Plans to redevelop East Harbor Island likely to be modified

SAN DIEGO — The Port of San Diego’s Board of Port Commissioners continue to flesh out details of what a proposed redevelopment of Harbor Island would ultimately look like, as the quasi-judicial regional agency, at its April 11 meeting, directed its staff to work with a developer on certain elements of the planned project. Oliver McMillan, one of two chosen developers of the planned East Harbor Island redevelopment, is working with the port to execute its redevelopment plans. Commissioners approved port staff’s recommendation to work with Oliver McMillan on revising its development program to include the Consolidated Harbor Police Headquarters but not a replacement Port Administration Building. The Port Administration Building replacement portion of the project is no longer part of the redevelopment, because a port district-sponsored study estimated future revenues from planned projects along Pacific Avenue would not be enough to recover costs for developing a new port administration venue. Adjustments to the Harbor Police Headquarters and Port Administration Building plans could have a substantial ripple effect on the rest of the redevelopment project, which proposes to bring new retail, restaurant, hotel and marine-related office space to Harbor Island. The port district, in September 2016, selected Oliver McMillan and Sunroad Enterprises to redevelop 48...