DATE: July 21, 2022
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PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON THE SEAPORT SAN DIEGO PROJECT WITH 1HWY1, LLC, FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL EMBARCADERO DISTRICT AND DIRECTION TO STAFF
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
On February 22, 2016, the District issued Request for Proposals 16-04ME (RFP)1 for the redevelopment of 70 acres of land and water situated between downtown and the Bay in the District's Central Embarcadero area (RFP Redevelopment Site). The RFP Redevelopment Site is bordered by the USS Midway Museum and Harbor Drive to the north, Manchester Grand Hyatt and Kettner Boulevard to the east, and San Diego Bay to the south and west. The RFP Redevelopment Site also includes Embarcadero Marina Park North, Ruocco Park and Tuna Harbor, but excludes the Fish Market leasehold. A location map is attached for reference (Attachment A - Location Map).
Following an extensive solicitation and due diligence process, at the November 8, 2016 meeting, the Board of Port Commissioners (Board) selected a developer team as the successful proposer. On October 2, 2017, the District entered into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (Original ENA) with Protea Waterfront Development, LLC, (Protea) the managing member of 1HWY1, LLC (1HWY1), and Protea later assigned its rights and obligations under the Original ENA to 1HWY1 when 1HWY1 was formed. Under the Original ENA, the negotiating period was set to expire on October 1, 2019. However, at the request of 1HWY1, the District has granted extensions to 1HWY1 for delivery of its submittals and extended the negotiating period under the ENA on several occasions. Most recently, in December 2020, the District and 1HWY1 entered into an amendment to the Original ENA (Amendment No. 1) to extend the negotiating period to October 1, 2024 (Attachment B - ENA). The Original ENA, as amended by Amendment No. 1, is referred to herein as the "ENA". Pursuant to Section 6.1 of the ENA, 1HWY1 has delivered to the District certain...
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