Downtown offers a variety of parks and open spaces. CCDC has done good job over the years of adding open space throughout the rapidly growing urban core of San Diego.

Check out the map to see what is coming.

Merlone Geier Partners is proposing to build 475,000 square feet of retail space on 6.5 acres of an undeveloped site that lies close to the border of East Village and Barrio Logan. The plans call for two anchor tenants, possibly a Lowes and Target that cater to urban consumers.The land/ lots of the surrounding area is currently made up of vagrants, industrial lots, dirt, weeds and some gravel. Oh, I can’t forget the graffiti.

This is a huge victory for Downtown residents, most notably East Village residents in walking distance or easy trolley access. Currently, we are pretty starved for some of the essentials offered by a Target or some of the specialty items from a home improvement store like Lowes (hopefully Lowes, see: service). The opening of the second grocery store Downtown – the Albertson’s on 14th and Market – has made a positive impact on the community. The big box retailers would further establish Downtown as residential friendly and help it get closer to realizing the vision of becoming a true urban community where we can leave the cars in the garage in favor of walking and public transportation.

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