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In San Diego and around the country, housing is being added to retail malls — or replacing them all together

(CTN News) - Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has sold its two Mission Valley shopping centers, totaling 1.5 million square feet of space..........

A 41-year-old land-use document will no longer stand in the way of adding residential units to Westfield's nearly 20-acre Mission Valley West shopping center just west of Mission Center Road.

It would offer new density bonus opportunities for developers, but only if they create affordable middle-income housing.

The law aims to allow builders to construct a multi-family building on a former single-family lot. Some in the community are upset.

The city published what's called a "notice of availability," kick starting a solicitation process under California's Surplus Land Act, which regulates how municipal agencies can offload their excess land and prioritizes the production of housing for low-income families.

The city published what's called a "notice of availability," kick starting a solicitation process under California's Surplus Land Act, which regulates how municipal agencies can offload their excess land and prioritizes the production of housing for low-income families.

The city will take a two-pronged approach to redevelop 8 acres of downtown land, relying on a real estate competition to land proposals with ample affordable housing while undertaking a separate process to build a new City Hall.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria has cleared an important first hurdle ahead of a planned real estate competition for five downtown, city-owned blocks.

Right now, according to the state, there are eight cities in San Diego County that are out of compliance with state laws that require filing plans for future...