{"id":419450,"date":"2026-07-31T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419450\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:25:08","slug":"daily-business-report-july-31-2026-san-diego-metro-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419450\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Business Report: July 31, 2026, San Diego Metro Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Three Art Spaces are Defying a Hostile Real Estate Market<\/a><\/p>\n

by Evan Apodaca\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a>Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

Throughout the 2010s, a single night of events in Barrio Logan reliably enticed curling lines of art-goers on the corner of Logan Avenue and Sampson Street. The neighborhood\u2019s arts and culture scene was booming.<\/p>\n

But a cultural bust loomed. The area was hit by a number of gallery closures including Voz Alta in 2014 and TheChrch in 2017, followed by La Bodega and Chicano Art Gallery in 2019.<\/p>\n

While the neighborhood\u2019s cultural vibrancy is still there, real estate prices pose a continual threat, and the Covid-19 pandemic only made things worse. According to Marketpointe Realty Advisors, San Diego\u2019s median monthly rent has nearly doubled since 2014.<\/p>\n

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City-wide planning committee votes to oppose state Senate Midway Rising bill<\/a><\/p>\n

by Nicole Abrams | Times of San Diego<\/p>\n

The Community Planners Committee, a group made up of leaders of San Diego\u2019s various planning groups, has voted to oppose a Senate bill tied to the controversial Midway Rising development.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday night, about 50 community planning group members and residents gathered at the Point Loma\/Hervey Branch Library to discuss Senate Bill 958, which would clear the way for Midway Rising despite the 30-foot height limit for buildings in the Midway District.<\/p>\n

SB 958 \u201capplies only to the Midway Rising project\u201d and would, under \u201cstrict conditions,\u201d prohibit building height from being considered a significant impact on the environment under the California Environmental Quality Act or CEQA. The bill was authored by State Senator Akilah Weber-Pierson, D-San Diego, and is sponsored by Mayor Todd Gloria.<\/p>\n

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Escondido Residents Left Waiting on Ice Rink Deal at Kit Carson Park<\/a><\/p>\n

by\u00a0Tigist Lane | Voice of San Diego<\/p>\n

When Escondido residents checked the agenda for tonight\u2019s City Council meeting, many of them expected to see a highly anticipated discussion about Kit Carson Park scheduled. But alas, it is not so.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t heard, Escondido leaders are seriously considering a controversial offer to turn a portion of the 285-acre park into a huge ice rink complex. The offer came from the Rinks Foundation, a nonprofit run by billionaire philanthropists Henry and Susan Samueli. They own the San Diego Gulls and the Anaheim Ducks.<\/p>\n

What they\u2019re proposing: The foundation wants to lease a portion of the park from the city to build a 16-acre ice sports complex with three rinks, up to 3,000 spectator seats, a restaurant, retail space and 430 new parking spaces.<\/p>\n

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