hotel comes to Little Italy By Lori Weisberg January 31, 2025 at 10:11 a.m. Ensconced within a new 37-story apartment tower, the 60-room Kasa is designed for longer stays...
Oceanside approves affordable apartments despite neighbors’ objections By Phil Diehl January 30, 2025 at 7:57 a.m. Traffic, emergency access are top concerns for long-time Olive Drive residents
San Diego selects team to convert 101 Ash St. into low-income housing By Jennifer Van Grove January 28, 2025 at 10:08 a.m. The team is proposing to rehabilitate the 21-story office tower with 250 subsidized apartments
Oceanside proposes funding plan for El Corazon parks By Phil Diehl January 27, 2025 at 8:04 a.m. Proposal would help assure funding for community ballfields and other recreational facilities
Details emerge about dueling bids for 101 Ash St. ahead of potential decision By Jennifer Van Grove January 27, 2025 at 6:03 a.m. Competing development teams believe they can tie a bow on San Diego's high-profile real estate...
Affordable housing plans for San Diego’s former Ritz-Carlton site collapse By Lori Weisberg January 24, 2025 at 3:47 p.m. City officials will hold off for now on pursuing redevelopment of the East Village site...
New San Diego hotel openings fall to lowest level in more than a decade By Lori Weisberg January 24, 2025 at 6:19 p.m. New hotel construction has picked up as pandemic-delayed projects move forward, from Coronado to Carlsbad.
Santee approves steep hikes in developer fees By Gary Warth January 20, 2025 at 6:34 a.m. The increases are the first in 19 years
Unpaid bills, a dead deal and a looming due date. It’s crunch time for the Campus at Horton By Jennifer Van Grove January 20, 2025 at 7:59 p.m. Developer Stockdale Capital Partners insists that 2025 will mark a visible turning point for the...
‘It only takes one.’ Flush with cash, IQHQ bullish on life science hub on San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove January 15, 2025 at 1:31 p.m. Life science real estate developer IQHQ ended 2024 with $900 million more in the bank...
Senior community working to overturn approval of 6-story Oceanside development By Phil Diehl January 14, 2025 at 2:08 p.m. Senior community working to overturn approval of 6-story Oceanside development
Irvine Company sells 2 downtown San Diego office towers By Jennifer Van Grove January 9, 2025 at 1:51 p.m. Two privately held real estate companies picked up the skyscrapers on Broadway in separate transactions...
Dramatic Brown Field overhaul, decades in the making, gets a shakeup and a longer timeline By David Garrick January 6, 2025 at 5:00 a.m. City officials hope the airport redevelopment — which hit a snag amid junkyard evictions —...
Frontwave Arena to pay Oceanside for police services at events By Phil Diehl January 2, 2025 at 3:38 p.m. Contract will not affect law enforcement elsewhere in the city, officials say
Agreement approved for 131 apartments at Vista Sprinter station By Phil Diehl December 28, 2024 at 8:16 p.m. Proposal also calls for retail space, more parking and other improvements
Manchester/Edgemoor project for 70-acre NAVWAR property takes shape By Jennifer Van Grove December 23, 2024 at 6:04 p.m. The development team selected to remake Midway District military campus is proposing replacement Navy facilities,...
‘We have options.’ San Diego may be able to deny Turquoise tower in Pacific Beach By Jennifer Van Grove December 19, 2024 at 2:57 p.m. State housing agency confirms the project's eligibility for controversial density bonuses — but stops short...
Former port commissioner seeking more than $1M in damages for agency’s ‘unlawful retaliation’ By Jennifer Van Grove December 17, 2024 at 8:01 p.m. Sandy Naranjo filed a tort claim with the port, alleging the agency falsely accused her...
This Coronado resort hotel is planning a $220M makeover. So what’s in it for locals? By Lori Weisberg December 15, 2024 at 10:37 p.m. As part of its resort-wide renovation, Loews Coronado also plans to create a pedestrian promenade...
Port buys Coronado Cays lease for $3M, kills controversial RV resort project By Jennifer Van Grove December 11, 2024 at 5:12 p.m. The Port of San Diego has agreed to buy out the lease for the property...
Balboa Park’s Botanical Building reopens after $26.5M restoration By Jennifer Van Grove December 8, 2024 at 5:47 a.m. Closed for nearly three years, the debut of the painstakingly restored park attraction coincides with...
San Diego abandons plan for new City Hall By Jennifer Van Grove December 6, 2024 at 3:18 p.m. Mayor Todd Gloria has tabled an ambitious redevelopment plan for the city's Civic Center real...
Oceanside officials ‘unnerved’ by recommendation that the city is prime for North County growth By Phil Diehl December 1, 2024 at 5:02 a.m. A county agency says Oceanside could draw development from surrounding unincorporated areas.
Who will decide the fate of Liberty Station? City’s battle with developer for control spills into public view By David Garrick December 3, 2024 at 7:14 a.m. Seligman Properties is trying to force San Diego to sell, citing state law — and...
Single-family home subdivision proposed near Guajome Lake By Phil Diehl November 27, 2024 at 11:12 a.m. Residents worry about traffic from a 83-lot development planned near the Oceanside-Vista border.
Fight over Midway District’s height limit not over yet By Jennifer Van Grove November 28, 2024 at 5:02 p.m. Environmental group Save Our Access is asking an appellate court to invalidate the ballot measure...
UC San Diego buys MOCA downtown, will create $15M arts campus dubbed ‘The Depot’ By David Garrick November 27, 2024 at 4:40 p.m. UCSD has been boosting its presence downtown since the Blue Line trolley extension to the...
Carlsbad approves airport land-use regulations By Phil Diehl November 25, 2024 at 12:18 p.m. County officials have long maintained that improvements are needed to better serve the region and...
The loophole for coastal ADUs is officially closed. That hasn’t ended these neighbors’ war over one. By David Garrick November 25, 2024 at 4:30 p.m. They haven't spoken for months, and a new backyard apartment on their property line remains...
San Diego takes key step toward preserving thousands of low-rent apartments By David Garrick November 21, 2024 at 6:33 p.m. The long-awaited law, which would be the first legislation ed by the city focused on...
Port of San Diego hires Carlsbad City Manager Scott Chadwick as CEO By Jennifer Van Grove November 21, 2024 at 12:08 p.m. Chadwick s the port with two decades of government experience and will take the wheel...
Bank takes back 600 B Street office tower in downtown San Diego By Jennifer Van Grove November 19, 2024 at 6:02 p.m. Western Alliance Bank took back the building from Rockwood Capital through a forced sale, which...
Owner of the Lafayette is preparing to open a second hotel. This one is steps from the Hotel Del. By Lori Weisberg November 15, 2024 at 5:07 p.m. The planned 36-room Baby Grand Hotel is the brainchild of CH Projects, known for its...
Weathered Imperial Beach Pier undergoing $2.6M in maintenance By Jennifer Van Grove November 16, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. Repair work includes the replacement of two piles that were swept out to sea in...
Downtown office tower sold to buyer planning to convert vacant floors into residential units By Jennifer Van Grove November 11, 2024 at 4:12 p.m. After getting a deal, Encinitas-based Ambient Communities intends to redo the vacant floors at 530...
City spending $2.8M on remodel of future Mission Valley office By Jennifer Van Grove October 31, 2024 at 6:22 p.m. The office building, which is said to be in pristine condition, will be updated to...
The San Diego company at the center of a new era in college sports By Jennifer Van Grove October 31, 2024 at 1:19 p.m. JMI Sports is helping athletic departments around the country juice program revenue amid a huge...
Oceana residents unhappy about 6-story, mixed-use development By Phil Diehl October 30, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. Oceanside Planning Commission approves 77-unit building for lot near El Camino Real
Even San Diego’s life science office buildings are sitting vacant. ‘We just oversubscribed on space.’ By Natallie Rocha October 30, 2024 at 1:18 p.m. The region’s vacancy rate for life science lab and office space hit a record high...
San Diego may have violated environmental law in deal to sell Tailgate Park to Padres development team By Jennifer Van Grove October 26, 2024 at 7:20 a.m. A Superior Court judge has signaled her intent to rule against the city and the...
Document proposing a $425M arena at SDSU Mission Valley sheds new light on old idea By Jennifer Van Grove October 15, 2024 at 10:24 a.m. A newly released document reveals more specifics about Oak View Group's late 2021 proposal to...
With eyes on University City, Irvine Company ready to offload 2 more downtown buildings By Jennifer Van Grove October 10, 2024 at 6:49 p.m. Irvine Company has listed for sale its 40- and 50-year-old office towers near Horton Plaza...
San Diego wants millions to build smaller-scale housing in neighborhoods. Here’s why density critics still don’t like it. By David Garrick October 14, 2024 at 11:35 a.m. One group representing single-family homeowners worries that for the plan to work, the city would...
‘Loophole’ in state law opens door to 22-story high-rise in Pacific Beach By Jennifer Van Grove October 9, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. A developer is invoking a recently amended state law to erect a hotel and apartment...
Lead Balboa Park group taps Symphony exec as next CEO By Jennifer Van Grove October 7, 2024 at 2:04 p.m. Katy McDonald will take over leadership duties at the nonprofit Forever Balboa Park as the...
Route 78-Interstate 5 interchange construction could start in 2033: ‘We have gone back to the drawing board again’ By Phil Diehl October 9, 2024 at 11:50 a.m. Completion of additional onramps more than 10 years away, according to Caltrans officials
Paradise Point reviving $35M upgrade but what about Margaritaville plans? By Lori Weisberg October 4, 2024 at 5:33 p.m. The Mission Bay resort has submitted a new renovation proposal to the Coastal Commission five...
Mission Valley bridge over San Diego River, now a $53M project, secures approval By Jennifer Van Grove September 30, 2024 at 10:26 p.m. The Fenton Parkway Bridge, which SDSU must build as a condition of its purchase of...
Five-story, mixed-use project OK’d for Carlsbad’s Village over residents’ opposition By Phil Diehl September 26, 2024 at 3:35 p.m. Four buildings with 218 apartments, parking garage, retail shops to replace 1960s shopping center
Draft EIR for Oceanside Transit Center project shows ‘less than significant impact’ By Phil Diehl September 22, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Plan calls for 547 apartments, 170-room boutique hotel, office building, parking garage and more
Roundabout in the works for intersection near Balboa Park By Jennifer Van Grove September 20, 2024 at 3:03 p.m. San Diego will spend $2.4 million on a permanent roundabout at Sixth and Juniper to...
Amid a ‘critical demand for housing,’ 2 of the nation’s tallest dorms open at UC San Diego By Gary Robbins September 19, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. The new Pepper Canyon West residence halls will help UCSD house a record 22,000 students...