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What'cha Gonna Do?
October 31, 2012
| Structurally reinforce the Old Police Headquarters building, that's what. Terramar Retail Centers launched the next phase of a $40M adaptive reuse project, transforming the site into The Headquarters, a 100k SF shopping, dining, and entertainment destination in the Seaport District. |
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| Originally built in 1939, the facility housed the SDPD until 1987 and needs to be brought up to code, CEO Steve Bowers told us on Friday. This phase, shoring up foundations and walls, will last through early next year, when Terramar will turn the space over to tenants to begin building out stores and restaurants. Because it's historic, the company needs to preserve the architectural integrity of the facades, rooflines, landscaping, and other components. Meanwhile, good retailers have a specific vision regarding space size, storefronts,merchandising, lighting, and circulation, Steve notes. ?We have to try to provide all of that to make the tenant successful in the historic boundary of this project.? |
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| Heritage Architecture & Planning president David Marshall assisted Terramar in identifying the historic building elements. It meant removing and storing more than 27k roof tiles, ornate wooden doors, ironwork, light fixtures, skylights, windows, and 15k SF of courtyard pavers. The old cell block doors from the prisoner tunnel to the cells will be restored as part of an onsite museum recreating the cell block. (And probably serves as a deterrent to shoplifters.) Completion is slated for next fall. The architect is Carrier Johnson. |
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| Steve tells us the original complex contained a variety of uses, including a courthouse, the office of San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders when he was the city's police chief, jail cells "where customers would stay,? and CSI facilities. The Headquarters is adjacent to Terramar?s Seaport Village complex, where the company is working with the San Diego Unified Port District on a lease extension prior to launching a major renovation. Right now, you can walk easily from one property to the other, Steve says, but there?ll be even more connectivity. He's a local, having grown up in San Diego and going to Seaport Village since it opened 30 years ago. |
