In 3 years since trolley’s Blue Line extension, why hasn’t more housing been developed along it?
by David Garrick / The San Diego Union-Tribune - MSN / Dec.29, 2024
Ridership continues to rise on the 3-year-old trolley line extension connecting Old Town and UC San Diego, but virtually none of the high-rise housing expected to sprout up along the line has been built — or even proposed.
Developers haven’t shown much interest in special zoning rules the City Council created to encourage high-rises and dense urban villages along the line in Linda Vista, Clairemont and eastern Pacific Beach.
Even though 2023 was a banner year for new housing in San Diego, with permits for nearly 9,700 new units issued — the most since 2005 — only one apartment complex was approved near that trolley line extension, and it has just four units.
In 3 years since trolley’s Blue Line extension, why hasn’t more housing been developed along it?
by David Garrick / The San Diego Union-Tribune - MSN / Dec.29, 2024
Ridership continues to rise on the 3-year-old trolley line extension connecting Old Town and UC San Diego, but virtually none of the high-rise housing expected to sprout up along the line has been built — or even proposed.
Developers haven’t shown much interest in special zoning rules the City Council created to encourage high-rises and dense urban villages along the line in Linda Vista, Clairemont and eastern Pacific Beach.
Even though 2023 was a banner year for new housing in San Diego, with permits for nearly 9,700 new units issued — the most since 2005 — only one apartment complex was approved near that trolley line extension, and it has just four units.