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Cisterra Development officially opened its 22-story Radian apartment tower near Petco Park on Wednesday, adding 241 units to the downtown market along with a planned Target store.

Contaminated with asbestos and mired in scandal, the empty office tower at 101 Ash St. downtown has become a symbol of the city of San Diego's ineptitude when it comes to negotiating complex real estate deals.

Gloria Did Make an Ash of Us All By Mat Wahlstrom In a city where corruption is standard operating procedure, the agreement approved Tuesday by the City Council on 101 Ash Street stood out as the most blatant screwing of taxpayers in living memory. While in comparison the Chargers ticket guarantee and the pension fiasco…

Jason Hughes, who returned $9.4 million he was paid for work on the Ash Street and Civic Center Plaza leases, now faces potential revocation of his state broker's license

City's highest-ranking staffer was a source to a reporter while investigations into the controversial lease were underway.

By Norma Damashek / NumbersRunner / Feb. 22, 2023 Councilmember Gloria Bounds to the Rescue (2013--2014) According to the City Charter, the presiding officer of the city council has limited authority to act as mayor in the event of an unplanned vacancy in the mayor’s seat. With a wink and a nod from City Attorney…

The new proposed budget from Mayor Todd Gloria seeks $2.4 million for maintenance of the unused Ash Street high-rise over the next fiscal year, covering security, utilities, cleaning and more.

By Norma Damashek / NumbersRunner / April 27, 2022 Let’s pretend we’re hotshot detectives in a Netflix blockbuster about a real estate deal gone bad … really bad. The action takes place in San Diego, where most every city official -- past and present — is hell-bent on burying the evidence. An apt name for…

Legal experts debate what drove judges to push for settlements in the criminal and civil cases — and why San Diego officials agreed to them.

San Diego is set to recover almost $10 million from former adviser Jason Hughes, but officials must still figure out what to do with the land and a slew of remaining litigation.