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College Community Redevelopment Project Area

Current News - Updated December 1, 2007

General Project Area Information
The City of San Diego's 131-acre College Community Redevelopment Project Area focuses on student housing needs, transportation planning, parking and public improvements. The City is working with private developers to provide adequate student housing. Development has begun on several student housing projects, and a large mixed-use project is in the planning stage.

The project area is located immediately adjacent to the southern boundary of San Diego State University. It is primarily bounded by College Avenue to the east, the SDSU campus on the north, Montezuma Road to the south, and 55th Street to the west. The project area also includes the Montezuma Elementary School and a portion of the Alvarado Medical Plaza.

Redevelopment Incentives

  • Site assembly
  • Fee reductions
  • Permitting assistance
  • Off-site improvements
  • Housing programs
  • Facade rebates
  • Special public/private financing opportunities
  • Minimized/streamlined environmental review and processing

Development Objectives

  • Enhanced transportation and parking facilities
  • Maintain established family neighborhoods
  • Relocate university office facilities to improved Alvarado Plaza
  • Mixed-use activity center to become a focal point for students

Project Area Documents and Overlapping Programs

To report difficulty accessing these documents or to request the documents in an alternative format, contact Eliana Barreiros at (619) 236-6267.

Demographic Information

  • Total Population - 2,603
  • Median Household Income - $23,277
  • Total Housing Units - 688
  • Total Labor Force - 1,309
  • Adult Population with a Bachelor's Degree or Higher- 52 percent

Project Area Committee (PAC) Information

The College Community Project Area Committee (PAC) meets on the first Tuesday of each even numbered month at 7 p.m. at Faith Presbyterian Church, Room 1, 5075 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92115

  • PAC Meeting Agendas

  • PAC Meeting Minutes


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    Current and Proposed Redevelopment Projects

    The Paseo Mixed-Use Project
    The Paseo is a $315 million mixed-use project. It has been designated a Pilot Village Project by the City Council. It consists of 456 residential units, 250,000 square feet of retail, 100,000 square feet of office space and a two-level subterranean parking garage with 1,922 spaces and 28 surgace spaces. The project is generally located south of the SDSU campus, west of the public alley behind College Avenue, north of Montezuma Road and east of Campanile Drive. Currently, the Redevelopment Agency and SDSU are in discussion about how best to move this project forward. A final EIR has been compiled for the project.

    Religious Centers
    Religious Centers is a proposed project by San Diego State University Foundation. It is proposed to be the permanent relocation for all five Religious Centers currently operating in the College Community Redevelopment Project Area. The proposed project is separated into two locations: one would accommodate the Latter Day Saints and Hillel and includes the first five parcels west of Campanile Drive along the south side of Lindo Paseo. The other site would accommodate the Wesley Foundation and the Lutheran Center and includes the first four parcels west of Campanile Drive on the north side of Hardy Avenue. A final EIR has been compiled for this project.

    Plaza Lindo Paseo
    This $18 million project is scheduled to begin construction in 2008. The developer of Plaza Lindo Paseo is Del Mar Heritage/Plaza Lindo Partners. The project will include 45 residential units, two fraternities and four commercial units. The contractor is Del Mar Heritage Construction.

    Completed Redevelopment Projects

    College Manor
    This is the third phase of the College Manor Project. Each of the first two phases included 60 one- and two-bedroom apartment units. The first two phases were constructed along the north side of Montezuma Road between 55th Street and Campanile Drive. The third phase includes 59 one- and two-bedroom units. College Manor was financed by developer Erich Aragon. The third phase of this project was completed in August 2005.

    The Sanctuary Suites & Retail
    This project is located at 5840 Hardy Avenue and consists of approximately 1,800 square feet of ground floor retail and eleven (11) two- and three-bedroom apartment units above. The developer of this project is Restoration and Renovation, LLC. The project was completed in August 2004.

    Piedra del Sol
    Award-winning Piedra del Sol is the first development by SDSU Foundation in the College Community Redevelopment Project. The four-story, 66-unit apartment complex accommodates up to 230 students in two-, three- and four-bedroom units, and has been 100 percent occupied since the complex opened its doors in 1999. Located on campus, Piedra del Sol is an $8.5 million project financed through tax-exempt bonds.

    Fraternity Row
    Fraternity Row is a $14.3 million project consisting of eight chapter houses encircling a 62-unit apartment building. The first-of-its-kind project houses over 250 fraternity members. The apartment units were financed through tax-exempt bonds. The two-story chapter houses were financed through conventional financing. Locating fraternity members closer to campus and away from nearby neighborhoods was major objective. Fraternity Row was developed by the SDSU Foundation.

    Project Area Contact Information

    For more information about the College Community, please contact the following:

    Eliana Barreiros
    Project Area Manager
    (619) 236-6267
    ebarreiros@sandiego.gov

    To be added to the College Community mailing list, E-mail ebarreiros@sandiego.gov

    The Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Diego
    1200 Third Avenue, 14th Floor, MS 56D
    San Diego, CA 92101
    (619) 236-6700

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