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VOLUME 27 NUMBER 2
DMUSD continues work on new offices By Karen Billing Staff Writer The Del Mar Union School District held a closed session meeting this week (after presstime) to discuss property matters. On Dec. 29, the district closed escrow on the purchase of the $4,326,435 building (which will serve as the new district offices) at 11232 El Camino Real in Carmel Valley. According to the district, the next steps for the El Camino Real building will be requesting quotes and building out tenant improvements on the interior of the El Camino Real building. This work is expected to be complete in time for a July 2011 move-in. “It has taken a while, but this new home for the district office will provide a comfortable and central location for parents to register their children and for our administrative staff to continue to serve every school efficiently,” said board President Comischell Rodriguez. “I am so pleased
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JANUARY 13, 2011
Public comment period looms on Kilroy project By Joe Tash Contributor Members of the public may soon have the opportunity to comment on an environmental impact report for a proposed mixed-use development at the corner of El Camino Real and Del Mar Heights
Developer, city of SD finalizing environmental impact report in Carmel Valley that would include office buildings, shops, restaurants, a hotel, a movie theater and homes. Project developer Kilroy Realty is working with the city of San Diego
to finalize the environmental document, which will then be open to the public for review and comment, said Robert Little, the company’s vice president for development. Once the EIR has been
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Jenna Lampe and Mimi Edwarts at Canyon Crest Academy’s third annual Festival of the Arts on Jan. 8. See page B10 for more photos. Photo/Jon Clark
circulated, the project can go before the Carmel Valley Community Planning Board, possibly by late spring or early summer, said Little. Ultimately, the project will require approval by the San Diego
despite repeated complaints. Gizelle Studevent, whose lawsuit was filed Dec. 10 in San Diego Superior Court, is the second former student to file a lawsuit alleging bullying at the school in the past two years. Barbara Bagby also alleged
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By Marlena ChaviraMedford Staff Writer According to a preliminary valuation by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), the Del Mar Fairgrounds is worth at least $250 million — an amount that is $130 million more than the $120 million price tag the state put on it and what Del Mar will pay for the property, if the state Senate OKs the deal. The state set that $120 million sales price based on
valuation done by Integra Realty Resources. Thinking that dollar amount seemed extremely low, Del Mar Racetrack Authority President Russ Penniman hired CBRE to do its own assessment of the property. CBRE is currently conducting a full appraisal of the Del Mar Fairgrounds, which Penniman said he expects will come in significantly higher than the initial $250 million.
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she was bullied at the school in a lawsuit filed in April 2009. Both young women are represented by San Diego attorney Patricia Lewis. According to the most recent lawsuit, Studevent,
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DM Fairgrounds worth at least $250M, firm finds
Former student sues LJ school By Joe Tash Contributor A former student of La Jolla Country Day School has filed a lawsuit against the prestigious private academy alleging she was bullied relentlessly by fellow students and that school officials failed to stop the abuse
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