Pacifica Companies of San Diego plans to build the project on a 126-acre site, with up to three hotels of as many as six stories, restaurants, shops and 3,400 homes. The council voted 4-1 to approve the plan this week.

City officials believe the 5.8 million-sf Pacifica project could revitalize the long troubled Chula Vista waterfront. The San Diego Unified Port District controls a majority of the city's waterfront land and is working on a master plan for mostly commercial development nearby.

The area for Bayfront Village is called Midbayfront, an the area bounded by Interstate 5 to the east, Sweetwater Marsh National Wildlife Refuge to the north, the bay to the west and Lagoon Drive to the south.