Commercial Architecture October 2017 - 12

FEATURE

mixed use

Park and Market,
San Diego
C

arrier Johnson + CULTURE's (San Diego) design for the Park
& Market development integrates a mix of public and private

uses, including a 34-story residential tower, destination retail
venues at street-level, restaurant space, room for use by UC-San
Diego, and below-grade parking for 560 cars. The project also
includes work to preserve the historic Remmen Building located
on the site, as well as a themed public plaza celebrating the
neighborhood and its history.
"The combination of scales and uses will help ensure the
development serves as a vibrant mixed-use community, while also
bringing a major institution of learning to San Diego's downtown,"
said Michael Johnson, AIA, NCARB, design principal and partner
at Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
Park & Market is one of two new San Diego projects on
city-owned land by Carrier Johnson + CULTURE. Project teams
competed to win development agreements. Proceeds from the
city deals will bolster the city's affordable-housing fund.
In addition to Park & Market's 426-unit residential tower with
85 affordable residences, the $280-million project includes a
66,000-sq.-ft. office building to house a satellite campus for the
Univ. of California San Diego Extension, called the "Innovative
Cultural and Education Hub." UC-San Diego's strategic decision to

Above. The Park & Market development in San Diego integrates a mix of public and private uses, including a 34-story residential
tower, destination retail venues at street level, restaurant space, room for use by UC-San Diego, and below-grade parking for 560
cars. As shown, the proposal also incorporates a green roof. Image: Courtesy Carrier Johnson + CULTURE

invest in the project reflects new transit lines to be added nearby,
including two trolley lines serving nearby communities and linking
to UC-San Diego's main campus.
Filling out the Park & Market site is an expansive public plaza

Below. The $280-million Park & Market project includes a 66,000-sq.-ft. office building to house a satellite campus for the Univ. of
California San Diego Extension, called the "Innovative Cultural and Education Hub." Image: Courtesy Carrier Johnson + CULTURE

with a new terrace and amphitheater for concerts and events, as
well as a historic structure-the 1907 craftsman-style Remmen
House-to be renovated and adapted for restaurant/retail uses.
"The mix of new uses, the coming trolley lines, and the
overall urban gesture lay real groundwork for a new vertical
neighborhood to accelerate the transformation of the East Village
into a center of innovation," said Johnson.
"The combination of scales and uses will help ensure Park
& Market serves as a vibrant mixed-use community, while also
bringing a major institution of learning to San Diego's downtown,"
he added.
"The community will be filled with entrepreneurs, makers,
artists, and every type of creative person San Diego has to offer.
There will be a space for each type to thrive," said David Gonzalez,
a design leader at Carrier Johnson + CULTURE.
Designed by Carrier Johnson + CULTURE for the developer
Holland Partners, Vancouver, WA, construction of Park & Market
is slated to begin in 2018, with an anticipated completion date of
2021 for the estimated $280-million complex.

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