SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Owner of the Lafayette is preparing to open a second hotel. This one is steps from the Hotel Del. By Lori Weisberg November 15, 2024 at 5:07 p.m. The planned 36-room Baby Grand Hotel is the brainchild of CH Projects, known for its...
Business | Weathered Imperial Beach Pier undergoing $2.6M in maintenance By Jennifer Van Grove November 16, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. Repair work includes the replacement of two piles that were swept out to sea in...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Downtown office tower sold to buyer planning to convert vacant floors into residential units By Jennifer Van Grove November 11, 2024 at 4:12 p.m. After getting a deal, Encinitas-based Ambient Communities intends to redo the vacant floors at 530...
Business | City spending $2.8M on remodel of future Mission Valley office By Jennifer Van Grove October 31, 2024 at 6:22 p.m. The office building, which is said to be in pristine condition, will be updated to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | The San Diego company at the center of a new era in college sports By Jennifer Van Grove October 31, 2024 at 1:19 p.m. JMI Sports is helping athletic departments around the country juice program revenue amid a huge...
Local News | Oceana residents unhappy about 6-story, mixed-use development By Phil Diehl October 30, 2024 at 2:10 p.m. Oceanside Planning Commission approves 77-unit building for lot near El Camino Real
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Even San Diego’s life science office buildings are sitting vacant. ‘We just oversubscribed on space.’ By Natallie Rocha October 30, 2024 at 1:18 p.m. The region’s vacancy rate for life science lab and office space hit a record high...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego may have violated environmental law in deal to sell Tailgate Park to Padres development team By Jennifer Van Grove October 26, 2024 at 7:20 a.m. A Superior Court judge has signaled her intent to rule against the city and the...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Document proposing a $425M arena at SDSU Mission Valley sheds new light on old idea By Jennifer Van Grove October 15, 2024 at 10:24 a.m. A newly released document reveals more specifics about Oak View Group's late 2021 proposal to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | With eyes on University City, Irvine Company ready to offload 2 more downtown buildings By Jennifer Van Grove October 10, 2024 at 6:49 p.m. Irvine Company has listed for sale its 40- and 50-year-old office towers near Horton Plaza...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego wants millions to build smaller-scale housing in neighborhoods. Here’s why density critics still don’t like it. By David Garrick October 14, 2024 at 11:35 a.m. One group representing single-family homeowners worries that for the plan to work, the city would...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | ‘Loophole’ in state law opens door to 22-story high-rise in Pacific Beach By Jennifer Van Grove October 9, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. A developer is invoking a recently amended state law to erect a hotel and apartment...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Lead Balboa Park group taps Symphony exec as next CEO By Jennifer Van Grove October 7, 2024 at 2:04 p.m. Katy McDonald will take over leadership duties at the nonprofit Forever Balboa Park as the...
Transportation | Route 78-Interstate 5 interchange construction could start in 2033: ‘We have gone back to the drawing board again’ By Phil Diehl October 9, 2024 at 11:50 a.m. Completion of additional onramps more than 10 years away, according to Caltrans officials
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Paradise Point reviving $35M upgrade but what about Margaritaville plans? By Lori Weisberg October 4, 2024 at 5:33 p.m. The Mission Bay resort has submitted a new renovation proposal to the Coastal Commission five...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Mission Valley bridge over San Diego River, now a $53M project, secures approval By Jennifer Van Grove September 30, 2024 at 10:26 p.m. The Fenton Parkway Bridge, which SDSU must build as a condition of its purchase of...
News | Five-story, mixed-use project OK’d for Carlsbad’s Village over residents’ opposition By Phil Diehl September 26, 2024 at 3:35 p.m. Four buildings with 218 apartments, parking garage, retail shops to replace 1960s shopping center
Draft EIR for Oceanside Transit Center project shows ‘less than significant impact’ By Phil Diehl September 22, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. Plan calls for 547 apartments, 170-room boutique hotel, office building, parking garage and more
Business | Roundabout in the works for intersection near Balboa Park By Jennifer Van Grove September 20, 2024 at 3:03 p.m. San Diego will spend $2.4 million on a permanent roundabout at Sixth and Juniper to...
Education | Amid a ‘critical demand for housing,’ 2 of the nation’s tallest dorms open at UC San Diego By Gary Robbins September 19, 2024 at 5:15 p.m. The new Pepper Canyon West residence halls will help UCSD house a record 22,000 students...
Drill rigs to take soil samples at Oceanside Pier bridge, lifeguard HQ By Phil Diehl September 16, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Geotechnical analysis needed for replacement of century-old bridge and lifeguard headquarters
Environment | ‘Biggest environmental victory’: After more than a decade in limbo, San Diego County has a new climate plan By Emily Alvarenga September 25, 2024 at 11:05 a.m. 'It's passed, we think it's strong, and now we’ve got a watchdog,' one local environmental...
Carlsbad approves plan for Monroe Street Pool renovation By Phil Diehl September 13, 2024 at 6:08 a.m. Swimmers disappointed that city finds no money, time or space for larger design
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego considering 3 low-income housing proposals for 101 Ash St. By Jennifer Van Grove September 10, 2024 at 2:29 p.m. Subsidized housing proposals surfaced after the city cut ties with a previous bidder for the...
Business | San Diego will lease 2 floors in downtown high-rise as part of exit from operations building By Jennifer Van Grove September 10, 2024 at 2:13 p.m. The city has agreed to spend $10.6 million on a 5-year, 7-month lease for 43,460...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Midway Rising gets another year to finalize deal for San Diego’s sports arena site By Jennifer Van Grove September 6, 2024 at 4:39 p.m. The city has extended the deadline to finalize a development deal with Midway Rising for...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego’s largest office landlord sells Symphony Towers for cheap By Jennifer Van Grove September 7, 2024 at 8:48 p.m. Irvine Company sold the iconic 34-story office tower at 750 B St. for $45.7 million...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Backers of San Diego convention center expansion score crucial legal victory on hotel tax hike By Lori Weisberg September 3, 2024 at 8:38 p.m. Judge concludes that Measure C was a citizens' initiative, meaning it only needed a simple...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Hazard Center in Mission Valley has a new owner and retail outlook By Jennifer Van Grove September 5, 2024 at 1:20 p.m. Los Angeles-based BH Properties purchased the mixed-use complex that faces Friars Road at a deeply...
Politics | Your guide to Proposition 5, California’s measure to make it easier to pass local bonds By David Garrick September 11, 2024 at 3:41 p.m. Prop. 5 is among the 10 statewide ballot measures that San Diego County voters will...
State grant of $48.7 million requires Oceanside apartments to be all-affordable By Phil Diehl August 30, 2024 at 4:20 p.m. Developer previously proposed building 10 percent of units for low-income tenants
Construction begins on transit-oriented Oceanside apartment complex By Phil Diehl August 29, 2024 at 2:11 p.m. Mixed-use project near Crouch Street Sprinter Station is expected to open in early 2026
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | ‘I wouldn’t count on that.’ Airport people mover from port site unlikely By Jennifer Van Grove August 27, 2024 at 9:12 p.m. Port executive throws cold water on a 2-year-old people mover concept envisioned to travel between...
Banquet hall coming to South Oceanside newspaper building By Phil Diehl August 26, 2024 at 2:54 p.m. Former North County Times press room being remodeled to host weddings, fundraisers & corporate gatherings
News | More than 900 homes proposed near Oceanside’s El Corazon Park By Phil Diehl August 27, 2024 at 1:19 p.m. A Utah-based developer has submitted preliminary plans for the Moon Valley nursery property along Oceanside...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Developer retooling plan for Costa Verde Center near UTC By Jennifer Van Grove August 23, 2024 at 3:05 p.m. Life science real estate developer Alexandria has scrapped its plan for the shuttered strip mall...
Expansion proposed for Oceanside’s therapeutic horse-riding school By Phil Diehl August 19, 2024 at 5:01 a.m. More room needed for classrooms in ranch house built in 1889 near Mission San Luis...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | After 32 years of family ownership, Point Loma’s commercial fishing marina drifts toward a port takeover By Jennifer Van Grove August 20, 2024 at 4:18 p.m. Tom Driscoll is getting pushed out of the dilapidated marina that has held the family...
Judge again halts 3,000-home project in Santee after city leaders sidestepped voters By Blake Nelson August 15, 2024 at 8:54 a.m. Developers have been eyeing Fanita Ranch for decades.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Seaport San Diego project gets 3-year extension to secure government approvals By Jennifer Van Grove August 14, 2024 at 11:57 a.m. Port of San Diego Commissioners agreed to extend the term of its negotiating agreement with...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | San Diego will update blueprint for Balboa Park and try to revive Starlight Bowl By Jennifer Van Grove August 8, 2024 at 9:26 p.m. Mayor Todd Gloria said the city will revisit the Balboa Park Master Plan and seek...
Oceanside reverses denial of high-density development By Phil Diehl August 9, 2024 at 1:21 p.m. The 13 single-family homes, some as tall as three stories, are planned for a vacant...
Improvements coming to Carlsbad’s bluff-top promenade By Phil Diehl August 7, 2024 at 10:48 a.m. Construction could start in 2025 on wider sidewalks, new stairways to the beach
Building ‘kits’ approved for new Carlsbad Veterans Memorial Park By Phil Diehl August 4, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Construction contract to be awarded later after city obtains building permits
Oceanside prepares to start final segment of Inland Rail Trail By Phil Diehl August 2, 2024 at 7:28 p.m. Pedal power seen as a way to reduce traffic congestion, boost air quality and improve...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Affordable housing project in Pacific Beach first to breach 30-foot coastal height limit By Jennifer Van Grove August 1, 2024 at 10:46 p.m. City and Housing Commission loans pave the way for construction on the 5-story, 60-unit Rose...
Business | San Diego finalizes plans to transform Hillcrest, University City with high-rises, transit By David Garrick July 30, 2024 at 10:08 p.m. But big changes won't happen unless developers embrace the new opportunities created by both proposals.
New $30 million park gets go-ahead for Carlsbad By Phil Diehl July 30, 2024 at 11:02 a.m. Robertson Ranch will have pickleball, basketball court, sports fields, playgrounds and more
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Politics | An upgraded Gaslamp Promenade could transform downtown. Can the city afford it? By David Garrick July 28, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. A new study says $65 million is needed for the year-old promenade along Fifth Avenue...
Local News | It took 8 years: Pershing Bikeway makes its formal debut By Lori Weisberg July 30, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. The project, which cost $14 million to construct, is designed to improve safety for both...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Downtown skyscraper opens with pricey apartments, flashy amenities and traction with office tenants By Jennifer Van Grove July 28, 2024 at 2:32 p.m. West debuts with an array of amenities and decorative extras meant to ooze Southern California...
Business | More apartments, less segregation, fewer cars: San Diego OKs sweeping changes to growth blueprint By David Garrick July 24, 2024 at 5:12 p.m. The update, called Blueprint SD, combines an array of city goals into one document to...
Plan advances for 5-story apartment building in Carlsbad’s downtown Village By Phil Diehl July 21, 2024 at 6:01 a.m. Planning Commission recommends approval despite widespread opposition from neighborhood residents
Business | With a sweeping blueprint for its future, San Diego acknowledges the lasting imprint of segregation — and seeks to reverse it By David Garrick July 22, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. The changes, scheduled for a City Council vote on Tuesday, would be the first major...
News | New affordable housing project to open in Carlsbad By Phil Diehl July 15, 2024 at 7:57 a.m. The 93-unit Pacific Wind Apartments affordable housing project will celebrate its grand opening next week
News | Developer proposes 200 apartments in southeast Oceanside By Phil Diehl July 15, 2024 at 7:04 a.m. A developer has proposed building 200 apartments, with 25 reserved for low-income residents, on southeast...
Business | San Diego OK’d more new homes in 2023 than any year in decades By David Garrick July 13, 2024 at 9:23 p.m. Officials say the surge in approved units shows incentives are working, but the city remains...
Business | ‘The Real World: San Diego’ house in Point Loma slated for demolition By Jennifer Van Grove July 10, 2024 at 6:49 p.m. The as-seen-on-TV building overlooking America's Cup Harbor is expected to be razed as part of...
Transportation | A favorite San Diego shortcut won’t reopen for at least a year. When it does, it will look very different. By David Garrick July 10, 2024 at 6:18 a.m. The closure of two-lane Bachman Place between Mission Valley and Hillcrest since spring 2022 has...
Oceanside offers loans to three developers planning affordable housing By Phil Diehl July 8, 2024 at 12:47 p.m. Projects proposed for South Coast Highway, El Camino Real and Olive Drive
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Downtown San Diego’s 600 B Street office tower in foreclosure By Jennifer Van Grove July 4, 2024 at 7:08 p.m. Building owner on the brink of losing the 24-story high-rise as the lender seeks to...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Lease agreement paves way for long-awaited revival of Mira Mesa Epicentre By Jennifer Van Grove July 2, 2024 at 6:11 p.m. City leaders OK'd a real estate deal that will allow the county to remodel and...
Plans take shape for 386 homes on former Oceanside farmland By Phil Diehl July 6, 2024 at 5:20 p.m. Progress is underway on plans to build as many as 359 homes on land long...
Oceanside approves 8-story, mixed-use project for North Coast Highway By Phil Diehl June 29, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. Residents, City Council praise proposal to build 362 apartments, 62-room hotel on site of run-down...
Business | Sorrento Mesa life science project lands big pharma tenant By Jennifer Van Grove July 1, 2024 at 9:23 a.m. An unnamed pharmaceutical company will anchor Alexandria's newly constructed building at 10075 Barnes Canyon Road.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | A new hotel rising soon in San Diego’s Mission Valley By Lori Weisberg June 27, 2024 at 3:02 p.m. The new Element hotel, the first of its kind in San Diego County, will open...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Business | Vote on Midway Rising’s sports arena project expected early next year By Jennifer Van Grove June 25, 2024 at 3:22 p.m. The city and the development team had been marching toward consideration of a development deal...
Business | Newly adopted Port of San Diego budget reflects a period of financial ‘prosperity’ By Jennifer Van Grove June 19, 2024 at 3:24 p.m. The local government agency expects a small surplus for the upcoming fiscal year after investing...
Politics | Has the Coastal Commission made housing and climate crises worse? It’s offended at even the suggestion By David Garrick June 19, 2024 at 8:41 a.m. A new Circulate San Diego report says the agency often uses its land-use authority in...
Business | National City appoints retired cardiologist GilAnthony Ungab to Board of Port Commissioners By Jennifer Van Grove June 14, 2024 at 3:40 p.m. Ungab appointed as port commissioner to fill the unexpired term of Sandy Naranjo
Business | Few signs of life at life science city on San Diego Bay By Jennifer Van Grove June 17, 2024 at 2:43 p.m. The 1.7 million-square-foot Research and Development District from San Diego-based life science real estate developer...
Business | Mira Mesa shopping center anchored by Home Depot sells for $99M By Jennifer Van Grove June 7, 2024 at 12:33 a.m. A Los Angeles-based real estate firm that has spent the past 15 years focused on...
Business | Construction on $55M Mira Mesa Community Park project will start this summer By Jennifer Van Grove June 5, 2024 at 12:19 a.m. The long-awaited overhaul of Mira Mesa Community Park will begin this summer, promising to deliver...
News | A vote for La Jolla to secede? Proponents start gathering signatures to put secession on the ballot By David Garrick June 16, 2024 at 8:22 p.m. To become its own city, it would need approval from voters in La Jolla in...
Local News | New affordable housing complex for older adults coming to Chula Vista By Tammy Murga May 31, 2024 at 11:54 p.m. A new senior affordable housing complex with older adult-focused services broke ground in downtown Chula...
Transportation | San Diego airport’s mega Terminal 1 project gets some financial help from federal government By Lori Weisberg July 1, 2024 at 6:24 p.m. San Diego International Airport learned Friday it was awarded a $23.5 million federal grant to...
Business | Is a new San Diego neighborhood group positive for the Uptown area? By Phillip Molnar May 31, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. The San Diego City Council voted last week to replace its existing neighborhood group in...
News | ‘Simply not going to be dissuaded’: San Diego moves ahead with sweeping plans to urbanize neighborhoods By David Garrick June 1, 2024 at 4:03 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Hillcrest and University City got one step closer to becoming more urban and heavily...
News | San Diego wants twice as many people in 2 popular neighborhoods. Its controversial plans could get OK’d today. By David Garrick May 30, 2024 at 6:58 p.m. SAN DIEGO — Controversial proposals to double the populations of Hillcrest and University City by allowing more...
News | San Diego is finally accelerating an ambitious effort to move power lines underground. Here are the neighborhoods going first. By David Garrick May 28, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego is launching an unprecedented surge in its long-running campaign to bury utility...
Business | San Diego’s life science industry has a new challenge: Too much space By Natallie Rocha June 16, 2024 at 11:11 a.m. San Diego's labs and life science offices hit record vacancy this year.
Business | Fashion Valley mall to replace JCPenney with 850 apartments By Jennifer Van Grove June 16, 2024 at 11:16 a.m. Simon Property Group plans to redo the west end of the mall with 850 luxury...
Business | San Diego council members agree to move forward with affordable housing plans on former luxury hotel site By Lori Weisberg May 23, 2024 at 12:46 a.m. San Diego's elected leaders agreed Wednesday that the city should move toward securing a formal...
Local News | Encinitas proposes work-around for all-electric building requirement By Barbara Henry May 22, 2024 at 9:07 p.m. Instead of banning natural gas hookups in new homes as originally planned, Encinitas may strengthen...
Business | Port of San Diego starts search for next CEO By Jennifer Van Grove May 23, 2024 at 5:07 p.m. Four months after the negotiated exit of its CEO, the Port of San Diego is...
News | In power struggle to represent neighborhoods, here’s where young renters just won – and where they lost to homeowners By David Garrick May 22, 2024 at 3:27 p.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego City Council members made an unprecedented move Tuesday that could ultimately pave...
Business | San Diego will sublet space in Mission Valley as part of plan to vacate downtown operations building By Jennifer Van Grove June 4, 2024 at 5:37 p.m. Eager to exit its failing downtown operations building, the city of San Diego has agreed...
Local News | Carlsbad may buy apartment building from Solutions for Change and forgive $3.1 million loan By Phil Diehl June 4, 2024 at 5:39 p.m. Carlsbad's City Council could decide to buy a 16-unit apartment complex from Solutions for Change...
Business | Plan to build hundreds of low-income housing units on former Ritz-Carlton site in downtown San Diego reaches critical milestone By Lori Weisberg June 10, 2024 at 10:15 a.m. An ambitious plan by a local affordable housing developer to build more than 400 low-income...
Local News | Transit board approves negotiations for affordable housing at Oceanside rail stations By Phil Diehl May 16, 2024 at 11:18 p.m. OCEANSIDE — North County Transit District's board approved exclusive negotiating agreements Thursday with developers proposing to build...
Business | Port of San Diego commits millions more to combat industrial impacts in Barrio Logan, National City By Jennifer Van Grove May 16, 2024 at 10:11 p.m. The government agency that controls San Diego's industrial waterfront is seeking to be a better...
News | San Diego is hiking developer fees, months after moving to fast-track approvals By David Garrick May 16, 2024 at 12:02 a.m. SAN DIEGO — San Diego's recent campaign to accelerate approvals of new housing and other projects is...
Local News | Affordable housing proposed for two Oceanside Sprinter rail stations By Phil Diehl May 14, 2024 at 11:32 p.m. OCEANSIDE — The North County Transit District is advancing plans to build mixed-use, affordable housing projects at...
Local News | Senior-only affordable housing proposed for Oceanside’s South Coast Highway By Phil Diehl May 13, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. A proposal to build 56 apartments for low-income seniors on South Coast Highway near Oceanside...
Business | Construction paused on mega Riverwalk project in Mission Valley By Jennifer Van Grove May 11, 2024 at 8:02 p.m. The cacophony of construction activity at the sprawling Riverwalk project site that follows Friars Road...
Business | San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo booted from agency board By Jennifer Van Grove May 15, 2024 at 6:21 p.m. National City leaders have parted ways with their Port of San Diego representative, Commissioner Sandy...
News | The coastal zoning loophole ‘pitting neighbor against neighbor’ By David Garrick May 7, 2024 at 5:33 a.m. SAN DIEGO — A San Diego zoning loophole is pitting neighbors against one another in Crown Point...
Sports | County will also evaluate subsidy for Midway Rising’s sports arena project By Jennifer Van Grove May 2, 2024 at 12:34 a.m. San Diego County will consider subsidizing the Midway Rising project in order to make possible...
Business | 8 California real estate battles worth watching By Jonathan Lansner April 28, 2024 at 1:01 p.m. It’s playoff season for basketball and hockey with sports fans glued to the big matchups.But...
Local News | Oceanside approves cap and new limits on short-term vacation rentals By Phil Diehl April 27, 2024 at 12:01 p.m. OCEANSIDE — Oceanside has approved a cap and other restrictions on short-term vacation rentals, primarily for neighborhoods...