Another bid on Marine Terminal

The Union-Tribune reported today that the private group San Diego Community Solutions will begin gathering signatures for a proposal to place a deck on part of the 10th Avenue Marine Terminal. This deck would be able to hold a new stadium, hotel or park. The proposal would have to be passed on the November ballot by voters in the cities that make up the Port Commission – San Diego, Chula Vista, National City, Imperial Beach and Coronado.

The deck’s purpose is for parking, but any type of building could be placed on top, according to SDCS spokesman Scott Maloni.

While the plan exudes creativity mixed with difficulty, this is not the first time a developer has brought new ideas to the table in locations deemed dead for discussion. In September 2007, a gigantic proposal by CB Richard Ellis Capital Markets Debt and Equity Finance called for a $2.2 billion residential and commercial redevelopment plan on the Qualcomm Stadium site, a place that the Chargers and the City of San Diego could not come to terms with. The similarity here is that ingenuity and money will swirl, and the Chargers and Aztecs are the beneficiaries of a larger plan for San Diego County’s future development.

I hope to talk to the SDCS in the near future to ask more about their plans to get out the message about the deck, including potential cost for the cities involved with the Port Commission.