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A transit connection with all the bells and whistles can be a tough sell. The airport with the highest amount of passengers arriving via public transit in the US is New York's JFK, at just 10%. Only 7-8% of SFO's passengers arrive via transit, even though they have a free APM with enough stations to ensure you're never more than 1/3rd of a mile from your gate. From that perspective a single station is probably "good enough". Ikkhara believes that with the Grand Central and a fee on drop-offs at the terminals, transit usage at the airport can reach ~30%, more in line with European airports. I'd like to see him him succeed, but there are plenty of doubts about reaching that figure. When it came time to negotiate and plan out how passengers would reach the airport as part of the approval process of T1, airport management was more focused on getting a new onramp/offramp from the 5 to handle the increase in traffic, instead of assuming a large future increase in transit ridership. That way even if the transit connection turns out to be less popular than hoped (or even doesn't get built at all), overall connection to the airport won't be effected. The single station option plays well with this idea as well, it's cheaper and doesn't require the airport to expend a lot of effort to integrate the system when/if it's built. Such is public transit politics in America. |
Just wanted to say thanks for all your insight Will O' Wisp. Always happy to see your contributions
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Mid-rise next to UCSD about to start construction. As expected, many La Jollans were horrified by it.
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I was wondering what was gonna replace Rock Bottom on that corner; I'd heard through the grapevine that UCSD Extension would have something to do with it, but I see no indication of this in the article.
Site is preparing for demolition right now: https://i.imgur.com/vo7nVNL.jpg Clever partnership between the university and the developer to get around the coastal height limit, which doesn't apply to the UC's land. Developer sells land to university, university "partners" with developer to build 100ft office, developer leases it all out to the university. It's an effective workaround to a height limit that really has no reason to be applied to the site, but that's not the sort of thing that La Jolla NIMBYs would understand. Also barely visible in the background is Lux UTC phase 2 almost at completion. The fin on the roof, similar to the first tower, is currently being installed. |
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You're right that the 30-foot height limit in that location makes no sense. I wish the limit would be revoked à la Prop E for the rest of this area, as it's a prime transit oriented development location. The TOD aspect was actually a factor that allowed the EIR to waive off aesthetic concerns per state law. |
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Agreed - I see huge potential for TOD around the La Jolla Village shopping centers where the Nobel Drive trolley stop will be - the abandoned former Islands restaurant, lots of underutilized parking, other low-story mall buildings. Unfortunately I don't foresee a Prop E-style coastal height limit exception happening in this area any time soon, so I expect the sites to remain underutilized (unless the UC wants to do some more "development partnerships"?) |
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Aww you guys :friends: The pleasure's all mine, you guys are better at keeping me on my toes than my bosses sometimes! Great practice for when more formal questions come up. I only wish I had the time to post more often. Speaking of, here's a map of the pavement construction with a timeline. Each half of the new T1 will be completed at the same time the pavement around it is finished, so it actually comes out to a full project timeline/map funnily enough. https://i.imgur.com/P6qFgnh.png |
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Cisterra Tower breaks ground
Cisterra breaks ground on "Radian" (9 &G) apartment tower with Urban Target as ground floor tenant! This will be a very welcome addition to DT.
SAN DIEGO (CNS) – Construction began Tuesday on a 255,000-square-foot, 22-story retail and residential high rise tower in the East Village, with a scheduled completion in 2023. Cisterra Development, a San Diego-based real estate development firm, said the Radian project will feature 241 housing units and a Target retail store. https://fox5sandiego.com/news/busine...age-high-rise/ |
Hey there! I've never posted on this thread before, but because this came across one of my feeds, I thought I'd share it. SDSU celebrated topping out of its new Aztec Stadium this past Thursday. 6.4 million pounds of structural steel (2,500 beams) have been set over the last 3 months. 5,500 tradespeople involved in the project -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hjv00o5bg...%201.jpg?raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jncamk4l80...%202.jpg?raw=1 https://www.dropbox.com/s/2dby9krvv6...%203.jpg?raw=1 Source: LinkedIn | Clark Construction Group |
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Anyone have any information? At this point I wish they’d either start construction or announce it’s over so a developer can come up with something else. Every time I go by that nasty surface lot I cringe 😣 |
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- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g2Kl6fcBD4 Cisterra just updated 7th & Market info on their website last week which confirmed the changes: - https://www.cisterra.com/7thandmarket It seems the project is moving forward and will start soon (this summer)! |
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Their website still says start construction 2020 with completion 2023, but in the YouTube video they confirm it will be complete 2024. |
It looks like Downtown development will slow down dramatically as housing units and office space flood the market, along with meh hotel market. Downtown may one or two more breaking ground and then that's it for 5 years.
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Downtown San Diego's third-biggest apartment complex set to open July 22, 2021 Phillip Molnar San Diego Union-Tribune https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/d...wer-bcf006.JPG Quote:
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What is that new tall building in the middle?
Also what's the height limit for Banker's Hill? When flying in, I forgot to get a seat on the left but was pleasantly surprised at how built Banker's Hill looks from up high. Didn't take a picture though oops https://i.imgur.com/DsZdX60.jpg?1 |
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