[quote=FormerSanDiegan][quote=jpinpb]Well, I had the thought there’s not much buildable land along the coast, but just driving back from Carlsbad along the 5 south there is a LOT of mowed down, graded land. I mean a LOT. Not sure what’s getting built, but surprisingly, there’s still land that’s available to be built. I want to say it’s the Leucadia area, west of 5 where I saw the graded land. In that vicinty thereabouts.[/quote]
If you look at google maps there are two reasonable areas west of the I-5 between Carlsbad and Del Mar. One of these looks to be directly adjacent to a water treatment plant, just south of Palomar airport road.
The other, larger area is just south of Santa Fe Drive. I estimate that at the same density as the surrounding neighborhood, this area could include 80-100 SFHs. If it’s made more dense, like most modern places, maybe 200 SFHs.
So, at best that’s 100-200 homes developed over say 2-3 years.
That’s not a lot. Consider that North San Diego County had 54 listings added for sale in just the first 5 days of 2013 per http://www.bubbleinfo.com[/quote%5D
If the southern parcel is the land that I’m thinking of, that’s the Hall property. It’s the typical public boondoggle, IMHO, where the city overpaid for land that ended up needing tons of environmental work (former greenhouses — which are an environmental nightmare for developers — and some smaller homes), and then ended up in a long period of legal wrangling between a variety of special interests and the city. It’s been going on for over a decade, IIRC. I think they are finally going to start construction on the park (designed by special interests, do the detriment of other special interests) this year.
I’m guessing the northern property would be the Carlsbad strawberry fields. Lots of back-and-forth between the city and various developers (and the Chargers) on that one, too. Looks like a developer is going to buy it and allow the local citizens to have more input in how it’s developed.
