Civic San Diego Approves Another 1,500 Downtown Residential Units
Civic San Diego, the city’s planning agency, last week approved seven residential and mixed-use projects proposed in Downtown San Diego with a total of 1,500 units, the agency reported. Projects ranged from low-income to luxury high-rise mixed-use projects. This included the $21.3M renovation and repositioning of the 1910 New Palace Hotel at 1814 Fifth Ave to 80 low-income units. This project, which was designed by Studio E Architects, is being developed by the San Diego Housing Commission’s development affiliate, Housing Development Partners.
Another low-income project that won approval, The Beacon, designed by M.W. Steele Group, will be developed by Wakeland Housing & Development. This transit-oriented development on the south side of C Street between 14th and 15th avenues, will house 44 formerly homeless residents. Social services will be provided by nearby Father Joe’s Village and the county’s behavioral health services personnel.
Canada-based Bosa Development’s Broadway Block also was approved. This full-city-block project, bounded by Broadway, C Street, and 7th and 8th avenues, was designed by JWDA and includes 620 units in two residential towers (41 and 21 stories), 17,400 SF of retail and 743 parking spaces.
Holland Partner Group and partner Sekisui House won approval of its Park & Market mixed-use project in upper East Village (above). Designed by Carrier Johnson + Culture, this project consists of a 34-story residential tower with 426 apartments—85 units of which are affordable, office space, retail amenities, open public space and entertainment facilities, including an amphitheater.
The Makers Quarter’s second-biggest project, Streetlights Makers Quarter (above), another city-block-size project in East Village, was also approved. Also designed by Carrier Johnson + Culture, this project, bounded by 15th and 16th avenues and F and G streets, includes 29- and six-story towers with 295 apartments, 22,300 SF of ground-level retail and parking for 468 cars.
Another mixed-use project by local developer/consultant Sherman Harmer at India & Beech in Little Italy won approval. This 28-story project includes 150 units, 3,159 SF of retail on street level and two fully automated robotic above-grade parking levels for 155 cars.
Civic San Diego also approved a micro-unit project at 320 W Cedar St in Little Italy, by developer-architect Jonathan Segal and his son, Matthew. This 35-unit project includes a 6,017 SF single-family home that will be occupied by the younger Segal. Units average 393 SF, and no on-site parking is planned—except for two spaces for the house.
