San Diego Ballpark Neighborhood Revitalization

Format
Brief

City
San Diego

State/Province
CA

Country
USA

Metro Area
San Diego

Project Type
District/Corridor/Community

Location Type
Central Business District

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Hotel
Library
Multifamily For-Sale Housing
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail
Stadium

Keywords
Adaptive use
Ballpark development
Baseball park
Community engagement
Downton redevelopment
Mixed-income community
Neighborhood revitalization
Public-private partnership
Smart growth
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner
Urban park

Site Size
82 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2000

A brief is a short version of a case study.

In 1998, city of San Diego voters overwhelmingly approved a historic memorandum of understanding for a new Major League ballpark and a major redevelopment effort that has transformed one of the city’s most blighted areas—East Village—into one of downtown’s fastest-growing and most popular neighborhoods. “This major redevelopment project has totally transformed the entire character of a formerly troubled neighborhood,” states Centre City Development Corporation (CCDC) president Nancy Graham. “Now, roughly 3 million people per year visit this part of downtown San Diego and it has come alive with residential, retail, and commercial development. An exciting and vibrant energy exists on the streets today that hadn’t been there before.” The public/private partnership that created this neighborhood offers a model of how public investment can catalyze large-scale private redevelopment efforts.

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Format
Brief

City
San Diego

State/Province
CA

Country
USA

Metro Area
San Diego

Project Type
District/Corridor/Community

Location Type
Central Business District

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Hotel
Library
Multifamily For-Sale Housing
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Open space
Parking
Restaurant
Retail
Stadium

Keywords
Adaptive use
Ballpark development
Baseball park
Community engagement
Downton redevelopment
Mixed-income community
Neighborhood revitalization
Public-private partnership
Smart growth
Transit-oriented development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner
Urban park

Site Size
82 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2000

Developers
San Diego Padres
San Diego, CA

JMI Realty Inc.
San Diego, CA

Bosa Development
San Diego, CA

Cisterra Partners LLC
San Diego, CA

Douglas Wilson Companies
San Diego, CA

Public Partners
Centre City Development Corporation
San Diego, CA

Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Diego
San Diego, CA

City of San Diego
San Diego, CA

Principal Author(s)
Julie Stern

ULI Awards for Excellence 2007 Winner

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