B&H Unveils Sunshine Avenue Design

SAN DIEGO-The 230 Sunshine Avenue Rowhomes project that is scheduled to break ground in the third quarter of this year is steadily taking shape, with KMA Architecture & Engineering having recently wrapped up the schematic design for developer B&H Property Systems.

“We’ve completed the design and we’ve received approvals from the Design Review Commission of El Cajon,” KMA vice president Robb Walker tells GlobeSt.com. “We have not yet gone to planning and we expect to be able to do that within the next four to six weeks,” he says, adding that the Planning Commission “may or may not have comments either pro or adverse to the project as it is designed now.”

The current design scheme calls for a 51,650-sf development comprised of 40 residential units configured as three-story urban townhomes or live-work units, a small commercial component and a public plaza. “We believe we are the first to propose an urban, rowhome-style project in the El Cajon Redevelopment Area,” Walker says of the development, which is slated to rise on an approximately one-acre parcel on the corner of Sunshine and Douglas avenues. Instead of condos, “there will actually be individually owned rowhomes on individual parcels,” he explains. The rowhomes will be available in one-bedroom, two-bath configurations or two-bedroom, two-bath layouts, all with private enclosed garages. In regard to the live-work units, Walker says “it is envisioned that definitely the units on Douglas Avenue would be suitable for a live/work situation.” When it comes to the commercial component, the development will have one small, commercial unit encompassing approximately 600,000 sf on the corner of Sunshine and Douglas, Walker tells GlobeSt.com. “It will be suitable for coffee or a small deli or basically any sort of neighborhood commercial use and it will have a living unit above,” he says. The public plaza will be positioned in front of the building, Walker adds.