Known as Veteran's Village, the new campus is aimed at expanding and renovating the group's current drug and alcohol treatment center, which the VVSD says is the only facility of its kind that specifically serves veterans in San Diego County. Construction on the project, which will be built in three phases, is expected to begin this fall. Design plans call for a "state-of-the-art rehabilitative center, which will include living quarters and support facilities for the treatment, employment training and counseling of homeless veterans," according to the VVSD website. Phase I will consist of a 112-bed resident early treatment facility, two-story counseling center and kitchen/dining/multipurpose building, while Phase II will include a 112-bed resident facility, central courtyard, employment training/placement center and corporate administrative offices. The final phase, meanwhile, will be comprised of 24 three-bedroom apartments, a warehouse and facilities with an exercise room.

The project is expected to cost a total of $18.3 million to build. The San Diego Redevelopment Agency is providing a total of $1 million for the $4.5-million first phase. The $1-million financing, which is coming out of the Horton Plaza Low and Moderate Income Housing Set-Aside Fund, will serve as gap funding.