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How much downtown office space does the city of San Diego really need? - The San Diego Union-Tribune

The city of San Diego can go grow its downtown employee headcount and also considerably shrink its civic core office footprint — but it will need to provide ample parking to keep its workers happy, according to a new report prepared by a city real estate consultant. San Diego can go from 2,870 downtown employees currently using 819,000 square feet of space to a future state where 3,060 employees use just 580,000 square feet, real estate consultant Jones Lang LaSalle has determined. Monday, city…
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Pfizer inks large deal for lab space at new Torrey View campus in S...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has inked a deal to house its growing oncology business in a new, palatial San Diego estate overlooking the ocean. The drugmaker recently signed a 15-year lease for 230,000 square feet of space at the Torrey View campus, currently under construction. The company will take over two of the project’s three research and development buildings to advance cancer treatments, developer Breakthrough Properties announced Friday in a news release. “Breakthrough is proud to suppor…
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San Diego will consider major subsidy for Midway Rising's sports ar...

The city of San Diego is open to offering the Midway Rising development team substantial financial assistance to make possible the redevelopment of the city’s sports arena real estate in the Midway District. Monday, San Diego City Council members voted unanimously to explore the formation of what’s known as an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District or EIFD. The action means the city and its real estate consultant will take a closer look at the pros and cons of creating a tax increment financ…
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'We struck a balance': Port approves new 30-year blueprint for San ...

After 11 years of planning work, the Port of San Diego’s future-looking guidebook that dictates what can and cannot be built on thousands of acres in and around San Diego Bay is done — pending signoff from a higher-ranking regulatory agency. On Wednesday, the Board of Port Commissioners voted unanimously to adopt what’s known as the Port Master Plan Update and to certify the plan’s associated environmental impact report. The milestone action clears the way for consideration by the California Coa…
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San Diego sues Manchester Financial for $5M, alleges botched cleanu...

The city of San Diego is suing prominent local developer Manchester Financial Group for failing to properly clean up contaminated soil at the former Navy Broadway Complex before dumping the construction waste at an inactive landfill. On Thursday, San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott filed a breach of contract complaint against the developer and its subcontractor, AMG Demolition & Environmental Service, Inc., in San Diego Superior Court. The suit seeks $5 million to repay the city for the cost as…
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Whole Foods Market planned for Front & A skyscraper project in down...

Upscale supermarket chain Whole Foods Market will open a location in downtown San Diego at the Front & A project at 201 West A St., project developer Holland Partner Group confirmed to the Union-Tribune. The high-end grocery tenant is set to take over roughly 50,000 square feet of ground-floor and mezzanine space at the base of the 34-story, residential tower, according to a permit application submitted to the city of San Diego in December. Holland Partner Group’s Front & A high-rise, which is u…
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Fire-damaged building at San Diego's Seaport Village set for demoli...

An empty and boarded-up, fire-damaged shop at Seaport Village will soon be razed to make way for a new common area at the popular bayside destination. On Tuesday, Port of San Diego Commissioners voted unanimously to hire Costa Azul Contracting Group Inc. to demolish the 849-square-foot structure, which was the former home of the since-relocated Seaport Market. The $228,489.10 construction contract includes exterior repairs to the adjacent Bay Company storefront, currently in operation. The contr…

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San Diego port commissioner's lawyer sues agency alleging retaliati...

The attorney who represented San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo during her recent board censure is suing the local government agency, alleging that the port retaliated against him for statements he made about the agency’s assistant general counsel during a public board meeting. Earlier this week, attorneys representing Cory Briggs of Briggs Law Corporation filed a complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California under Section 1983 of Title 42. The federal sta…
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Mira Mesa Community Park redevelopment was tripped up by a technica...

The $45 million-and-growing redevelopment of Mira Mesa’s most important park seemed last spring, after nearly two decades of stagnation, to be on the cusp of becoming real. The project, however, ran into a bureaucratic snag. The two firms competing for the construction contract were disqualified. Now a second solicitation process for the project, officially referred to as Mira Mesa Community Park Phase Two Improvements, is under way. Bids are due March 7. The project includes an all-new aquatic…
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Entertainment venue in play for old Navy property on San Diego Bay ...

The hotel developers likely to remake the old Navy property at 1220 Pacific Highway will get three more months to consider an unsolicited proposition from an unnamed entertainment venue operator that wants to be folded into the redevelopment plan for the 3.4-acre waterfront site. On Thursday, Port of San Diego Commissioners voted unanimously in favor of amending the agency’s First Right to Negotiate Agreement with LPP Lane Field, LLC. The action gives the entity an additional 90 days — through A…
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All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro blocked by City Council due...

The polarizing All Peoples Church project long planned for a vacant, 6-acre lot in Del Cerro hangs in the balance after city of San Diego leaders rejected approval of the required permits. City Council members cited perceived flaws with the project’s traffic analysis, echoing community member concerns about safety. On Tuesday the council voted 6 to 2 to deny the project, against the recommendation of city staff. The decision puts the future of the project, already more than six years in the maki…