DATE: May 14, 2019
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A) RESOLUTION SELECTING STAY OPEN, INC. AS THE SUCCESSFUL PROPOSER OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP 18-19ME: SAN DIEGO BAY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY LOWER COST OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS) (RFP) AND CONCLUDING THE RFP, RESERVING CERTAIN RIGHTS THEREUNDER
B) RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING STAFF TO NEGOTIATE AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT WITH STAY OPEN, INC.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Based on the direction of the Board of Port Commissioners (Board), on January 22, 2019, staff issued the Request for Proposals (RFP 18-19ME: San Diego Bay Development Opportunity Lower Cost Overnight Accommodations) (RFP) for the development and/or operation of lower cost overnight accommodations near San Diego Bay.11
The project site identified in the RFP consists of nearly 3 acres on Pacific Highway in the City of San Diego, including an existing 10,000 square foot vacant space within the District's Annex Building and parking lot (Site) (Attachment A). Respondents were provided the flexibility to propose to use all or a portion of the Site and could propose to develop and/or operate the project.
After a comprehensive national marketing campaign that reached nearly one million people, the RFP was downloaded by 79 parties and, on March 7, 2019, the District received four proposals, three of which were deemed responsive from:
* Sleepbox, Inc., Boston, MA (Sleepbox) (Attachment B) - Responsive
* Shiva Management, Inc., on behalf of Hotel Investment Group (HIG) (Attachment C), San Diego, CA - Responsive
* CaRE Development, LLC, on behalf of Stay Open, Inc., (Stay Open) Los Angeles, CA (Attachment D) - Responsive
* M1B1, LLC, Kentwood, MI (Attachment E) - Nonresponsive
District Real Estate staff visited representative sites, identified in each of the responsive proposals, in the last week of March 2019. In collaboration with the District's Planning Department and the District's consultant, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), all of the responsive teams were ...
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