Lipani |
Jan 30, 2011 5:49 PM |
^ They want the entire lot to be open space. The UT ended up running a more informational article than the Business Journal.
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The environmentalists who successfully got the San Diego Unified Port District this month to add more open space in the first phase of the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, are returning to their first priority -- defeating the redevelopment of the Navy Broadway Complex at the foot of Broadway, adjacent to the Embarcadero boundaries.
The Navy Broadway Complex Coalition filed a new lawsuit Tuesday against the Navy calling for a new environmental review of the $1 billion plan it accepted from developer Douglas F. Manchester five years ago. Coalition members have talked of turning the 12.1-acre site into something akin to Chicago’s much-admired Millennium Park.
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2...-navy-broadwa/
It should be noted that Ian Trowbridge has run for the city council numerous times, losing every race. He's tried to stop almost every major development downtown. Basically, the guy's vision is to turn every empty lot into a park.
As for the status of the Navy Broadway development, this was also in the article from the UT:
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Perry Dealy, who put together the Manchester deal but now acts as an unpaid advocate, said the project can move forward once the legal challenges have been resolved.
"We're very excited that the overall economics are making a change for the better," Dealy said.
He cited optimistic views expressed at a national hotel conference in San Diego earlier this week that more hotel development will occur in 2011.
"These eight blocks are very well positioned as probably the best undeveloped waterfront property in the U.S. We're very positive about being able to pull together a development timeline as the year progresses, as soon as the legal issues are resolved, and be able to move forward with the project.
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http://media.signonsandiego.com/img/...c82dae770b93ac
A 2006 rendering of the Manchester Pacific Gateway project shows how the hotels, offices and retail spaces would be fitted into the eight square blocks now occupied by Navy buildings.
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