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Everyone will be moving to La Mesa

Development plans on the books include lots of residential units

Over a year later,  7353 El Cajon Boulevard is still pretty ugly...but maybe not for much longer
Over a year later, 7353 El Cajon Boulevard is still pretty ugly...but maybe not for much longer

A reader's request for a follow-up on my February 2015 story about vacant land on El Cajon Boulevard that La Mesa resident Linda Johnson labeled an "eyesore" produced information about that location and details about residential developments proposed or in progress on the boulevard between 73rd Street and Baltimore Drive.

At a City of La Mesa town-hall-style meeting, Johnson said the former restaurant site on the 7350 block was "filled with litter, graffiti, and rodents."

I wrote last year that land at 7353 El Cajon Boulevard was part of an approximately 1.5 acre, L-shaped parcel that included a former mobile-home park around the corner at 4888 Jessie Avenue. The parcel targeted for development by Bradley Land Group didn't include the corner lot (7393 El Cajon Boulevard), formerly an auto business.

Asked recently for observations, Johnson said, "A parking lot has been added to the corner property. Otherwise it still looks pretty ugly."

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A "For Sale" sign on the fence led me to call RE/Max Realtor Kip Pitman. He said the one-third acre corner lot is in escrow, which could close in two to three months. Pitman's client is working with an architect, and the purchase depends on city approval of the client's plan. “[The client] may develop the site for commercial use and/or condos or apartments."

Chris Jacobs

La Mesa senior planner Chris Jacobs said the owner of property at 7353 El Cajon Boulevard cleaned up the site last spring. Furthermore, the city received a complaint last October about "an unlicensed business" storing vehicles at the corner site. The city sent a notice of violation on October 16 and vehicles were removed.

Jacobs spoke about plans for the property and other boulevard locations. An entitled project has gone through a public hearing, and Bradley's L-shaped parcel is entitled for 45 residential units. Two are live-work homes. Jacobs said Matt Lin represents the ownership — PDM La Mesa, LLC. Bradley Tuck helped with entitling.

The land-group website has images of that project and two others. At 7561 El Cajon Boulevard, 18 homes and one live-work home are planned for the .76-acre site of Villa Antigua apartments. At 7604 El Cajon Boulevard, nine homes and one live-work home are planned for a .3-acre site (formerly a used-car lot). Lin said April 20 that both projects are entitled.

Pitman said escrow should close April 22 on the one-quarter-acre property at 7640 El Cajon Boulevard (a closed gas station). The client didn't reveal his plan for the corner site bounded by Thorne Avenue.

Future locale of Montebello North

East of Thorne are properties listed in a general-plan amendment and rezone approved by the city council in 2009. Applicants Arnold and Valerie Schmidt and the Massullo Family Trust requested the changes on approximately two acres north of El Cajon Boulevard, according to a 2009 staff report. Montebello North consists of 7670, 7690, 7692, 7694, and 7696 El Cajon Boulevard and 5017 Thorne. Jacobs said the plan now includes Montebello South, a former auto lot at 7699 El Cajon Boulevard.

The amendment changed the mixed-density residential (7 to 23 dwelling units per acre) designation to mixed-use urban (24 to 40 units per acre). Jacobs said the Montebello plan is for multi-family residences and retail/office use. The Massullo business, BMH Italian Deli, is at 7670 El Cajon Boulevard. Jacobs said the plan is to tear down that building and construct a new storefront. Montebello North and South "are under review and are not entitled."

Montebello North is west of St. Martin Catholic Church, at 7710 El Cajon Boulevard. East of the church at 7808 El Cajon Boulevard is a 1.41-acre lot where a medical building was demolished in 2003. Planned for the site is Aldea, a project with 56 residential units entitled in 2013.

Illustration of 66-unit apartment complex in La Mesa Crossroads shopping center

Furthermore, construction started in February on a 66-unit apartment complex in the La Mesa Crossroads shopping center (7900–7968 El Cajon Boulevard and 5020–5120 Baltimore Drive), Ian Gill said on April 21. He's the managing member of Silvergate Development, LLC, the joint-venture partner in Silvergate Baltimore Drive La Mesa Investors, LLC. Gill said the entity also contains Patricia Lin's two ownership entities for the center. Matt Lin said, "We bought the center in 2002."

The complex consisting of 33 one-bedroom/one-bath apartments and 33 two-bedroom/two-bath units is on a 2.3-acre site (former locations of a restaurant and dance studio). Construction is scheduled for completion in February 2017, said Gill.

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Over a year later,  7353 El Cajon Boulevard is still pretty ugly...but maybe not for much longer
Over a year later, 7353 El Cajon Boulevard is still pretty ugly...but maybe not for much longer

A reader's request for a follow-up on my February 2015 story about vacant land on El Cajon Boulevard that La Mesa resident Linda Johnson labeled an "eyesore" produced information about that location and details about residential developments proposed or in progress on the boulevard between 73rd Street and Baltimore Drive.

At a City of La Mesa town-hall-style meeting, Johnson said the former restaurant site on the 7350 block was "filled with litter, graffiti, and rodents."

I wrote last year that land at 7353 El Cajon Boulevard was part of an approximately 1.5 acre, L-shaped parcel that included a former mobile-home park around the corner at 4888 Jessie Avenue. The parcel targeted for development by Bradley Land Group didn't include the corner lot (7393 El Cajon Boulevard), formerly an auto business.

Asked recently for observations, Johnson said, "A parking lot has been added to the corner property. Otherwise it still looks pretty ugly."

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A "For Sale" sign on the fence led me to call RE/Max Realtor Kip Pitman. He said the one-third acre corner lot is in escrow, which could close in two to three months. Pitman's client is working with an architect, and the purchase depends on city approval of the client's plan. “[The client] may develop the site for commercial use and/or condos or apartments."

Chris Jacobs

La Mesa senior planner Chris Jacobs said the owner of property at 7353 El Cajon Boulevard cleaned up the site last spring. Furthermore, the city received a complaint last October about "an unlicensed business" storing vehicles at the corner site. The city sent a notice of violation on October 16 and vehicles were removed.

Jacobs spoke about plans for the property and other boulevard locations. An entitled project has gone through a public hearing, and Bradley's L-shaped parcel is entitled for 45 residential units. Two are live-work homes. Jacobs said Matt Lin represents the ownership — PDM La Mesa, LLC. Bradley Tuck helped with entitling.

The land-group website has images of that project and two others. At 7561 El Cajon Boulevard, 18 homes and one live-work home are planned for the .76-acre site of Villa Antigua apartments. At 7604 El Cajon Boulevard, nine homes and one live-work home are planned for a .3-acre site (formerly a used-car lot). Lin said April 20 that both projects are entitled.

Pitman said escrow should close April 22 on the one-quarter-acre property at 7640 El Cajon Boulevard (a closed gas station). The client didn't reveal his plan for the corner site bounded by Thorne Avenue.

Future locale of Montebello North

East of Thorne are properties listed in a general-plan amendment and rezone approved by the city council in 2009. Applicants Arnold and Valerie Schmidt and the Massullo Family Trust requested the changes on approximately two acres north of El Cajon Boulevard, according to a 2009 staff report. Montebello North consists of 7670, 7690, 7692, 7694, and 7696 El Cajon Boulevard and 5017 Thorne. Jacobs said the plan now includes Montebello South, a former auto lot at 7699 El Cajon Boulevard.

The amendment changed the mixed-density residential (7 to 23 dwelling units per acre) designation to mixed-use urban (24 to 40 units per acre). Jacobs said the Montebello plan is for multi-family residences and retail/office use. The Massullo business, BMH Italian Deli, is at 7670 El Cajon Boulevard. Jacobs said the plan is to tear down that building and construct a new storefront. Montebello North and South "are under review and are not entitled."

Montebello North is west of St. Martin Catholic Church, at 7710 El Cajon Boulevard. East of the church at 7808 El Cajon Boulevard is a 1.41-acre lot where a medical building was demolished in 2003. Planned for the site is Aldea, a project with 56 residential units entitled in 2013.

Illustration of 66-unit apartment complex in La Mesa Crossroads shopping center

Furthermore, construction started in February on a 66-unit apartment complex in the La Mesa Crossroads shopping center (7900–7968 El Cajon Boulevard and 5020–5120 Baltimore Drive), Ian Gill said on April 21. He's the managing member of Silvergate Development, LLC, the joint-venture partner in Silvergate Baltimore Drive La Mesa Investors, LLC. Gill said the entity also contains Patricia Lin's two ownership entities for the center. Matt Lin said, "We bought the center in 2002."

The complex consisting of 33 one-bedroom/one-bath apartments and 33 two-bedroom/two-bath units is on a 2.3-acre site (former locations of a restaurant and dance studio). Construction is scheduled for completion in February 2017, said Gill.

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