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Glad to see Seaport still moving forward, though I worry about the timeline and that the project will get watered down over the next 5 years. That BIG tower needs to be built. San Diego's skyline is getting dense, but all its architectural character is getting hidden by all the identical glass-and-balcony condos.
I drove through DT yesterday, and Little Italy was extremely busy. Lots of towers going up in the vicinity there which will only help. Really cool to see. I drove by the RaDD site too. While it is obviously empty, the waterfront is still pretty bustling so I'm hopeful about the ground-floor retail areas at least. |
Hello all! I see this forum is pretty silent, are there other resources/sites that people use to learn and see what is upcoming in and around SD? I would love to see more chatter on here, but just making sure its not happening on another page/forum. Thanks!
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I think part of the problem with SD-related discussion is our height limit, unfortunately. Taller skyscrapers bring in more interest, which obviously we don't have. Funnily, the height limit issue is what generates a lot of discussion on this thread. We love to bring it up, lament the problem, and wonder if there's a way around it. |
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Since we need discussion, let’s talk about Bankers Hill. That area has the potential to form a second mini-skyline in San Diego with all of the new developments in the works. Does anyone know the status of Quince? It was approved almost a year ago. I hope the developer was able to secure financing early on.
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As for second mini-skylines, UTC definitely takes that spot. But if we're looking for a third mini-skyline (or fourth if you count Mission Valley), Hillcrest could be a contender. With their community plan update, I'm hoping more tall buildings can start going up there and giving it some real nice density. It will have the same hilltop effect that Bankers Hill has too. And from afar, we could hopefully start getting a nice line of "high"-rises from downtown to the rim of Mission Valley |
Im my humble opinion, the following greater downtown and surrounding areas I've highlighted should be elligible for major density and height increases - let the developers go wild. Fast track a 2nd ring trolley line that connects this whole region around Balboa Park. This could be such a top tier collection of connected urban neighborhoods if incentives were there for people to feasibly enjoy this type of lifestyle with much less car use on the daily.
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Hopefully these will also be accompanied by major transit upgrades to make walkable urban lifestyle actually feasible. Mission Valley is pretty well connected, but other areas like Hillcrest, North Park, Bankers Hill, Midway, and pretty soon Kearny Mesa are clearly going to need Trolley access to succeed as urban population centers. |
I think San Diego is going to look a lot more like Barcelona than Houston or Dallas in terms of mini skylines. I have seen a lot of upcoming proposed projects in Bankers Hill, Hillcrest, Mission Hills, North Park, and even South Park that are between 6-12 stories tall. The good news is that with the city's housing reforms projects above 8 stories finally pencil so we are going to break out of the 5-8-story stick and podium projects we've seen go up around the Balboa Park neighborhoods so far. The only downside right now is interest rates. Until those go down, everything will be sitting in permit mode.
I do have hope for UTC. It was just announced in the SDUT that UCSD is going to build a new 6,000 bed village between I-5 and the new trolley station by Pepper Canyon. For reference, the new 22-story towers they built on the other side of the new trolley are a bit over 1,300 beds. So cross your fingers they ramp up the tower heights for this new project and that the UC regents approve it! UC San Diego poised to super-size dorms to ease chronic housing shortage Article link: https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...sing-shortage/ |
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It's by no means a final design, but I did find a Planning Study for the UCSD Pepper Canyon East that may give a hint to what's to come for the site:
https://www.hed.design/stories/ucsd-pepper-canyon There's also a little more info in this document prepared for the UC Regents in May: https://regents.universityofcaliforn...t/may24/f9.pdf Again, no floor counts, but it talks of 6,000 new residential beds in mid-rise and high-rise buildings. |
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Looks like we're getting my high-rises at UCSD:
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