Maybe you’ve moved, and that antique coffee table doesn’t have the same shine to it in your snazzy new living room. Perhaps your cat has finally finished off every arm of the sofa with her claws. Or you’ve built out a Pinterest board that’s a totally different style to your current digs, and it’s ti

When Katy McDonald took the reins as President and CEO of Forever Balboa Park in late 2024, she inherited one of the city’s most visible projects: the long-awaited restoration of the Botanical Building and surrounding gardens. “The reward has been watching it reopen, free to the public,” she says. “

Spring is in full swing, the sun is shining bright, and several of San Diego’s biggest events are back for another year—all the necessary ingredients for a perfect weekend. Catch iconic happenings like WOW Festival, Art Alive, the La Jolla Concours d’Élégance, and Adams Avenue Unplugged, or celebrat

San Diego’s average new apartment size is now 827 square feet, a 16% reduction over a decade, said a new study from RentCafe. It is the eighth largest drop in the nation out of 100 cities.America’s Finest City has limited space for residential building, making the reduction a function of reality. Ho

There have been innumerable ups and downs in the history of homebuying across Southern California.The Southern California News Group will now be chronicling home sales and pricing swings using data from a new provider, Irvine-based Attom. The company tracks closed transactions for existing and new h

“The biggest [mandate] was to make the apartments as much like boutique hotels as possible,” says Tamara Romeo. She’s the CEO of Southcoast Design Group, the firm behind Stateside and Monte, two new off-campus housing complexes near San Diego State University (SDSU). “Those spaces where people could

The 1970s were a boom time in Southern California. A period when prosperous business people were willing and able to build new dwellings that reflected their success. Often ego-driven, the results varied; not all have survived either the tests of time and/or insensitive updating when fashions change

A landmark dining and retail center on San Diego’s waterfront that has struggled with tenancy since its opening is on the cusp of new ownership.Commercial real estate investment firm LBX Investments LLC is in the process of acquiring the leasehold for The Headquarters at 789 W. Harbor Drive from cur

San Diego County’s home price continued to rise in February but was still off from its peak.The median home price was $886,500 in February, according to an Attom Data Solutions report released Thursday, up $20,000 from the previous month. The median, a combination of all closed sales of single-famil

By ALEX VEIGA, AP Business WriterThe average rate on a 30-year mortgage in the U.S. climbed to its highest level in eight weeks, a setback for home shoppers in the midst of the spring homebuying season.Related Articles 429,000 portable chargers are under recall after some consumers report fires, min

San Diego voted Tuesday to ban software that it says is being used to illegally raise residential rents.The city council targeted software used by Texas company RealPage, which has been in federal crosshairs since August when the Biden administration filed an antitrust lawsuit against it. The Justic

San Diego voted Tuesday to ban software that it says is being used to illegally raise residential rents.The city council targeted software used by Texas company RealPage, which has been in federal crosshairs since August when the Biden administration filed an antitrust lawsuit against it. The Justic

We’re hopping toward Easter Sunday, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate the holiday—plus lots more things to do in San Diego this weekend. Saturday will mark the 55th Chicano Park Day Celebration and brings the return of San Diego EarthFest at Balboa Park. If that’s not enough Earth love for y

Southern California tenants are seeing rent inflation rising once again.My trusty spreadsheet looked at the rent slice of the Consumer Price Index for March in three local markets: Los Angeles and Orange counties, the Inland Empire, and San Diego County. This rent metric is different than most as it

No question, actor, director, Saturday Night Live alum (2013-2022) Kyle Mooney remembers his San Diego roots. That’s not always the case when a San Diegan leaves town to embark on a legendary career in entertainment. But if maintaining an 858 phone number is any indication, then Mooney is local to t

Tucked between Little Italy, Mission Hills, Hillcrest, and Balboa Park, the upscale neighborhood of Bankers Hill (its name a nod to its affluent reputation) is home to historic architecture dating back to the 1800s, designed by industry legends such as Irving Gill. The walkable area also boasts a nu

“I was born in the fields,” Isauro Perezchica says. “My parents grew maize, rice, and beans, and they had livestock: horses, cows, and donkeys. My brothers and I have dedicated our entire lives to gardening.”That devotion and expertise is a big reason why the University of San Diego has nabbed The P

It seemed like every Sunday, Chenais Siry’s husband would spend hours organizing the garage, yet it never actually got any cleaner.The Sirys had been living in their five-bedroom Rancho Santa Fe home for four years, and already the garage was filled with everything that comes with having three young

My journey through the dense forests of the dating app world has begun. I’ve prepared—built my shelter of appealing photos and activated a public profile, a smattering of digital pheromones sent out in the hopes of attracting rare specimens. I’m an explorer through a land of wild fauna. Recently, I

A San Diego-based private foundation with more than a billion dollars in assets is putting its financial weight behind buoying the most troubled sector of the downtown real estate market.On Friday, Prebys Foundation purchased the 24-story office building at 401 B St., better known as Wells Fargo Pla