March, 2006: The City Hieghts PAC voted to approve a new ENA for the Boulevard Development, LLC. The project is undergoing revisions with a new architect.

August 9, 2004: The $ 90 million Boulevard Marketplace project has passed its first hurdle on the way to being built. With recommendations from City staff and the City Heights Project Area Committee, the City's Redevelopment Agency has agreed to enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with Boulevard Marketplace LLC. The next step in the process is a Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) between the Redevelopment Agency and the Boulevard Marketplace LLC.

May 10, 2004: The City Heights Project Area Committee (PAC) recommended approval of entering into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with Boulevard Marketplace, LLC.

Feb 10, 2004: The proposed project site was awarded the “Pilot Village”designation by the San Diego City Council.

The Mid-City Transit Interchanges Project (MCTIP) has been an ongoing planning process that has followed the adoption of the Mid-City Communities Plan in 1998. Its intent is to foster mixed use infill development adjacent to the freeway interchanges. The MCTIP Tier I planning area includes the 30 blocks adjacent to the freeway interchanges. It is proposed that pilot village sites be the two northern corners of the Boulevard and the Route 15 freeway. Each corner encompasses two full blocks, and each contains about eight net acres. Related to any new development is the recognition that severe infrastructure deficiencies exist, especially as related to parks, schools, libraries, and the circulation system. The communities adjacent to the new freeway have, through the community planning process, bargained for protection of the remaining single family neighborhoods and a commitment to the resolving the infrastructure problem in return for acquiescence to development along the major transit corridors.

The purpose of this pilot village project is to continue and enhance the partnership between the City of San Diego, other public agencies, and the community to foster responsible infill development, and to identify resources, as suggested in the pilot village solicitation, to address infrastructure shortcomings.

The Phase I proposal shown here includes a mix of market rate and affordable housing, both for sale and for rent units, and about 40,000 square feet of retail with another 40,000 square feet of office space. The project, at about 50 units per acre, is at once in scale with the community and an alternative to the typical lower density auto oriented freeway development so common in Southern California. The entire site will include underground parking.

The project will include a mix of housing types including 106 condominiums, 15 row homes, and about 246 rental unit, of which 20% are targeted to meet City affordability standards. A mix of unit sizes is included as well, including some three bedroom family units to meet local demand. Green building practices and universal design features are included to insure energy efficiency and accessibility.