On October 10, 2013, the San Diego Union Tribune (
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"CrossFit gym and Asia Wok join Mercado del Barrio
By Katherine P. Harvey | 6 a.m. Oct. 10, 2013
A CrossFit gym and a fast casual Asian restaurant have joined the $80 million Mercado del Barrio development in San Diego's urban Barrio Logan neighborhood.
Located under the Coronado Bay Bridge and next to Chicano Park, the mixed-use residential and commercial center opened late last year and is continuing to add retail tenants as it seeks to become Barrio Logan's town center.
Fathom CrossFit opened its 3,254-square-foot studio in September, and Asia Wok will be serving its Chinese and Japanese cuisine in a fast casual setting by the end of March 2014, Shea Properties announced.
"We are very excited to have CrossFit join us at Mercado del Barrio," said Kevin McCook, vice president of development for Shea Properties, based in Aliso Viejo, Calif. "It’s a great new fitness concept and with the community college now under construction, should do very well here now and in the future.”
Anchoring the Mercado del Barrio is a 36,000-square-foot Northgate Market, a Hispanic market selling day-to-day grocery items and prepared foods. Other tenants already open in the center include Tocumbo Ice Cream, T-Mobile and Hispanic Professional Services, a tax-preparation business. Little Caesar’s and National Laundry & Dry Clean are slated to open in November.
Shea Properties did not share the center's occupancy rate, but said space is currently available in the two retail buildings on the corner of Main and Cesar Chavez, and on the corner of National Avenue and Cesar Chavez. Together, the two buildings account for about 48,000 of the total 84,000 square feet of retail space at Mercado del Barrio. All 92 apartment units above the National Avenue building are leased.
Shea Properties, established in 1969, acquires, develops and manages business parks, shopping centers, apartment communities and mixed-use spaces. Its revenue exceeds $200 million, and it has a $2.25 billion portfolio containing about 6,150 apartments and 5.5 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space in California and Colorado."