San Diego, CA
Redo of San Diego Mall to Add Luxury Apartments
One of San Diego’s highest-profile shopping malls is slated to become part of a mixed-use development with luxury apartments.
Simon Property Group is planning to redo the west end of Fashion Valley, replacing the JCPenney store that anchors the mall with an upscale multifamily campus featuring 850 luxury residential units.
The REIT’s plans also call for 100K SF of new shops and eateries, as well as an open-air plaza. The redevelopment will encompass adjacent surface parking areas, according to a report in San Diego Union-Tribune.
The JCPenney store will remain open through the 2025 holiday season, with construction on the retail and residential redo expected to begin in early 2026, the report said.
Fashion Valley, which opened in 1969 and expanded in 1981, is located at 7007 Friars Road. The 1.7M SF mall sits on more than 80 acres.
Simon co-owns 65 acres, including the western end of the mall, with Prime Property Fund, a real estate investment fund managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate. A section of the mall including Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus is separately owned.
“Real estate trends ebb and flow with demands, and right now that’s what the market is demanding. Residential has been really underserved in a lot of markets, and our properties tend to have potential for additional density,” Mark Silvestri, Simon’s president of development, told the Union-Tribune. “Fashion Valley is just so well situated to provide that. We think it’s a really good fit.”
In 2020, Simon and Brookfield Property Group bought J.C. Penney Co.’s retail business in a bankruptcy court said that rescued the retailer.
The western end of mall, from the JCPenney store to Fashion Valley Road, is zoned for mixed-use that allows for high-density residential development, according to the Mission Valley Community Plan adopted in 2019.
Simon is working on the redevelopment with partner AMLI Residential, a Prime Property Fund subsidiary that owns and manages 26,000 apartments in 77 communities. AMLI currently is building a 434-unit apartment campus in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood in San Diego.
The luxury units at Fashion Valley will be in five-story buildings that will be built in phases, the report said.
The Fashion Valley mall is across the street from the Riverwalk Golf Club. Earlier this month, Hines halted construction on a massive mixed-use redevelopment of Riverwalk Golf Club two years after breaking ground on the project, which when fully built plans for a total of 4,300 apartment units as well as office and retail space.
After completing about $90M of infrastructure and foundation work on the northern part of the 195-acre site, Hines has shut down the mega-project and will not resume building until economic conditions improve. The Houston-based developer cited the high cost of debt as well as high construction and supply costs as the reason for the pause, the Union-Tribune reported.
San Diego, CA
City considering cutting funding to resource center for those experiencing homelessness
Last week Mayor Todd Gloria released the budget proposal for the 2027 fiscal budget. Protected homeless services is among his top priorities mentioned in the proposal. However, some of the reductions he’s proposing could impact thousands of San Diegans experiencing homelessness.
Located on 17th and K Street, the Neil Good Day Center offers an array of services to nearly seven thousand people experiencing homelessness. The services include giving them a place to shower and do laundry, and connecting them to a case manager, among others.
“These are critical services that are helping people off the streets, but really better their lives and their health and their employment situation as well,” Deacon Vargas with Father Joe’s Villages said.
Deacon Jim Vargas heads Father Joe’s Villages, which runs the center. He said through their prevention and diversion strategies, they’ve managed to keep nearly one thousand individuals from falling into homelessness.
“So by helping them pay rent, or helping them with their utilities, or helping them to reunite with family,” Vargas said.
Right now, the city allocates at least $850,000 per year to the Neil Good Day Center, according to Vargas.
But the future and funding for these services are in limbo because of Mayor Todd Gloria’s proposed budget cuts.
“The impact to those whom we’ve been serving the Daily Center would be very severe,” Deacon Vargas said.
In a statement to NBC 7, Mayor Todd Gloria said in part, “We must find more efficient and cost-effective ways to address this crisis and prioritize funding for programs that provide shelter beds and maximize resources to programs that place people into permanent housing.”
Since it’s still at a proposal stage, Deacon Vargas said it’s unclear how the city will decide to move forward.
However, Deacon Vargas said services would be significantly reduced because they would be forced to operate solely on a budget of about half a million dollars they receive from philanthropy.
“The hours would be cut. Some days would be cut. We would have showers that might be impacted because they’re given seven days a week and we’d close two days a week, then the showers would be five days a week, the case management,” Deacon Vargas said.
Deacon Vargas is certain of one thing.
He would like to continue offering services at the Day Center, even if the city goes through with the funding cuts.
“As we work with individuals at the Day Center and at Father Joe’s Villages, the community becomes healthier as a result of it,” Deacon Vargas said.
The budget also recommends additional cuts to homeless services, but does not give specifics as to where those cuts would be.
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Solans, Luna, Guilavogui help RSL beat slumping San Diego, extend unbeaten streak to 6 games :: WRALSportsFan.com
SANDY, Utah — SANDY, Utah (AP) — Sergi Solans had two goals and an assist, Diego Luna added a goal and two assists, and Real Salt Lake beat San Diego FC 4-2 on Saturday night to extend its unbeaten streak to six games.
Morgan Guilavogui scored his first goal in MLS and had an assist for Real Salt Lake (5-1-1). The 28-year-old designated player has five goal contributions in his first six career games.
RSL hasn’t lost since a 1-0 defeat at Vancouver in the season opener.
San Diego (3-3-2) has lost three in a row and is winless in five straight.
Luna opened the scoring in the fifth minute when he re-directed a misplayed pass by Duran Ferree, San Diego’s 19-year-old goalkeeper, into the net.
Moments later, Solans headed home a perfectly-placed cross played by Luna from outside the right corner of the 18-yard box to the back post to make it 2-0. Solans, a 23-year-old forward, flicked a header from the center of the area inside the right post and past the outstretched arm of Ferree to make it 3-1 in the 37th minute.
Guilavogui slammed home a first-touch shot to give RSL a three-goal lead in the 45th.
Marcus Ingvartsen scored a goal in the 14th minute and Anders Dreyer converted from the penalty spot in the 66th for San Diego.
Ingvartsen has five goals and an assist this season and has 10 goal contributions (seven goals, three assists) in 16 career MLS appearances.
Rafael Cabral had three saves for RSL.
Ferree finished with five saves.
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