The anchor of the 311,000-square-foot project, called Mercado del Barrio, is Northgate González Market, a grocery chain based in Anaheim, Calif. Kevin McCook, an acquisitions and development manager for Shea Properties, which is building the retail part of the Mercado, described it as the “Whole Foods of the Hispanic community.”
“The community has lacked a modern, Hispanic-oriented supermarket,” Mr. McCook said. “We’re trying to fill that void.”
The market and a restaurant tenant will occupy free-standing buildings in the development, which is in the shadow of the huge San Diego-Coronado Bridge. In a third building, retail storefronts wrap around all four sides of the building on the ground level, while 92 affordable apartments sit atop the retail space. Within the structure is a three-story, above-ground parking garage.
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