Published in SD Metro Magazine

The San Diego Planning Commission has recommended approval of Riverwalk San Diego, a project that would transform the existing Riverwalk golf course in western Mission Valley into a 200-acre live-work-play, transit-oriented neighborhood. Hines, the proposed developer, would restore the stretch of the San Diego River that runs through Riverwalk.

Planning commissioners spoke favorably of Riverwalk’s transit-oriented design; attention to park space and river restoration; consideration for alternative modes of transportation; and provision of housing. “I think it could be something to set the standard for what transit-oriented development can look like,” said Commissioner Vicki Granowitz.

Riverwalk would include:

• 4,300 home, 10 percent of which would be income-qualified affordable housing.
• A new MTS Green Line trolley stop at the center of the development.
• 1 million square feet of office space.
• 152,000 square feet of retail.
• 100 acres of parks and open space.

The project will advance to the San Diego City Council for approval on Nov. 17. If approved, Hines expects to break ground during the second half of 2021.