SAN DIEGO — People in North Park want to know why the construction of a housing complex is taking so long. Residents said the project on the 3400 block of Florida Street has been abandoned.
"It's decrepit. It's been falling apart. It's been getting moldy," said Lisa Mezta.
Mezta has lived in her North Park home for three years. She loves it but says things started to change when construction began on the project.
"They started building these apartments, which really obstructed the somewhat decent view that I had here of Morley Field. It was very nice," said Mezta.
Aside from the obstructed view, Mezta started noticing another change about a year ago. The crew who worked to get the project going stopped coming, seemingly halfway through.
"It literally just stopped. And if you look at the building itself, you'll see it's kind of even moldy because of the storms that we've had recently, or, you know, the last few storms we've had, and it's just been sitting, nothing's been happening,” said Mezta.
CBS 8 did some digging. Here's what we found out.
According to the City of San Diego's website, a series of permits were granted to build a four-story duplex and four-story single-family homes.
Those permits expired between February and June 2023, which may explain why there's been no work done since then.
As for the plan moving forward, CBS 8 reached out to the names and companies who submitted for a permit.
Each time, we reached someone's voicemail, or in the case of the design firm listed, the number is no longer in service.
CBS 8 has also been in touch with the city.
A spokesperson says employees there are gathering more information, which Mezta hopes will help lead to the project either moving forward or getting cleaned up.
“To have a moldy bunch of wood and graffiti strewn pieces of lumber everywhere. That's not what is going to help this community. Before it gets any worse, I just thought, you know, something could be done to look into it.”
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