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Jennifer Van Grove
Jennifer Van Grove covers growth and development for The San Diego Union Tribune. She is an award-winning journalist with more than a decade of experience reporting on business news. She began her career covering technology companies and broader industry trends for digital publications such as CNET and Mashable. She is a San Diego native and a graduate of UCLA.
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Port of San Diego Commissioners agreed to extend the term of its negotiating agreement with developer 1HWY1 through Oct. 1, 2027, meaning the project isn't expected to be shovel ready...

San Diego will update blueprint for Balboa Park and try to revive Starlight Bowl
Mayor Todd Gloria said the city will revisit the Balboa Park Master Plan and seek operators for the long-shuttered Starlight Bowl and Village Grill venues.

Proyecto de vivienda asequible en Pacific Beach, el primero en superar el límite de altura costera de 30 pies
Préstamos de la ciudad y la Comisión de Vivienda allanan el camino para la construcción del proyecto de 5 pisos

Should San Diego lease the Kettner and Vine warehouse for a homeless shelter?
Mayor Todd Gloria has framed the proposal as a bold move to tackle homelessness

Affordable housing project in Pacific Beach first to breach 30-foot coastal height limit
City and Housing Commission loans pave the way for construction on the 5-story, 60-unit Rose Creek Village project to start in February.

Downtown skyscraper opens with pricey apartments, flashy amenities and traction with office tenants
West debuts with an array of amenities and decorative extras meant to ooze Southern California vibes.

‘The Real World: San Diego’ house in Point Loma slated for demolition
The as-seen-on-TV building overlooking America's Cup Harbor is expected to be razed as part of a broader redevelopment plan for Driscoll's Wharf.

Downtown San Diego’s 600 B Street office tower in foreclosure
Building owner on the brink of losing the 24-story high-rise as the lender seeks to recoup more than $83 million in unpaid debt.

Lease agreement paves way for long-awaited revival of Mira Mesa Epicentre
City leaders OK'd a real estate deal that will allow the county to remodel and reopen the long-shuttered property fronting Mira Mesa Boulevard.

Sorrento Mesa life science project lands big pharma tenant
An unnamed pharmaceutical company will anchor Alexandria's newly constructed building at 10075 Barnes Canyon Road.

Vote on Midway Rising’s sports arena project expected early next year
The city and the development team had been marching toward consideration of a development deal before the end of year

Newly adopted Port of San Diego budget reflects a period of financial ‘prosperity’
The local government agency expects a small surplus for the fiscal year after investing proceeds into waterfront projects.

National City appoints retired cardiologist GilAnthony Ungab to Board of Port Commissioners
Ungab appointed as port commissioner to fill the unexpired term of Sandy Naranjo

Should restaurant surcharges be legal?
San Diego-based economists and business leaders weigh in on whether California should allow restaurants to add service fees on to bills.

Few signs of life at life science city on San Diego Bay
The 1.7 million-square-foot Research and Development District from San Diego-based life science real estate developer IQHQ is not only expanding substantially the glut of available space downtown but also dragging...

Comenzara este verano el proyecto de $55M para el Parque Comunitario de Mira Mesa
La esperada renovación del Parque Comunitario de Mira Mesa comenzará este verano, prometiendo entregar en dos años un centro acuático, un parque de patinaje, un edificio recreativo renovado y mejoras...

Are San Diego jobs at risk from AI?
Local economists and business leaders address recent advances in artificial intelligence capabilities

Mira Mesa shopping center anchored by Home Depot sells for $99M
A Los Angeles-based real estate firm that has spent the past 15 years focused on residential projects is re-entering the retail sector with the purchase of what is said to...

Construction on $55M Mira Mesa Community Park project will start this summer
The long-awaited overhaul of Mira Mesa Community Park will begin this summer, promising to deliver in two years time an aquatic center, a skate park, a renovated recreation building and...

Puerto de San Diego compromete millones adicionales para combatir impactos industriales en Barrio Logan y National City
La agencia gubernamental que controla el frente industrial de San Diego busca ser un mejor vecino para las personas que viven justo al este de sus terminales marítimas y astilleros.El...

Fashion Valley mall to replace Jenney with 850 apartments
Simon Property Group plans to redo the west end of the mall with 850 luxury residential units, 100,000 square feet of new shops and eateries, and an open-air plaza

Port of San Diego starts search for next CEO
Four months after the negotiated exit of its CEO, the Port of San Diego is officially on the hunt for its next istrative leader. The agency began publicly advertising for...

San Diego will sublet space in Mission Valley as part of plan to vacate downtown operations building
Eager to exit its failing downtown operations building, the city of San Diego has agreed to lease the entirety of an empty office building in Mission Valley and will move...

Port of San Diego commits millions more to combat industrial impacts in Barrio Logan, National City
The government agency that controls San Diego's industrial waterfront is seeking to be a better neighbor to people who live just east of its marine terminals and shipyards. Tuesday, the...

Construction paused on mega Riverwalk project in Mission Valley
The cacophony of construction activity at the sprawling Riverwalk project site that follows Friars Road just west of Fashion Valley mall has been replaced with nothingness as the promise of...

Comisionada del Puerto de San Diego, Sandy Naranjo, es expulsada de la junta de la agencia
Los líderes de National City han cortado lazos con su representante en el Puerto de San Diego, la Comisionada Sandy Naranjo, cuya relación con sus colegas en la agencia se...

San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo booted from agency board
National City leaders have parted ways with their Port of San Diego representative, Commissioner Sandy Naranjo, whose relationship with her peers at the agency is said to have been fractured...

County will also evaluate subsidy for Midway Rising’s sports arena project
San Diego County will consider subsidizing the Midway Rising project in order to make possible the construction of thousands of rent-restricted apartments on the city's sports arena site in the...

It’s official: Midway District’s sports arena is historic
San Diego's sports arena, the imposing concrete venue in the Midway District that is home to the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey League, has been given historical recognition...

It’s official: San Diego’s sports arena is historic
San Diego International Sports Arena, the imposing concrete venue in the Midway District and the longtime home of the San Diego Gulls, is worthy of special recognition ahead of its...

Should California’s Supreme Court overturn new rooftop solar rules?
California's Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on controversial new rules that slash the financial incentive for people who install rooftop solar on their homes.The high court has agreed...

San Diego’s 58-year-old sports arena is historically significant. Can it still be demolished?
Built in 1966, the San Diego International Sports Arena slated to be razed in a proposed redevelopment plan is historically significant for its contribution to the region's economic growth after...

Westfield UTC is expanding with a new wing of luxury shops and destination restaurants
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield has started construction on an all-new wing of luxury shops and destination eateries designed to further elevate the status of its flagship Westfield UTC property in University City.Thursday, the...

San Diego cuts ties with developer proposing to convert 101 Ash St. tower into a residential building
San Diego has formally cut ties with the real estate developer proposing to convert the empty office tower at 101 Ash St. into a residential building.Thursday, the city informed developer...

Benefactor steps in to help San Diego entice developers to remake downtown’s Civic Center
A prominent philanthropic organization has cut a $303,000 check to hire an outside consultant to help San Diego sidestep repeat failure as it seeks to secure developer interest in remaking...

All People Church’s demanda a San Diego por bloquear proyecto de iglesia
All People Church’s está apelando a un poder superior la decisión del Concejo Municipal de San Diego de negar los permisos necesarios para una nueva instalación con un santuario de...

Second, weaker wave of storm ing through San Diego County following Saturday’s countywide drenching
A second, weaker round of rain is moving through San Diego County following Saturday's downpours, which snarled traffic, flooded intersections and caused power outages in a region still recovering from...

All Peoples Church sues San Diego over blocked church project
All Peoples Church is appealing to a higher power the San Diego City Council's decision to deny the permits required for an all-new facility with a 900-seat sanctuary on a...

San Diego plans to spend millions to relocate staff from City Operations Building to nicer office space
The city of San Diego is close to inking two separate lease agreements that will allow it to vacate almost entirely the 54-year-old City Operations Buildings at 1222 First Ave....

Pfizer inks large deal for lab space at new Torrey View campus in San Diego
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has inked a deal to house its growing oncology business in a new, palatial San Diego estate overlooking the ocean.The drugmaker recently signed a 15-year lease for...

El edificio abandonado de Epicentre en Mira Mesa esta plagado de vandalismo
Pintado con aerosol en mayúsculas, el grafiti "Rage" que recientemente cubrió una gran parte del edificio del Epicentre de Mira Mesa muestra inadvertidamente el sentimiento que está brotando entre los...

How much downtown office space does the city of San Diego really need?
The city of San Diego can go grow its downtown employee headcount and also considerably shrink its civic core office footprint — but it will need to provide ample parking...

Abandoned Epicentre in Mira Mesa plagued by frequent vandalism
Spray painted in all caps, the graffitied "Rage" that recently covered a large swath of the Mira Mesa Epicentre building inadvertently spoke to the sentiment bubbling up among community ...

San Diego will consider major subsidy for Midway Rising’s sports arena project
The city of San Diego is open to offering the Midway Rising development team substantial financial assistance to make possible the redevelopment of the city's sports arena real estate in...

Private pier in San Diego’s posh La Playa enclave will get public access stairway
The private pier overlooking Kellogg Beach and connected to two upland mansions in San Diego's posh La Playa neighborhood is poised to become partially accessible to all ersby for the...

Tras una decada en desarrollo, el plan de 30 anos para la bahia de San Diego se acerca a su meta
SAN DIEGO — Con más de una década de preparación y mucho tiempo atrasado, el plan de futuro del Puerto de San Diego (una hoja de ruta que detalla lo que se...

‘I would peg it at 50-50.’ City, developer may walk away from plan to convert 101 Ash St. tower into a residential building
The city of San Diego and the real estate developer proposing to convert the empty office tower at 101 Ash St. into a residential building are, following six months of...

‘We struck a balance’: Port approves new 30-year blueprint for San Diego Bay
After 11 years of planning work, the Port of San Diego's future-looking guidebook that dictates what can and cannot be built on thousands of acres in and around San Diego...

A decade in the making, 30-year plan for San Diego’s bayfront nears finish line
More than a decade in the making and long past due, the Port of San Diego's future-looking blueprint — a roap that spells out what can and cannot be built...

San Diego sues Manchester Financial for $5M, alleges botched cleanup of soil from former Navy Broadway Complex
The city of San Diego is suing prominent local developer Manchester Financial Group for failing to properly clean up contaminated soil at the former Navy Broadway Complex before dumping the...

Whole Foods Market planned for Front & A skyscraper project in downtown San Diego
Upscale supermarket chain Whole Foods Market will open a location in downtown San Diego at the Front & A project at 201 West A St., project developer Holland Partner Group...

San Diego appoints public affairs expert Sid Voorakkara to Board of Port Commissioners
Government and public affairs expert Sid Voorakkara will represent the city of San Diego on the Port of San Diego's seven-member Board of Port Commissioners.This past Tuesday, San Diego City...

Fire-damaged building at Seaport Village set to be razed
An empty and boarded-up, fire-damaged shop at Seaport Village will soon be razed to make way for a new common area at the popular bayside destination.On Tuesday, Port of San...

Port commissioner’s lawyer sues agency, alleges violation of civil rights
The attorney who represented San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo during her recent board censure is suing the local government agency, alleging that the port retaliated against him for statements...

Balboa Park group cements park-wide agreement with city to fast-track improvements
SAN DIEGO — Forever Balboa Park, the nonprofit organization that looks after San Diego's oft-called crown jewel, has expanded its relationship with the city in an effort to expedite park improvements.Tuesday, the...

Mira Mesa Community Park redevelopment was tripped up by a technicality. The delay led to an unexpected discovery
The $45 million-and-growing redevelopment of Mira Mesa's most important park seemed last spring, after nearly two decades of stagnation, to be on the cusp of becoming real. The project, however,...

San Diego Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos resigns from board
San Diego Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos has stepped down from his post as a member of the local government agency's seven-member board of directors a year ahead of a schedule....

Port of San Diego CEO Joe Stuyvesant resigns after 6 months on istrative leave
San Diego Port President and CEO Joe Stuyvesant has resigned from his post, the agency said Monday in a press release. His last day with the agency was Sunday.The formal...

Entertainment venue in play for old Navy property on San Diego Bay
The hotel developers likely to remake the old Navy property at 1220 Pacific Highway will get three more months to consider an unsolicited proposition from an unnamed entertainment venue operator...

Balboa Park’s Botanical Building crowned with historic dome, but reopening pushed back
Shuttered for two years amid a comprehensive restoration effort, San Diego's 109-year-old Botanical Building has been adorned once again with its original copper dome as crews continue construction work that...

All Peoples Church project in Del Cerro blocked by City Council due to ‘faulty’ traffic analysis
The polarizing All Peoples Church project long planned for a vacant, 6-acre lot in Del Cerro hangs in the balance after city of San Diego leaders rejected approval of the...

Navy selects Manchester/Edgemoor team to redevelop 70-acre NAVWAR property in Midway District
The United States Navy has selected a development team led by San Diego-based Manchester Financial Group and McLean, Virgina-based Edgemoor Infrastructure and Real Estate to replace its obsolete NAVWAR facilities...

Horton Plaza developer wants to turn former Macy’s store, empty lot into 40-story apartment towers
The developer remaking Horton Plaza mall into a mixed-use office campus has unveiled plans to erect two, 420-foot-tall residential skyscrapers on the 10-acre property between First and Fourth avenues in...

Mostly vacant office complex in downtown San Diego will be converted into hotel and residential buildings
The recently renovated Tower 180 office complex at 180 Broadway Ave. has a new owner that plans to spend $140 million to convert the downtown San Diego property into a...

Midway Rising’s sports arena project evolves with start of environmental review process
The Midway Rising development team selected last year to remake San Diego's sports arena property in the Midway District has moved into the second leg of a negotiation period with...

Dated marina at the west end of Harbor Island will be demolished, rebuilt as $50M resort-like facility
Built between 1970 and 1972, the 26-acre marina at 2040 Harbor Island Drive on the western most portion of Harbor Island, a landmark familiar to locals who frequented the once-popular-but-now...

Sit on the pitch: San Diego FC debuts luxury seating option for fans who want their feet on the grass
San Diego Football Club is putting its own spin on seating with an on-field option that places its fans with the deepest pockets within reach of their favorite players.Wednesday,...

Topgolf se compromete a alquilar durante 40 anos su sede emblematica en la bahia de San Diego
El Puerto de San Diego ha llegado a un acuerdo de arrendamiento por 40 años de un terreno de 9.5 acres en East Harbor Island a Topgolf International para la...

Topgolf secures 40-year lease commitment for flagship venue on San Diego Bay
The Port of San Diego has agreed in principle to lease for 40 years a 9.5-acre site on East Harbor Island to Topgolf International for a flagship driving-range venue that...

Topgolf, Port of San Diego near agreement on lease for flagship venue on San Diego Bay
Topgolf International and the Port of San Diego are close to reaching an agreement on preliminary lease for a 9.5-acre site on East Harbor Island, opposite San Diego's airport,...

Los vendedores ambulantes de la bahia de San Diego tendran mas espacio cerca del Museo Midway y menos en Seaport Village
El Puerto de San Diego ha revisado la nueva normativa que permite a los vendedores ambulantes vender sus productos a lo largo del Embarcadero que bordea la Bahía de San...

Lawyer for Port of San Diego CEO Joe Stuyvesant questions motives behind board chair’s interest in CEO job
The actions taken by San Diego Port Commissioner and current Board Chairman Rafael Castellanos, who earlier this year expressed interest in the agency's not-yet-vacant chief executive post, suggest he may...

Street vendors along San Diego Bay get more space near Midway Museum, fewer spots by Seaport Village
The Port of San Diego has revised newly implemented regulations that create legal room for street vendors to hawk their wares along the Embarcadero lining San Diego Bay, tweaking when...

El San Diego FC abre una tienda en el centro comercial Mission Valley
MISSION VALLEY — Un mes después de que más de 5000 personas acudieran al estadio Snapdragon para la presentación de los colores y el escudo del San Diego Football Club, el equipo...

San Diego FC sets up retail shop at Mission Valley mall
MISSION VALLEY — A month after more than 5,000 people showed up at Snapdragon Stadium for the unveiling of San Diego Football Club's colors and crest, the Major League Soccer expansion team...

San Diego Port Commissioner Rafael Castellanos interested in becoming agency’s CEO
San Diego Port Commissioner and current Board Chairman Rafael Castellanos is weighing the prospect of working for the government agency in an entirely different capacity — as its next chief...

Motorized pedicabs, scooters and bikes banned from downtown San Diego’s waterfront walkway
Close encounters with out-of-control or obnoxiously loud pedicabs on the waterfront promenade opposite San Diego Bay, which some people have argued is a routine occurrence that regularly threatens the safety...

‘We do not have confidence in Commissioner Naranjo.’ Port rejects public’s plea to appoint Sandy Naranjo as board chair
A month after voting to censure San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo for misconduct, Naranjo's fellow commissioners dredged up the ugly controversy surrounding the unprecedented formal reprimand with their Tuesday...

Inmate from San Diego County suspected in deadly prison attack
A 33-year-old inmate at Kern Valley State Prison north of Bakersfield, is being investigated by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for allegedly fatally stabbing another inmate with a...

It’s crunch time for San Diego’s MLS team, which just started construction of its $150M training campus
In January 2025, just 14 months from now, San Diego Football Club's inaugural batch of professional soccer players will report to training camp at a first-of-its-kind, $150 million facility that...

San Diego’s bonus ADU program on display for out-of-town housing advocates
SAN DIEGO — Previously the site of a single-story, single-family home, the lot on Manchester Road in College Area has been converted by local real estate developer Atlas West Group into an...

Equipo de la MLS de San Diego alquila espacio en un edificio de lujo de Little Italy para su sede corporativa
San Diego Football Club, la franquicia más reciente de la Major League Soccer, acaba de alquilar 15 mil pies cuadrados de espacio de oficinas para una sede corporativa en el...

San Diego MLS team leases space at high-end Little Italy building for corporate headquarters
San Diego Football Club, Major League Soccer's newest franchise, recently leased 15,000 square feet of office space for a corporate headquarters at the high-end 2100 Kettner building in Little Italy...

National City apoya a Sandy Naranjo, comisionada de Puertos, y cuestiona el momento de la ‘drastica’ censura
Los líderes de National City no solo apoyan a su representante del Puerto de San Diego, la comisionada Sandy Naranjo, sino que también cuestionan los motivos de la decisión de...

National City stands by Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo, questions timing of ‘drastic’ censure
National City leaders are not only standing by their Port of San Diego representative, Commissioner Sandy Naranjo, but are also questioning the motives behind board colleagues' decision last week to...

San Diego will put ex-skydiving center up for sale for affordable housing, years after buying it in now-infamous deal
San Diego will next year solicit redevelopment proposals for its infamous former indoor skydiving center with the caveat being that prospective buyers will need to propose projects with 100 percent...

Who should replace SANDAG CEO Hasan Ikhrata? Selection process expected to take more than 8 months
San Diego's lead transportation agency has set in motion a plan to fill its soon-be-vacant chief executive post.On Friday, the San Diego Association of Governments board voted 16-3 to approve...

Por que fue sancionada Sandy Naranjo? La comisionada del puerto acuso falsamente al principal abogado de la agencia de ser corrupto, segun informe
La Comisionada del Puerto de San Diego, Sandy Naranjo, que a principios de esta semana fue sancionada por mala conducta, acusó falsamente al principal abogado de la agencia de ser...

Why was Sandy Naranjo censured? Port commissioner falsely accused the agency’s top lawyer of being corrupt, according to report
San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo, who earlier this week was censured for misconduct, falsely accused the agency's top lawyer of being corrupt and tried to get him fired for...

‘Es una situacion incomoda’. Sandy Naranjo, comisionada del puerto de San Diego, sancionada por mala conducta
La comisionada del puerto de San Diego, Sandy Naranjo, fue sancionada por mala conducta y despojada de su cargo de vicepresidenta tras una acalorada reunión especial del consejo celebrada el...

‘It is an awkward situation.’ San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo censured for misconduct
San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo was censured for misconduct and stripped of her vice chair role after a heated special board meeting on Tuesday evening.The formal reprimand of the...

La comisionada del puerto de San Diego, Sandy Naranjo, se enfrenta a una reprimenda formal por ‘conducta interesada, imprudente y potencialmente maliciosa’
La comisionada del Puerto de San Diego, Sandy Naranjo, se enfrenta a una reprimenda formal por conducta indebida, que incluye acusaciones de haber incumplido sus deberes éticos para con la...

San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo faces formal censure for ‘self-interested, reckless and potentially malicious behavior’
San Diego Port Commissioner Sandy Naranjo is facing a formal reprimand for misconduct, including charges that she breached her ethical duties to the agency and violated state law, following a...

Montgomery Steppe, Reichert take opposing positions on homelessness, migrant aid in supervisor debate
SAN DIEGO — San Diego County District 4 Supervisor candidates Monica Montgomery Steppe and Amy Reichert spoke about some of the region's most polarizing issues in a Saturday debate at Voice of...

Target se retira del centro de San Diego
Target renuncia a una tienda prevista en el centro de San Diego.El minorista había firmado un contrato de arrendamiento de 15 años para instalarse en el recién construido complejo de...

Target pulls out of downtown San Diego
Target is pulling out of a planned store in downtown San Diego. The retailer had signed a 15-year lease to go into the newly built Radian apartment complex in East...

Midway Rising desecha el hotel y las viviendas de renta media del proyecto de estadio deportivo
El equipo de desarrollo de Midway Rising, seleccionado para rehacer el estadio deportivo de San Diego, de 48 acres, en el distrito de Midway, ha eliminado de su proyecto un...

Equipo de la MLS de San Diego renta terreno en la reserva de Sycuan para construir un campus de entrenamiento
Poco más de cuatro meses después de su espectacular debut, el club de la Major League Soccer de San Diego está listo para construir un hogar permanente para el personal,...

Midway Rising scraps hotel and middle-income homes from sports arena project
The Midway Rising development team selected to remake San Diego's 48-acre sports arena property in the Midway District has erased a 200-room hotel from its project and is no longer...

San Diego MLS team leases 28-acre site on Sycuan Reservation for $150M training campus
A little more than four months after its splashy debut, San Diego's Major League Soccer club is ready to build a permanent home for staff, players and future phenoms. Sunday,...