SAN DIEGO: The San Diego Planning Commission has voted 5-0 to recommend that the City Council approve a 194-unit development in North Park that will be LGBT friendly. Two commissioners recused themselves from the vote.
The Arizona Street Development project by Community HousingWorks has greater density than typically approved in the area, but the trade-off is that it will be a short walk to the rapid transit bus line at El Cajon Boulevard and Texas Street that runs from Downtown to San Diego State University. The complex will be built on the northwest corner of Texas Street and Howard Avenue, near the McDonalds fast-food restaurant.
The complex will include one building with 118 units, including 23 units dedicated to people who earn very low income.
A second building will contain 76 apartments for seniors. The developer is partnering with The San Diego LGBT Community Center to assure that LGBT seniors will find the apartment complex is LGBT friendly and would provide a safe, inclusive and affirming environment for all residents, said Dave Gatzke, CHW’s vice president of acquisitions…
This trend is covered in detail in the Seniors Housing Trends Monthly News