84 year old televangelist who purchased land in Mission Valley's hotel circle wants to build a religion theme-park and break ground this year
http://obrag.org/?p=103261 http://www.kpbs.org/news/2016/jan/29...televangelist/ http://www.latimes.com/local/califor...126-story.html |
So driving down from LA on I-5 to the Farmers Insurance Open yesterday, I noticed two new building nearing completion in La Holla as what appears to be part of the UC San Diego hospital complex just east of I-5. They look very, very cool. Glassy, modern, one with a facade pattern not too dissimilar from Gerhy's IAC building in NY, but with a more silvery look as opposed to light blue. Anyone have any details on them, including who the architect(s) is/are?
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This may be useful information about the Centrum site in Kearney: http://www.sandiego.gov/planning-com...14/pc14027.pdf
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http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/...pub-san-diego/
Can you guys believe someone would be willing to protest this? I live a few blocks away. It's a shitty little building that will be improved and add foot traffic to the area. People protesting neighborhood improvement because beer. Uggghhh. |
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I'm no pilot or plane expert but what I've read is that if conditions don't allow for visual flight, planes have to do instrument landing, but the normal westbound approach is too steep (and runway 27 is too short) on the Banker's Hill side to allow for it. So the planes are forced to land from the Point Loma side and take off facing Banker's Hill. That eastbound takeoff is balls to the wall full throttle since it's so steep, hence they need to shed weight to take off fast and steep enough. |
Like usual, the list isn't always accurate or comprehensive, but Civic SD has posted its Downtown Project Status Log for 2015 year-end:
http://civicsd.com/images/stories/do...2015_Final.pdf |
"Robert Green in Company" (Developer) has some high quality renderings of 5th Avenue Landing on their site.
http://www.therobertgreencompany.com...fal/marina.jpg http://www.therobertgreencompany.com...AL-Cropped.jpg http://www.therobertgreencompany.com...l/FAL-main.jpg http://www.therobertgreencompany.com...fal/aerial.jpg Quote:
http://www.therobertgreencompany.com...ding-san-diego |
Probably the nicest proposal San Diego has received in the past 5 years.
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As for Kettner Lofts is concerned Caliber Collision has already relocated to W.Palm ave. so the building is probably close to demo
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That looks like an amazing hotel and that boardwalk is fantastic. That said, how is this proposal not a 'wall' that blocks off the access to the bay? Isn't that one of the main points of contention for the convention center? Also, does anyone think there is a way to combine the hotel from this plan with the convention center expansion? It feels like both could be done. |
Dale remember the whole "walling off" thing is the Corey Briggs fallacy with no logic because he represents JMI who wants the CC annex built behind Petco. Briggs actually applauded this project we are discussing. It enhances access to the bay and provides the affordable "hostel" style lodging the Coastal Commission has been craving. The only problem I see here is how long will the public pedestrian walkway be closed during construction as it runs underneath the tower, I'm guessing at least 1 year and the Coastal Commisssoin will frown upon that big time unless the path can somehow be temporarily re routed around the giant construction site...
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Man is Briggs not one of the worst things to happy to San Diego or is it just me? I just don't see how this project adds any more access to the Bay than an expanded CC couldn't. The affordable 'hostel' lodging does nothing for the residents of San Diego and that's a common sticking point. It would be one thing if there was an all or nothing stance but the double standards and subjective reasoning just makes you want to throw up your arms. |
Man, that's awesome! My confidence level is low, but I will keep my fingers crossed.
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That said, the hotel looks pretty sweet. It'll be one of the bigger upsets in development history if it gets past the Coastal Commission, though. In other news, I've seen some activity over at Bosa's Kettner & Ash site. It might be/probably is nothing, but I'm hoping that tower gets moving soon... |
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Color me clueless, but why does Briggs hate the hoteliers on the bayfront so much anyway? It seems he is fine with being buddy-buddy with JMI (a hotelier) but whenever Briggs gets an opportunity to shun the bayfront cartel, he does. Is John Moores really paying him that much?
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How things play out for the convention center expansion will now be tied to what the city decides to do (or not) with the downtown stadium site. It that's in play for the Chargers then expect more talk of tying the two together.
FYI, one of the reasons comic con doesn't use Petco as much as they could is its not covered. They've talked about using it more but the cost of getting proper overhead cover for it puts it out of the question. So if the Charger stadium had a roof it might actually work for them. I think whatever site they pick it will have a better chance as a "stadium project" vs a stand alone stadium. I'm not sure I like a stadium/convention center project but I think I'm open to the idea until I see what exactly it will look like. If it's a expansion with a covered stadium too that would be a hell of a lot of space for conventions. |
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Anyone think they could throw in a basketball/hockey arena if this project moves forward downtown? |
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