Chula Vista Breaks Ground for New Library, Site of Future 4-Year University
Of the $96.4 million price tag on the first phase, $30 million is coming from the state, administered by the California State Library.
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Of the $96.4 million price tag on the first phase, $30 million is coming from the state, administered by the California State Library.
The project is intended to add state-of-the-art office space and the first new city library since 1995, as well as leaving space for the city's first four-year university.
Chula Vista’s Millenia development is pivoting from retail to office space. Because of poor market conditions that saw a number of brick-and-mortar stores close in Chula Vista last year, Meridian Development plans to change what was originally anticipated to be retail space to office space. “What we are seeing in the shift of this plan, and because market conditions change, is really a shift from service industry jobs to professional jobs,” said Director of Development Eric Crockett. “Instead of having a focus on hotels and retail, this is now starting to shift to what we’ve all wan...
EL CAJON — The San Diego County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday will consider approving the construction of a large distribution warehouse center in El Cajon. The proposed project will be on a plot of land zoned for industrial use located at the northwest corner of Cuyamaca Street and Weld Boulevard in El Cajon. The site is on open space that is behind and below a group of homes in Santee, where some residents have expressed concern about noise and traffic issues that will accompany the warehouse, which appears to be earmarked for Amazon. Although the county owns the land, El Cajon ha...