SAN DIEGO | Electra | 475 FT / 145 M | 43 FLOORS - Page 3

Urban Sky · #41 Posted **Mar 23, 2007, 10:50 PM**

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Originally Posted by Derek loves SD

or the Office Depot? what an odd spot...

they shouldve built some residential levels above it or something...

i was thinking the same thing when i saw that pic. wasted space. they need to incorporate every store downtown into the ground floor of a highrise. that large of a lot could be put to a lot better use...underground parking, condos, offices AND the office depot. pffft.

Derek · #42 Posted **Mar 23, 2007, 10:52 PM**

luckily, as AK said, a future Bosa highrise will go in that site

Urban Sky · #43 Posted **Mar 23, 2007, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Derek loves SD

i couldnt wish for anything more than to put the trolley underground in the downtown area

even all the way up to Escondido! put it under the 15 or something, with stops in Kearny Mesa, Mira Mesa, Scripps Ranch, Rancho Penasquitos, Rancho Bernardo and more! and eventually stop at the Sprinter station in Escondido, where riders can transfer to the Sprinter or onto the appropriate buses...

what they really need to do (somehow

) is divert the heavy train cargo transit somewhere else...those definitly should not be going thru downtown anymore...

yeahm that shit used to wake me up sometimes when they would have to blow their damn horns at 3am. thats going away though. but still, there are probably other ways to go.

Urban Sky · #44 Posted **Mar 23, 2007, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Derek loves SD

luckily, as AK said, a future Bosa highrise will go in that site

oh will it? i must have missed that.

Derek · #45 Posted **Mar 23, 2007, 10:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Urban Sky

yeahm that shit used to wake me up sometimes when they would have to blow their damn horns at 3am. thats going away though. but still, there are probably other ways to go.

^wait whats going away?

Derek · #46 Posted **Mar 23, 2007, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by <ak/>

if you are talking about Office Depot parcel (south-west of Electra):
they will build this

according to CCDC

see

eburress · #47 Posted **Mar 24, 2007, 10:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by Derek loves SD

see

^^ You can see this building in the background of many of the NBC project renderings.

Derek · #48 Posted **Mar 24, 2007, 4:35 PM**

^i can not wait for all this construction to be DONE!!!

spoonman · #49 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:09 AM**

I'm itching for the Bosa tower at PCH & E (Office Depot site) to get moving. That area could really use it.

Derek · #50 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:16 AM**

^gotta wait till 2009 bud

spoonman · #51 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:19 AM**

I guess we're getting First and J before the Office Depot location (shrugs shoulders)

Derek · #52 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:21 AM**

the First and J (First and Island now actually

) was just converted into a brand new parking lot!

so now i have no idea whats going on over there

spoonman · #53 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:23 AM**

I think parking generates enough revenue to justify paving a lot just to rip it out again 6 months or so down the road. If the lot was already graded beforehand, there wasn't that much work involved.

Derek · #54 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:24 AM**

heres the info on that, spoon...it was updated in late January of this year...

Block bounded by First and Second avenues and Island and J streets

Bosa Development is proposing to construct a 38-story, mixed-use project consisting of 172 condominiums, 23,000 sf of retail space and 435 parking spaces on the block bounded by First and Second avenues and Island and J streets. The project would convert the existing J Street parking lot into a public plaza. Construction is anticipated to begin in late 2007 with completion targeted for spring 2010.

lets keep our finger crossed that it starts this year

Derek · #55 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by spoonman

I think parking generates enough revenue to justify paving a lot just to rip it out again 6 months or so down the road. If the lot was already graded beforehand, there wasn't that much work involved.

heres the thing, it was a parking lot...they tore it up, and then built a new one...doesnt seem very logical...to me at least

spoonman · #56 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:29 AM**

I don't think Bosa will pull out on this, or any other projects. I have a theory about Bosa. I think they are San Diego's plow horse developer. They select premium sites and slowly complete building after building just quickly enough to keep the competition from jumping back into the market during down periods becuase Bosa probably has more experience and clout.

Derek · #57 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:31 AM**

oh yeah, dont get me wrong...Bosa is a super strong developer and i know this site wont go untouched for long...its location is so prime! im just wondering why they wasted money to tear up a parking lot to put up another one...you see what im saying?

spoonman · #58 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:37 AM**

It looks like Electra is at about floor 35 or 36

spoonman · #59 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:40 AM**

I agree with you that is weird. It would be throwing money away unless there is something we don't know.

Derek · #60 Posted **Mar 26, 2007, 4:41 AM**

is that all?

i love this tower's lines

my goodness