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In March 2003,
the Boulevard BIA submitted an application to the City of San Diego
to become a designated Pilot Village. The City's intent is to work
with others in showing how the new smart growth and transit oriented
development can work successfully. The application for Part II focuses
in the northwest corner of the Boulevard at Route 15 as Phase 1, with
Phase 2, the northeast corner, to follow.
Proposed as part
of Phase 1, on the Normal Heights corner, is a mixed use project that
includes about 250 rental units and about 120 for sale units. Also
included are plans for about 40,000 square feet of office type uses
to met employment needs in the area, and another 40,000 square feet
of retail uses. The project will be situated over about 950 underground
parking spaces.
The City will
review applications and enter a public hearing process sometime after
the first of the year. The City intends to provide substantial incentives,
which will be needed to make the project work.
Visit the Pilot
Village page for project updates.
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Timeline
- June 2006:
Construction of the Boulevard Transit Plaza is completed. The new
plazas will eventually become a major hub, servicing the proposed
Metro Flyer bus rapid transit service along the Boulevard that will
connect San Diego State University and downtown via the Boulevard.
Also in the works is a bus rapid transit project along Route 15
that will link up the northern communities with downtown, passing
through the transit plazas. That project is anticipated by SANDAG
to be complete in about five years, with the east/west Metro Flyer
coming online sooner than that.
- September 2005:
Construction delays due to arch structure redesign. The arches were
found to be unstable the way they were originally designed. Temporary
braces have been intsalled while a permenant fix is sought.
- October 2005:
A model of a possible solution to stabilize the arche straucture
has been supplied by the project's design team.
- August 2005:
Arches and shade structures were installed.

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Complications
due to utilities have pushed the completion date back several
months.
- Construction
began in September 2004, and is expected to be completed mid-2005

- December 2005:
The supporting structure for the arches have been installed. The
construction is to be substantially completed by February 2006.
- After several
years of planning, a citizens advisory committee has approved the
final design for improvements on both bridge decks over the Route
15 freeway at El Cajon Boulevard and University Avenue. The Boulevard
deck will provide a shelter and kiosk, and will also have ornamental
and artistic features including night lighting, location maps, decorative
tile, and see-through panels along the freeway edge to reduce noise.

View
north from the Boulevard Transit Plaza of the future dedicated I-15
transit lane.
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The Renaissance,
at the northwest corner of the Boulevard and 30th Street was endorsed
by the Association some time ago. It replaced the shuttered Aztec
Bowl and the former Gustafson's Furniture store. It includes about
100 senior apartments, and another 40 for-sale homes. Also included
is retail space and a community center.
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Project
Details:
Residential
Townhomes (Sale-Affordable) 3-Bedrooms: 14 Units
Condominiums (Sale) 2-Bedrooms: 24 Units
Senior Apartments (Rental-Affordable) : 96 Units
Total: 134 Units
Commercial
12,000 Square Feet
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Updates:
- Most of the
project is now complete and Starbucks has opened on the corner of
El Cajon Boulevard and 30th St.
- Substantail
construction on the project is happening, with the steel structure
and footings being put in place

- On February
19th, 2004 a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the future site
of The Renaissance. El Cajon Boulevard BIA preseident Jacquelyn
O'Connor was on hand with Councilwoman Toni Atkins, developers Tom
Carter and Reese Jarrett, a representative from the North Park PAC,
Hank Cunningham from the Redevelopment Agency and Elizabeth Morris
from the Housing Commission to participate in the grounbreaking.
View the press
release:
http://www.sannet.gov/press/040219.shtml

Affordable
Housing Information:
Population served:
Low-income seniors 55 and older earning 50% AMI
Rental units:
96 affordable units (85 one-bedroom, 11 two-bedroom)
Estimated rent
range: $330 - $681
Developers: Carter-Reese
& Associates, San Diego Interfaith Housing
Funding sources/partners:
San Diego Housing Commission, City of San Diego Redevelopment Agency,
Citibank, Bank of America, First National Bank, Neighborhood National
Bank.
Application/waiting
list information: contact Interfaith Housing to be placed on an interest
list by providing your name, address and phone number and indicating
that you are interested in Renaissance. Contact is Barbara
Garm, 619.231.0288, bgarm@sdihf.org; fax 619.231.0289.
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Talmadge
Senior Village is an affordable housing project at the northeast corner
of the El Cajon Boulevard and Dawson Avenue. The project includes 91 new
rental units built over underground parking. |
Project
Details:
Site Size 82,015
Square Feet
Residential
Apartment (Rental) 1-BR: 88 Units
Apartment (Rental) 2-BR: 3 Units
Total: 91 Units
Commercial
3,500 Square Feet

Updates
- The Talmadge
Senior Village celebrated its Grand Opening on Nov. 8. There were
numerous speakers, including Councilmember Toni Atkins and Major
Jerry Sanders and each was in agreement that this housing development
is the beginning of many significant projects built to accommodate
all segments of our population.

- November 2005:
Much of the framing has been completed on the structure.

- Construction
began in 2004, and is expected to be completed June 2006.
Affordable
Housing Information:
Population: very
low-income seniors (55 years of age or older)
Rental units: 91 (88 one-bedroom and 3 two-bedroom units)
Estimated rent
range: $339-$578
Commercial Space:
3,500 Sqauare Feet of first floor retail space
Developers: Southern
California Housing and San Diego Community Housing
Funding partners:
San Diego Redevelopment Agency, San Diego Housing Commission, Low-income
Housing Credits, Housing Capital Company
Income restrictions:
30%, 45%, 50% AMI
Application/waiting
list information: 877.273.RENT (7368).
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The Lafayette Hotel
site (previously InnSuites) development includes restoration of the
main hotel building, and the addition of condominiums and townhomes
at the rear of the site. 128 new condominium homes are planned. The
project will also include underground parking.
Visit: http://www.lafayetteresidences.com/
to learn more.
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Updates:
- January 25, 2007-
The San Diego Planning Commission approved a request by Hampstead
Partners to amend their previous approval to reduce the scale of the
proposed project from 271 condominiums to 128 and from 17 stories
to a maximum of 7. As with the original proposal, the historic portion
of the hotel facing El Cajon Boulevard would be renovated and continue
to be used as a hotel. The hotel pool and surrounding lanai units
would also be preserved and renovated. The project may meet a portion
of its affordable housing obligations on-site, with the remainder
satisfied through payment of in-lieu fees. The developer does not
anticipate requesting financial assistance for construction of the
condominiums. Financial assistance from the Redevelopment Agency may
be sought for the renovation of the hotel. Such a request would be
presented to the PAC for input and recommendation.
- A redesign of
the project has decreased the size of the development. There will
no longer be a 17-story tower.
- Units are now
on sale. There was a gala event held on October 20th, 2005 to celebrate
the launch of the sales phase of the project.
- On June 23rd,2005,
the Planning Commission approved the project. The decision was finalized
on July 8th.

Project
Details
Residential
128 Units

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The Boulevard
at North Park is a mixed use project in the planning stages for the
north side of the Boulevard between Florida and Alabama Streets. A
total of 126 residential units are planned. This includes seven live/work
lofts fronting El Cajon Boulevard.- This
project is currently on hold
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