For the second phase of Lane Field, I know it remains up against a really tight deal. The returns arent great, because of the branding requirements and associated costs, and the heavy lease of the Port of San Diego. I assume too tight to create any sexiness.

Not skyscraper related, but retail seems to be doing well in SD. An Old Navy and Forever 21 Red are going in at the Sports Arena Square shopping center, next to Dick's/Home Depot.

This is the same spot where the original 1980s Ralph had been, and was later torn down when Ralph's moved into the former Mervyn's.

http://www.morrisandcampbell.com/wp-...ans0417151.pdf

It seems like both Lane Field and La Jolla Commons would have been great places for mixed use towers. Hotel and Condos at both seems like a no brainer. Hopefully 7th and Market will finally be an example of a tall mixed use tower in San Diego. LA has Wilshire Grand and I think one or two other mixed buildings going up and San Francisco has been doing it for decades.

Walked by Lane Field today and have to say I'm not loving the design so far. Hopefully it will look better as it gets completed. I do like the park space on the west side of it though - it helps make the North Embarcadero not feel so isolated and narrow. They put these cool wooden recliner seats out.

Here is an interesting article on the future of the old California Theater. http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topic...broken-dreams/

One Paseo vote on May 18th. This could be a huge decision in the overall direction of city development over the next few decades.

Source: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/...ote-petitions/

Lucia Nel Cielo is not yet under construction. I can see the snowflake bakery building from my condo. I walked by 15th and Island the other day. The park looks nearly complete but the second tower doesn't look like its being built yet either. From what I understand only the demo permit had been approved for C and 13th, not the actual construction permit.

http://opendsd.sandiego.gov/web/Approvals/Search

Here's a link to search for permits.

I forgot about this. I went snooping around University City and found this for the Monte Verde site:

I also took a look around UTC and found all the permits for residential units expired, while the phase two permit that is active does not include any residential component. :(

As for La Jolla Commons III, there isn't anything much except a request to change the tower from hotel/condo to hotel/office, which has been approved.

Does this mean that at least one of the Monte Verde towers will be 21 floors?

Don't know if anyone saw this article... is this news that downtown stadium proponents were secretly hoping for? Now could they argue if you want a CC expansion, the best chance is in conjunction with a new stadium?

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2015/...n-in-jeopardy/

I'm not too sure. I know one of the original towers was supposed to be 24 stories, so lets hope that's going to be the case.

What I'm really hoping for is UTC mall to develop their original 300' residential tower. It would be right in the middle of University City, and would center the skyline quite nicely.

The city could throw together some stadium/cc proposal, with a billion dollars to boot, and the Chargers would still leave. If the NFL lets them, they're going.

Does anyone actually think the Chargers are staying? I've flip flopped both ways, but I think San Diego is just too far away from getting anything even close to finding a location and financing a new stadium. I think the Chargers have made their minds up and are moving. They're just trying to let us down softly.

They're just playing a game with the public as to not alienate a fan base that'll eventually drive to LA to see a game, much like how Angelenos drive down here.

A three hundred foot tower at UTC would be awesome I really hope that can come online. It seems like we have been waiting so long for Westfield to move forward with their redos from North to South -- Carlsbad, UTC, then Horton Plaza. Seems like Carlsbad has finally gotten going.

Leo: I totally disagree with you about the Chargers, they don't have the capital to make it work in Carson even if they get 400 million in PSL money the Raiders are a wild card and will Spanos pay 600 million himself plus a relocation fee? I just don't see that happening and the Spanos family is not worth that much, they are "cheap greeks" and very poor by major sports franchise owner standards. They have equity in their team and thats about it.

Their only chance is to be Kroenke's tenant in Inglewood and he will want to chill in LA and establish the Rams for 4 to 5 years first because he is paying for everything himself. This will give SD time to get things done and the Raiders are a better fit to be his "b**ch tenant" in The Wood.

wow, hadn't considered that the folks proposing that suburban stadium down in l.a. were targeting the san diego football team, i thought it was the raiders and (i guess?) saint louis. anyway, san francisco recently lost the 49ers to san jose (santa clara technically, but it's san jose). for us here, that's about 50 miles away from sf. it looks like san diego to that weird ingleside proposal is well over 100 miles, big difference. with how san diego is improving out of the retirement community/military town era, it would be a shame to lose the team now, of all times in the town's history.

Mello, I've gone both ways on the issue. Just seems like simply picking an obvious location is a struggle here. I'd say it's 60/40 they leave. I hope they stay though!

I know the Carson project has hurdles, but at least they have a site and their city council has approved it. SD is so far behind these milestones.

The fee to move that the NFL is going to charge is going to be upwards of $600-800 million dollars for each team. Spanos isn't necessarily the richest owner out there, as we all know. And that's a lot of money to have to recoup, it's going to take a long time to get that money back. If they can get something in SD, I think they'd prefer to stay and save that money. But maybe not, who knows

ComicCon

As we debate the fate of the Chargers, ComicCon is being more quietly lured to Anaheim or LA by officials in those two cities. It seems like all the attention is being put on the Chagers, and my fear is that without our city making efforts to retain ComicCon, next year (the last in the current lease) could be the end for the iconic event that originated here.

Maybe stuff is going on behind the scenes, and if anyone has any information I'd love to hear it, but from what I can see the Chargers are taking up all of our mayors time.

I agree with those saying the Chargers have already made up their mind and I think they are pretty much just putting on a dog and pony show now to try and not isolate fans here. A lot of people from OC commute to SD for Chargers games, so they probably think the reverse will be true if the Chargers move to Carson.

If both the the Chargers and ComicCon leave on his watch, Mayor Faulconer will go down as the worst mayor in our city's history. People can get past sex scandals (Filner) and being convicted of a felony in office (Hedgecock), but two of our most iconic and lasting cultural institutions bailing for LA will not be forgiven. If I was Faulconer, I'd be quite panicked.

$2.3 million in security costs for the first year for The Waterfront Park. It requires 12 officers to keep the park secure. Seems a bit excessive and wasteful for 12 officers.
http://fox5sandiego.com/2015/05/13/s...y-report-says/

Just doing simply math: 46 security guards could be paid a salary of $50,000/year at this price.