Daniel, I like your blog. Keep at it.

Here is an interesting article about the downtown condo market. Let's get these projects going! http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm...o#.UuysVn-9KK0

Here is the January NEVP construction update. http://www.portofsandiego.org/north-...uary-2014.html

Here are some photos of 15th and island that I took last week. Glass is starting to go up. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7313/1...e7ec7e631f.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/1...f6e1370b35.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7289/1...2cd391ffa3.jpg
1 Columbia Place seems to be having some renovations done.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7399/1...453f4f598a.jpg
Bonus: Some shots from Emerald Plaza
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7447/1...e695a9c6ab.jpg
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3797/1...eb99bb6048.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5544/1...803630a1dc.jpg

Great to see 15th and Island moving quickly. Not a huge fan of its design, but nice to see some height in this area.

Also, you reminded me of how sad it is that Emerald Plaza is so hidden in the skyline these days. That and One America Plaza used to be the two most distinctive towers in our city (when viewed from the north side of the bay at least). Such a unique looking building.

plaza and lofts
 

Does anyone have info on the building in Hillcrest that used to be the San Diego Blood Bank? It looks like it's being converted into lofts, which could be pretty rad. Can't find any info. They have a banner up that says standardlofts.com, but there's no functional webpage at that URL.

Also, finally an explanation on what's taking so long with Horton Plaza Park. Yeesh, what an embarrassment: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/feb/04...n-plaza-park-/

i love san diego

Horton Plaza Park and the two new Portland Loos got city council approval today! http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loca...243620921.html

July 2015 for Horton Plaza??? :koko: I have to say that is an utter embarrassment! As a life long San Diegan that is a punch to the gut, so nothing done to Balboa park for the centennial and taking 2 years to build a small plaza? Wow :hell:

India and beech site is for sale. http://www.loopnet.com/xNet/MainSite...533&StepID=101

That's how things roll here. Nobody should ever confuse San Diego for being a "can do" city.

Anyone else notice that the rendering in the pbs article is nothing like the renderings on the fences surrounding the plaza now?

Downgrade.

So San Diego.

SDFan: It looks the same to me. What do you think looks different.

A week to go, Faulconer or Alvarez?

Faulconer, he will be better for development.

The Horton Plaza park seems to be more of a victim of the redevelopment agencies going bye-bye in California. Everyone knew there'd be some fallout there. It's not the only project in the state that got jacked. I'm just glad it's getting done at all. Thanks Jerry for stealing more money from the cities to support the states habits....:titanic:

+1

Alvarez appears to be too young.

tyleraf,

Here is the article on the approved design back in Nov 2012:
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/loca...179378851.html

Notice the rounded amphitheater with the light sculptures surrounding it. Also the different levels differentiating each area of the expanded plaza.

Then here is the PBS article from a few days ago:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2014/feb/04...n-plaza-park-/

No rounded space. No light sculptures. Flat. Just a boxed, square space.

It is very possible, and I pray, that PBS just pulled a stock photo from when they were deciding on which of the three designs would move forward. Hopefully that's the case, and the city isn't cheapening the original design but hacking critical elements from the approved plan.

The NBC article that I posted has the original design. I think the other article shows one of the other two designs that were proposed. Also San Diego might end up hosting America's Cup in 2017. http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/...-americas-cup/

San Diego Metro posted the better design in their article. I hope this is what ends up being constructed:

(4th article down)

http://www.sandiegometro.com/2014/02...rt-feb-4-2014/