I don’t deny the landfill issue could cause additional declines over there as compared to areas without that problem. However, I have to also note that it didn’t seem to hurt them much 18 months ago when the market was still moving along. If they start having a lot of media coverage about odors escaping the remediation barriers or soil subsidence then that would make things worse than they already are, but other than that I just don’t see the landfill issue being a big factor.

Much of the redevelopment areas in downtown San Diego is subject to “the blob”, a 20-block sized petrochemical plume that’s been floating around for a number of years. I don’t notice that as being a significant factor in marketability down there.