Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
SAN DIEGO – Longfellow Real Estate Partners has named a new managing director of the Boston-based company’s San Diego operations.
Peter Fritz replaces Nick Frasco, who was promoted to partner, West Division, where he oversees Longfellow’s growth throughout the Western U.S.
Fritz takes over Longfellow’s San Diego operations at a time when the life science real estate market is coming off a slow year.
San Diego Managing Director
Longfellow Real Estate Partners
“It’s no secret that the last 18 months have been tough,” Fritz said.
Vacancy rates for life science space in San Diego had risen to a countywide average of 12.4% at the end of 2023, with the vacancy rate reaching 28.5% in Sorrento Valley, according to Cushman & Wakefield.
The commercial real estate brokerage projected that “the significant decline in venture capital investment, layoffs from large life science users, and the absence of banks wiling to fund development loans will temper development.”
Even so, Fritz said that “our portfolio is stabilized with high occupancy.”
When Longfellow entered the San Diego market in November 2018, the company went on a buying spree, scooping up office property and converting it to life science.
According to the company’s website, Longfellow has a San Diego portfolio of more than 4 million square feet.
Among its key San Diego holdings are the 515,354-square-foot SOVA Science District in Sorrento Valley and the 298,104-square-foot Biovista life science campus in Sorrento Valley that includes the California English restaurant by celebrity chef Richard Blais.
The company in September will complete Bioterra, a 323,403-square-foot life science campus in Sorento Mesa.
“We’re still very focused on the core market – Torrey Pines, UTC, Sorrento Mesa, Sorrento Valley,” Fritz said, adding that he is optimistic about the region’s life science industry’s prospects for growth.
“Certainly, long term, we’re very bullish on San Diego and on life science and life science in San Diego,” Fritz said. “There’s a lot of excitement that the later part of this year, going into 2025 is going to be really strong. From a commercial real estate perspective, there’s still some challenges to overcome.”
Overall, Fritz said that, “The science and innovation and the demand for new medicines is unchanged.”
San Diego is faring better than some of the other life science markets, Fritz said.
“There’s a strong ecosystem for the startups all the way to big pharma,” Fritz said, adding that he expects to see more partnerships between startup companies and big pharmaceutical companies.”
Fritz joined Longfellow in June 2019 as director of project management and development in San Diego and was promoted to senior director of development before becoming managing director.
Before he came to Longfellow, Fritz was vice president of Project Management Advisors, Inc. in the San Francisco Bay area.
Longfellow Real Estate Partners
FOUNDED: 2009
HEADQUARTERS: Boston
CEO: Adam Sichol
BUSINESS: real estate investment
EMPLOYEES: 200+
CONTACT: 918-838-7390
WEBSITE: www.lfrep.com
NOTABLE: Longfellow Real Estate Partners has invested in life science clusters across the U.S. and United Kingdom
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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When John Resnick opened Campfire on a quaint little street in Carlsbad, Calif., in 2016, some locals weren’t sure what to think. The coastal enclave wasn’t exactly awash in innovative, chef-driven establishments, so it was a shock to see the dining room consistently full. Early on, one woman wondered aloud to Resnick, “Where did all these people come from?”
It’s a moment he remembers vividly. “I was struck by her statement, because I think she was surprised that so many other people in Carlsbad were there,” Resnick says.
The rest of the culinary world would take some time to catch up to what was happening. In 2019, when Michelin expanded to rate restaurants throughout all of California—not just the San Francisco area—Addison was the only one in San Diego to earn a star. But since emerging from the pandemic, the region’s food scene has grown dramatically. Driven by outstanding farms, ingredients, a bumper crop of talented chefs, and a G.D.P. approximately the size of New Zealand or Greece, San Diego County has become one of America’s most underrated dining destinations.
Campfire’s octopus, chorizo, and celery-root entrée.
Gage Forster
Perhaps no single restaurant is a better emblem for this shift than chef William Bradley’s Addison, which opened in 2006. After landing his first star, Bradley knew he wanted more. To get them, he transformed his French-leaning fare to serve what he calls California Gastronomy, which combines the cultures of SoCal with impeccable ingredients and wildly impressive techniques, prizing flavor over flair. Michelin responded, awarding Addison a second star in 2022, and making it the first Southern California three-star restaurant just a year later. The accolade has created a halo effect, attracting culinary tourists from around the world.
Berry beet tartlets at San Diego’s three-star stalwart Addison.
Eric Wolfinger
“Earning three stars forces the global dining community to pay attention to a place that may not have been on their radar before,” says chef Eric Bost, a partner in Resnick’s four Carlsbad establishments.
Resnick recruited Bost, who spent time at award-winning outposts of Restaurant Guy Savoy, to run Jeune et Jolie, which he led to a star in 2021. They’ve since taken over an old boogie-board factory down the street and converted it to an all-day restaurant and bakery, Wildland. The space also hosts an exquisite tasting-counter experience called Lilo, which was given a Michelin star mere months after opening in April 2025. And as Resnick and Bost grew their successful Carlsbad operation, chef Roberto Alcocer earned a Michelin star for his Mexican fine-dining spot Valle in nearby Oceanside.
The stylish tasting counter at Michelin one-star Lilo in Carlsbad.
Kimberly Motos
About 25 miles to the south, another affluent coastal community is going through its own culinary glow up. In La Jolla, chef Tara Monsod and the hospitality group Puffer Malarkey Collective opened the stylish French steakhouse Le Coq. Chef Erik Anderson, formerly of Michelin two-star Coi, is preparing to launch Roseacre. And last year, Per Se alums Elijah Arizmendi and Brian Hung left New York to open the elegant tasting-menu restaurant Lucien, lured by the ingredients they’d get to serve. “A major reason we chose San Diego is the quality and diversity of the produce,” Arizmendi explains. “San Diego County has more small farms than anywhere else in the U.S., and its many microclimates allow farmers to grow an incredible range of ingredients year-round.”
Wildland’s spicy Italian sandwich.
Gage Forster
Chef Travis Swikard has also been a tireless advocate for the region’s ingredients since he returned to San Diego, his hometown, and opened Mediterranean-influenced Callie in 2021. There’s no sophomore slump with his latest effort, the French Riviera–inspired Fleurette in La Jolla, where he’s serving his take on classics like leeks vinaigrette and his San Diego “Bouillabaisse” with local red sheepshead fish and spiny lobster. Its food is bright, produce-driven, and attentive in execution, while the dining room maintains a relaxed and unpretentious style of service. And Swikard sees that approach cohering into a regional style with a strong network of professionals behind it.
“It’s really nice that we are developing our own identity, not trying to be like L.A. or any other market, just highlighting what’s great about the San Diego lifestyle and ingredients,” he says. “Similar to New York, a chef community is starting to develop where chefs are supporting each other. There is a true sense of pride to be cooking here.”
Top: In La Jolla, Lucien serves ocean whitefish with tomatoes turned into concasse, sabayon, and other expressions.
Little Debbie is officially expanding its doughnut range.
On April 14, the brand announced a new sweet snack: Chocolate Old Fashioned Donuts. The company says there was “massive consumer demand” for the original Big Pack Old Fashioned Donuts, which quickly became a top seller. Now, they’re just giving the people what they want.
The new snack is a chocolate old-fashioned cake doughnut finished with a sweet glaze and is launching in two formats:
The original, which includes six individually wrapped cake-style doughnuts with a vanilla glaze, first hit stores in June 2025 and, according to the brand, has been “consistently selling out.”
“We saw an incredible response to the Old Fashioned Donut we introduced last year,” said Scott Brownlow, Little Debbie’s brand manager, in a press release. We’re doubling down on what works and giving both loyalists and new fans an irresistible reason to head back to the store.”
Little Debbie’s Chocolate Old Fashioned Donuts are rolling out now to major retailers, grocery stores and convenience stores nationwide. As with the original Old Fashioned Donut, they become a permanent addition to the brand’s snack lineup.
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