spdrun, most of the condo complexes in the area of Rancho Mission Road and Friars (92108) are fairly new. This area is very, very congested, meaning it could take 40 minutes to drive from the Fashion Valley area to this area or the reverse, ESP during lunch hours in the middle of the business day. If you have rentals there, you would experience a LOT of competition for tenants. Yes, it IS convenient to the trolley, Qualcomm Stadium (football) and various well-known SD urban communities and 4 freeways.
You should be aware that this area lies both on and adjacent to the SD River bank and is considered to be a CA “Type A” floodplain. Therefore, the developments likely require flood insurance (pd by the assns). Most of the more recent condo developers around there have had to “shore up” the land they built condos on and also “shore up” the riverbank with what we call “glass breakwater” techniques using infill. This particular area of the riverbank is still inhabited by homeless camps, IIRC.
Luckily, the freeways are situated over and above this area, reducing much of the tire noise that would be present if the freeway was situated below these streets and condo complexes. Shopping is plentiful in the area except for grocery shopping which can be found in up the hill off Mission Village Drive off Sandrock (Mission Village), up Mission Gorge Rd (Allied Gardens) or up Qualcomm Drive (formerly “Texas St”) on the south side of I-8 (North Park).
