San Diego
Two significant redevelopment projects proposed for downtown San Diego cleared important hurdles Friday.
The Centre City Development Corp., the city’s downtown redevelopment agency, gave initial approval to a $6.3 million plan to build apartments, offices and stores masking Horton Plaza’s unsightly parking garage and a proposed project of undetermined value for a residential high-rise just south of Horton Plaza, across from Nordstrom.
Both proposals now move to the City Council, which is scheduled to consider them Tuesday The council is slated to consider negotiation agreements for both projects, which will give city officials time to discuss the projects with the developers and finalize a formal construction contracts.
The Horton Plaza garage development, to be known as 800 Fourth Avenue, is tentatively scheduled to be completed in early 1989, said Kathy Kalland, a CCDC spokeswoman.
The project is being proposed by a development team composed of Oliver McMillan Inc.; Morgan Dene Oliver; James L. McMillan; architect Richard Paul Buss and his architectural firm, BSHA Inc. The city redevelopment agency also plans to be a 25% partner in the project.
There is no immediate timetable for the residential high-rise, which is a proposal of developer Charles P. Tyson.
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