Cass Street Partners Brand Costa Verde Rebuild as High Street Village; Community Update Set for Oct. 13
University City News on Sept. 19, 2026 summarized a San Diego Union-Tribune report published Sept. 18 that Cass Street Venture named the Costa Verde Center redevelopment High Street Village and released new renderings for a Little Italy-inspired retail street opposite Westfield UTC while demolition continues. Developers are expected to brief the University Community Planning Group on Oct. 13. This branding and rendering release is distinct from the Sept. 1 UTC final-map notices and the library affordable-housing study already on this University City board.
What High Street Village signals
The new name and streetscape renderings mark a public phase for the shuttered Costa Verde strip-mall site next to UTC. Demolition is already under way. The Oct. 13 UCPG update is the near-term community checkpoint. Branding and renderings are not the same as a certificate of occupancy or a finished leasing campaign.
Why it matters
- Public branding and renderings mark a new phase for the shuttered Costa Verde strip-mall site next to UTC.
- Distinct from the Sept. 1 UTC final-map notices and library affordable-housing study already on the University City board.
Source: University City News summary of the High Street Village / Costa Verde report (Sept. 19, 2026).
Related on this site: UTC final-map notices; University City library affordable-housing study.
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