A long-planned redevelopment around the E Street Transit Center is moving ahead with a new affordable housing component after the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System approved an agreement with Eden Housing, Inc.
The MTS Board of Directors has signed off on a disposition and development agreement that clears the way for a 7-story, 101-unit affordable housing project on agency-owned land adjacent to the transit center. The site is steps from the UC San Diego Blue Line and several regional bus routes.
The housing project is part of a larger transit-oriented development plan between MTS, the City of Chula Vista, and private partners that has been evolving for several years. The broader 10-acre vision for the site includes additional housing, commercial space, a hotel, and public park areas, though only the affordable housing portion has been approved so far…