Agreed, it's great to see things happening at the RaDD site. They were originally targeting 2023 completion for parts of the project which is already next year!

Holland Partners Courthouse Commons
 

It looks like forms for the V shaped concrete supports are going up at the Courthouse Commons site.

https://i.imgur.com/EJ6xXUv.jpeg

Renders here https://carrierjohnson.com/works/courthouse-commons/

Nice job dude! I still believe a trolley extension is unlikely to be built over an APM regardless, but I respect the heck out of taking the time to lay all this out for the public to see. We need more citizens like you :tup:

Thanks

An update on the Costa Verde redevelopment. Can anyone with a subscription tell me when the article says construction will begin?

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...6oAR76nTGhFbD5

The Facebook page for Riverwalk San Diego has a January 7 post saying construction will begin in April.

https://m.facebook.com/pg/riverwalks...ernal&mt_nav=0

Why does permitting take so long? The project was approved in November 2020, that's 18 months of permitting! Seems like in San Diego once things break ground things get built fast, it's just the permitting that takes an eternity. Could CEQA be to blame again?

Article:

Wow so it sounds like the delay was because they are actually going a bit more ambitious with what they originally planned and also the leases need to expire on everyone in that retail center.

Irvine Native: Were you talking about permitting for the UTC Biotech project has taken 18 months or the RiverWalk Mission Valley site?

Good news, increasing the office space from 400k to 680k! Office TOD generates more ridership than residential TOD does. 1 million sq ft office space will hold more people than 1 million sq ft of residential, because cubicles are smaller than apartments. Plus, no one lives at an office, so everyone commutes, while with apartments teleworkers, children, and retirees will stay at home.

Yes, my question was why Riverwalk is taking 18 months from approval to permitting.

Downtown should get several more underway and that would be pretty much it. Hopefully, Bosa would continue his development spree.

Another tower crane went up on the RaDD site, closest to Broadway & Pacific Hwy! It looks like they're up to 4 cranes now.

The construction site is impressive. If you count the smallish crane (not a tower crane) near Broadway, there are 5 now.

Proposals for 10th and G street (same block as Grocery Outlet)
 

Does anyone have information or know of current proposals for the north half of the block between G St. and Market, between 10th and 11th? There is an existing 2 story building next to vacant warehouse, a smog check/auto repair shop, and that vacant 3 story apartment building (Yale House or something) that has been boarded up for years.

They put up a construction fence around the 2 story home that is across 10th St. where the Radian/Target building is under construction. I think they're about to demo the 2 story building.

Simone - 457ft, 36 Floors
 

Simone (formerly Union & Ash) in Little Italy flying up fast now, and glass is already being installed. This one should make a big impact on the skyline coming into downtown from the 5 from the north.

https://i.imgur.com/tx7vK3V.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/Ee1gTZP.jpeg

^ Oh wow, it will be nice to have some more height/density there!

Though I'm curious how the crane will fit once it nears the top. Didn't the Central Courthouse have some crane drama with the FAA that resulted in a stop work order? This building is almost 20 feet taller and 3 blocks closer to SAN's flight path than that one.

I thought about that too, but it looks like they're using a traditional tower crane for their project. The courthouse had four cranes, whose arms would point upward of 700 feet when not in use. That caused the FAA heartburn. In contrast these more traditional keep their arms horizontal, meaning they're not much taller than the towers they're constructing.

I feel like there was a tower proposal there some time ago, but it never took off. Sometimes developers get entitlements to spook more institutional builders into buying them out (Pinnacle ala Pacific Heights, Bosa ala Diegan). Whenever I see a LLC or small developer with no experience proposing a high-rise project, my eye brows raise.

Sports Arena site
 

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...e-5-contenders…..Here is the complete list of developers that are competing for the Sports Arena site. Hope I did this right.

Because I like renders, here's a few from the article:

Discover Midway (Brookfield)
https://archive.is/Rj1h0/94c6e3924b5...893c074b6e.jpg

HomeTownSD (Monarch Group/Essex Property:
https://archive.is/Rj1h0/76ab767e44a...adfa47ca21.png

Midway Rising (Zephyr Partners):
https://archive.is/Rj1h0/a7d1a72e952...24f10111f6.jpg

Midway Village+ (Toll Brothers):
https://archive.is/Rj1h0/f436ec26ec8...63fe5e5d00.jpg

Neighborhood Next (ConAm Group):
https://archive.is/Rj1h0/908aebac153...4a087f124c.jpg

I pick 3. New arena. Lots of housing. The arena itself is meh but eh

I like the last picture, but that will never happen.

That Brookfield arena proposal looks like a bunch of napkins on a table

https://archive.is/Rj1h0/94c6e3924b5...893c074b6e.jpg:yuck:

^^ Seriously. What's even the point of creating renders like that? They're like concept art for a science fiction movie.

Or a turtle, stuck on its back.

Omg lol
Cannot unsee it now :haha:

San Diego(ans) needs to get over the fear of building big. Whether its housing or facilities.

Ok but guys... look at the inclusion of the pedestrian overpass crossing to let residents easily get across the 8! Thats huge. Forget the designs of the arena and housing... this is a proposal and those specifics will likely change dramatically. People need to rally around ideas that make this city more liveable because without more pedestrian friendly ideas like this, I cannot even imagine living in that area.

this city map has an updated satellite image


https://sandiego.maps.arcgis.com/app...d92ef22b5ff349


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...2b009c17_b.jpg

Build any of them but the HometownSD plan. Tiny arena is a step backwards and defeats the purpose…

It looks like the Neighborhood Next proposal also has an overpass. Based on the location, it looks like these would connect to the San Diego River Bikeway. If that's the case, and unless it's a required feature, I imagine that would be the first part of the design to fall victim to cost cutting measures. You'd be dealing with Caltrans ROW and likely waterway permitting due to the lack of space on the north side of the 8.

UC San Diego's Pepper Canyon West residential towers were approved and are now set for construction. They're 22/23 stories (~230-40 feet tall), right next to the university's Trolley station. They should make for a nice gateway to the campus. Renders from the environmental doc:

https://i.imgur.com/Ad6oPIp.png

https://i.imgur.com/4CJzUXZ.png

https://i.imgur.com/FnoEqmX.png

Fencing is going up around the parking lot at 8th & B. Looks like we can expect another big development to get underway soon. The area just south of Symphony Tower is going to be dramatically different in a couple of years...

Oh wow, any information on the size and scope of the development?

B Street is turning into quite a nice canyon.

8th & B is supposed to be 40 stories and will look like this according to permits filed:

https://webdocs.sandiego.gov/public/...es/8th_&_B.png

So yea, B street cluster is getting clustery..er.

Not a big fan of those vertical stripes but the new housing is welcome and I like that it's next to the Trolley station.

Speaking of that corner, whatever happened to the second tower of The Rey? Did they just give up on it? I thought maybe it'd be a year behind the first, but it's been years now and I don't see anything.

Honestly I’m completely fine if they don’t build the second tower, too many twin towers already in the city. I think they should sell it to someone else and have another developer build a different tower to add a better depth of density by having it be of different design and height

I'm loving the prominent cluster that will form in that section of downtown around Symphony Towers. Too bad BOSA is being a punk and not building on the empty lot in front of Santa Fe station, I would much rather have that Pacific Gate semi Twin breaking ground over the one he is starting now. How about you guys :shrug:

I was disappointed with the overall height of The Rey. I'd like to see something a little taller on the remaining half of the block. But yeah, like you said, I can't believe that second half has sat empty for so long. In it's current state it's such an awkward feel with half of it going up Cortez Hill and the lower half a surface parking lot.

https://goo.gl/maps/FNLw9oNrtaS43hNv5

Interesting article in the U-T:

Court sides with San Diego developer: Certain housing projects are exempt from local restrictions
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com...ensity-bonuses

https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/d...ingphoto-3.jpg

Thank the lord 🙄 my goodness… people need to chill… we’re not building the Empire State Building anywhere lol

Bankers Hill
 

Speaking of Bankers Hill, I was literally just admiring that building yesterday as I rode through the brand new protected bike lake system on 5th and 4th since it's now mostly open... and WOW. I used to live on 5th in that general area, and it was so easy to see the missed potential of the neighborhood. Now I feel like it's taken huge strides forward very quickly as 5th has taken on a road diet that makes it much safer for pedestrians and cyclists/scooters. The whole system removes the drag-strip nature of that stretch as cars are encouraged to move slower since there is a lot more restriction and visible crossing guidance. They've done a fantastic job, and now downtown feels much better connected to Bankers Hill and the park... not to mention it instantly feels like a much more vibrant and inviting neighborhood.

Finally we have a safe bike system that connects downtown to Hillcrest, but holy f**k is University one of the most insanely dangerous and incomplete bikeways.

I snapped a few pics while I was at the USS Midway museum yesterday. I don't know how to upload the photos though.

file:///home/chronos/u-b65a1bf2ba2d42b39c5303bf71e8f7ce9d250d03/MyFiles/Downloads/IMG-2131.jpg

file:///home/chronos/u-b65a1bf2ba2d42b39c5303bf71e8f7ce9d250d03/MyFiles/Downloads/IMG-2131.pdf[URL="file:///home/chronos/u-b65a1bf2ba2d42b39c5303bf71e8f7ce9d250d03/MyFiles/Downloads/IMG-2131.pdf"]

You need to upload them to a host site like flickr or imgur, then copy the URL and paste it here

https://flic.kr/p/2n2tTwt
[IMG][IMG][/IMG][/IMG]
https://flic.kr/p/2n2tyNu
https://flic.kr/p/2n2v67S
https://flic.kr/p/2n2vcJj
https://flic.kr/p/2n2u1bW

^ Links still aren't working.

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...96e2d66a_k.jpgIMG-2132 by Jay Gibbons, on Flickr[/IMG]

[IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...3f24550b_k.jpgIMG-2129 by Jay Gibbons, on Flickr[/IMG]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...09e56a2b_k.jpgIMG-2135 by Jay Gibbons, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...0c2da41c_k.jpgIMG-2131 by Jay Gibbons, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9d7315ae_k.jpgIMG-2135 by Jay Gibbons, on Flickr

Those work, very nice pics! Can't wait to see that block fully built.

Over the weekend I went to a rooftop restaurant (Seneca, 19th floor of the InterContinental Hotel, very nice btw), and it had a great view of downtown and the waterfront, as well as the RaDD/IQHQ/Manchester Gateway project site. I took a few shots for posterity:

Looking south toward the RaDD/Manchester hotel construction:

https://i.imgur.com/IoHGZGl.jpg?1

Looking east down Broadway:

https://i.imgur.com/vbXDxXz.jpg?1

Looking north toward the Grande towers/Springhill Suites:

https://i.imgur.com/3AK1A5N.jpg?1

Really nice pics! Thanks guys for posting them!