Community leaders, elected officials, and MTS representatives met this week for the grand opening of the ShoreLINE affordable housing project, intended for families making significantly less than the area median.
San Diego mayor Todd Gloria gathered with MTS Board Chair and San Diego City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn, Councilmember Raul Campillo, and regional housing leaders for the announcement.
The ShoreLINE project, which replaced an empty parking lot at the Grantville Transit Center on Alvarado Canyon Road, was designed for households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income.
“ShoreLINE is another example of how MTS is repurposing park and ride locations to provide much-needed relief to our region’s housing crisis,” San Diego City Council member and MTS board chair Stephen Whitburn said in a statement.
“This transit-oriented development has proven to be a successful opportunity for the public and private sectors to partner to offer affordable housing along with sustainable transit options for San Diegans.”
The seven-story building has 126 apartments of various sizes. It also promises amenities such as bicycle storage, community rooms, and laundry facilities. ShoreLINE’s outside space includes parking, a courtyard, outdoor gardens and additional gathering spaces with built-in seating, and an enclosed play area for children.
Residents will also have access to onsite after-school programs for children, adult education programs that focus on health and wellness, skills and career building, and other programs.
“I am proud to support ShoreLINE because it prioritizes hard-working, lower-income San Diegans and their families by delivering homes that they can afford along with the resources that will enhance their quality of life,” said Gloria.
ShoreLINE is part of a larger plan to redevelop former park-and-ride locations into transit-oriented developments. It is one of four such housing projects from the Affirmed Housing and MTS partnership.
MTS is in the process of redeveloping several other sites around transit centers.
Additionally, MTS has existing developments at the Morena Linda Vista Station, Grossmont Station, the 62nd Street Station, and the 47th Street Station.