Kearny Mesa, San Diego’s post-World War II industrial powerhouse, pines to be the next Little Italy.
It would swap narrow sidewalks with tree-lined streets for walking, add mixed-use, transit-oriented developments and build on its current Asian thematic district along Convoy Street with centers of innovation in the shadow of Montgomery Field.
The focus in 2018 will be a new community plan for the 3,607-acre community bounded by four freeways. The overriding goal is to allow more commercial buildings and encourage more housing to make it easier to live, work and play in the same ZIP code.