San Diego State University on Wednesday broke ground on the Addison, a 126-unit affordable housing complex that will be located east of Snapdragon Stadium on the school’s rapidly developing campus in Mission Valley.
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The university is partnering with Chelsea Investment Corp. on the development, which will offer one-to-three-bedroom units, many of which will be occupied by SDSU faculty and staff, as envisioned in the site plan.
The Addison will be part of a mixed-use community that will include Avalon Mission Valley, a 631-apartment complex that’s currently under construction.
The Addison “represents a commitment to our faculty and staff who definitely want to work here … but can’t afford housing,” said SDSU President Adela De la Torre. “It opens the door for them to come here, start their careers (and) move forward as we expand.”
The Mission Valley campus sits on a 135-acre parcel that was previously covered by aging SDCCU Stadium and its huge parking lots. SDSU bought the land in 2020 so that it could address a variety of interests, particularly the need to meet the growing academic, research and housing needs of its students and faculty.
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The first major facility to open was Snapdragon Stadium, a 35,000-seat venue that debuted in 2022. It serves as the home of SDSU’s football team, as well as the San Diego Wave FC women’s soccer and San Diego FC men’s soccer teams. Snapdragon is also a venue for music concerts.
The new branch campus hit another milestone in late 2023, opening Mission Valley River Park, which features more than 2 miles of walking and biking trails, as well as recreational fields, a children’s play area and picnic areas.
The campus is nearing completion of One Water Living Learning Laboratory, which will train water professionals.
The university, whose enrollment surpassed 40,000 for the first time last fall, has had less success establishing an innovation district featuring important life science and biotech park laboratories. The school has been thwarted, in part, by an overabundance of research laboratories across San Diego County.
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