CHULA VISTA, CA-McMillin Communities is launch today what it has dubbed its “most ambitious project ever.” Millenia is the name it has given to an urban center. That will feature 3,000 unites of miltifmaily residences and 3.5 million square feet of mixed-use commercial real estate.

The on-site groundbreaking for the 210-acre community was expected to attract hundreds of business leaders and elected officials.
McMillin has built more than 30,000 residences, and 16 master-planned communities.
Millenia, which will be equivalent to about 80 city blocks, is fully entitled with plans for 2 million square feet of class A office space on 30 acres, 1.5 million square feet of retail, hospitality, civic and mixed-use projects, six themed urban parks and a variety of tree-lined promenades, casual gathering places, bikeways, and plazas.

Population will be approximately 8,500 when complete in about 20 years. It has been designated a Smart Growth Urban Center by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).
“We envision Millenia becoming the future City Center of South County and the epicenter of the emerging San Diego/Tijuana mega region,” said Scott McMillin, chairman of The Corky McMillin Companies. “It is ideally located near the U.S. Olympic Training Center, only four miles from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and the planned cross-border terminal, and just 20 miles from Downtown San Diego and Lindberg Field,” he said.
“This project will play a key role for Chula Vista's future University Innovation District that will be developed adjacent to Millenia,” said Chula Vista mayor Cheryl Cox. “Combined, Millenia and the University Innovation District will become a strong economic engine, offering higher education, high paying jobs and quality housing for Chula Vistans and residents throughout the South Bay,” she added.
“The design of Millenia represents the culmination of what we've learned as a company for over half a century,” said Mark McMillin, company president and CEO, noting that planning for Millenia, which is the urban center of the 22,899-acre Otay Ranch Master Plan, has spanned about 15 years.
The Millenia planning team, which was headed up by McMillin's Todd Galarneau, senior vice president of Land Development, included RTKL, a global architecture and design practice headquartered in Baltimore, Md., Cinti Land Planning, now of Rosarito, Mexico, Project Design Consultants (PDC) of San Diego for civil engineering, and Wallace, Roberts & Todd, for park design. Stratford Land of Dallas, Texas, is a financial partner.