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Real Estate Roundup
Projects, developments and other activity in cities in and around San Diego County
The Gunter Family Trust has purchased a 15,877-square-foot fully-leased automotive property for $2,037,000. The building, which is located at 332 N. Johnson Ave. in El Cajon, has been leased to Caliber Collision Centers since August 2000.
Tradeshow May Have Found a Second Home
BUILDING: Local Debut Of Homebuilder Conference Examines Industry Issues
“It’s sort of like Comic-Con for the home-building industry,” said Borre Winckel, president and CEO of the Building Industry Association of San Diego County.
Developer’s Plan Aims to Create Downtown Urban Quarter
DEVELOPMENT: Creative Mix of Residential, Offices, Retail, Restaurants, High-Tech
A development team that includes locally based Lankford & Associates Inc. has unveiled plans for an East Village mixed-use project that its proponents hope will become downtown San Diego’s next “urban quarter” over the next decade.
Hilton Renovation Puts Property’s Bay-Front Beauty on Display
Real Estate Column
The Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel recently completed extensive outdoor renovations, aimed at better capitalizing on the downtown property’s waterfront location.
Mapping Out a Real Estate Recovery
PROPERTY: Commercial Comeback Is Uneven as Sector Charts New Course
The commercial real estate recovery is progressing steadily in San Diego County so far in 2013, but local experts are still curbing their expectations as to when things might switch into a higher gear.
Local Office Submarkets’ Vacancy Rates Vary By Region and Class
REAL ESTATE: Choices Abound for Class B and C, Class A Remains Scarce
San Diego County’s real estate recovery is being felt in different ways, depending on the neighborhood. Here’s how local commercial brokers view trends in some prominent local office submarkets.
Executive Profile: Daniel Broderick
Daniel Broderick is president and CEO of Cassidy Turley San Diego, a full-service commercial real estate firm.
Real Estate Roundup
Projects, developments and other activity in cities in and around San Diego County
Charles Dunn Co. announced the $3.85 million sale of Crosby Square, a 13,414-square-foot retail property with two second-story apartment units. Situated in the southern Downtown San Diego submarket, the property is located at 1879 Logan Ave., just off the I-5 Freeway and near the Coronado Bridge.
Real Estate Sales in Luxury Areas ‘White Hot’
REAL ESTATE: Homes Above $1M Rising, But Still Below 2008 Median
San Diego’s median home prices continued climbing last month with the increases in the luxury category, above $1 million, rising faster than the rest of the market, say housing industry sources.
Developers Are Taking $90M Step Forward
PROPERTY: East Village Transformation to Create Tech, Design Hub
Lowe Enterprises and locally based I.D.E.A. Partners recently moved forward with plans to develop a $90 million mixed-use development in East Village, considered the first element in a long discussed strategy to turn the downtown neighborhood into a job-creating hub for cutting-edge technology and design firms.
Grand Jury Tasks City Officials With Game Plan
REAL ESTATE: New Agency Will Address Plans For Redevelopment Needs
San Diego officials in coming weeks will be strategizing on ways to maintain development momentum downtown and elsewhere in the city, without the help of the California redevelopment agency program abolished by the state last year.
Local Contracts for Future Construction Up 18% in First Quarter
Real Estate Column
The latest figures from McGraw-Hill Construction show San Diego County 18 percent ahead of a year ago for construction projects in the pipeline.
Regional Report
News and notes from communities around San Diego County
The City Council recently approved plans to build another shooting range in the Poway Business Park. This time it is new construction rather than a building conversion.
The Lean Way
BUILDING: A Process Called ‘Lean Construction’ Smooths Road to Renovation
Tenant improvements and site renovations have been crucial to the business enhancement efforts of local contracting companies over the past five years, as work assignments in new-construction projects remain tough to come by in San Diego County and elsewhere.
Evidence-Based Design Drives SYHC Facilities Renovation
HEALTH CARE: Clinic Interior Promotes Healing; ‘Not Just a Decorating Job’
San Ysidro Health Center is using what’s called evidence-based design to inform the renovation of its new three-story clinic and urgent care center in Chula Vista — and streamlining health care in the process.
