A 68-room boutique hotel and membership bathhouse is proposed for Little Italy. Construction could begin this summer if the city issues the needed permits.

The city's withdrawal of operational funding has frozen the long‑promised Gaslamp Promenade on Fifth Avenue, leaving merchants and the neighborhood association in a funding dispute.

Lennar has begun grading the old Restaurant Row site in San Marcos for a major mixed‑use overhaul that will add homes, restaurants, outdoor dining and a park while salvaging parts of the original plaza. Sales and construction timelines are now moving into view.

UC San Diego plans a 6,000‑bed Pepper Canyon East village to ease record enrollment and housing waitlists, with the first phase and financing to be finalized over the next year.

Lakeshore Villa, a 126-unit seniors affordable community in San Carlos, sold for $47M. The buyer vows to invest and keep the building affordable.

Billionaire-backed and boutique proposals have pushed a statewide debate: build whole new cities or force denser housing into existing ones. Costs, water and population math complicate the choice.

Wakeland’s La Sábila opens Feb. 25 in Vista with 85 affordable senior studios — about 42 set aside for seniors exiting homelessness and on‑site supports in place.

A Little Italy high‑rise at 610 W. Ash St. is in foreclosure after a lender sued for about $30M; the building fell into trouble after ESET reduced its footprint in 2024.

A shuttered Point Loma hotel has been converted into Celeste Point Loma — 127 compact studio and one‑bedroom apartments with in‑unit laundry and shared amenities, now pre‑leasing.

GANMI-backed Golden Columbia has bought One and Two Columbia Place in downtown San Diego and plans phased upgrades to turn the towers into amenity-rich workplaces.

San Diego’s City Attorney sued to stop a local investor and a web of LLCs accused of buying damaged houses, doing unpermitted renovations and flipping them in City Heights and South San Diego.

ATTOM data compiled by the Long Beach Press‑Telegram show the typical California seller netted about $265,000 in 2025, with Bay Area metros posting the largest raw profits.

The Flats, an 18‑unit mixed‑use building at 1931 S. Coast Hwy in South Oceanside, sold for $14.425M. The 2024‑built property includes two street‑front retail spaces and high‑end finishes.