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Developer Explains Navy Broadway Project Changes In Downtown San Diego

By Maureen Cavanaugh / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Peggy Pico / KPBS Evening Edition Host, Neiko Will / Producer

Published September 9, 2015 at 8:07 AM PDT

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Developer Explains Navy Broadway Project Changes In Downtown San Diego

Developer Explains Navy Broadway Project Changes In Downtown San Diego GUESTS: Perry Dealy, president and CEO, Dealy Development, Inc. Alison St. John, reporter, KPBS News

Construction on a proposed Navy headquarters on San Diego’s waterfront faces one more legal hurdle before it could move forward.

Legal challenges have kept the $1.2 billion project at bay, ever since Navy leaders introduced it in the 1980s.

The California Coastal Commission agreed to settle with project developer Doug Manchester on Aug. 27.

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Only one lawsuit remains, filed by the Broadway Navy Complex Coalition. Should the developer win that suit, construction could begin immediately.

Perry Dealy, president and CEO of Dealy Development, Inc., said the project would replace eight blocks of blighted property and create access to the waterfront.

"Our eight blocks really has evolved to be very complimentary for the whole western waterfront," Dealy told KPBS Midday Edition on Wednesday. "We agreed to make it visitor serving."

Dealy said the project will include two hotels, retail space, public parking, a museum and office space, including space for the Navy.

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Maureen Cavanaugh has been a familiar voice for KPBS listeners for more than 15 years, serving in a variety of capacities including announcer, host, and producer. As host of KPBS Midday Edition, Maureen has interviewed a wide range of notables, such as comedienne Sandra Bernhardt, actor John Lequizamo, author Chuck Palahniuk, composer Marvin Hamlisch, artist Robert Irwin, and designer Zandra Rhodes. But of all the interviews Maureen has conducted, her most special was with His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Before joining KPBS in 1997, she worked as a news anchor for KSDO and KOGO News Radio in San Diego. While working for commercial radio stations in San Diego and in Salt Lake City, Utah, Maureen reported on both hard news and lifestyle features. Maureen has received three "Golden Mike" awards from the Radio and TV News Association of Southern California for economic reporting and breaking news. She has also received a "Best of Show" and “Best Radio Newscast” awards from the San Diego Press Club and the "Flo" Award from Public Radio Program Directors Association for Best Public Radio Announcer in a large market. Maureen is a native of Queens, New York, but after more than 20 years in San Diego she feels she qualifies as a real Southern Californian.

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Peggy Pico served as the host of KPBS Evening Edition. Pico originally joined the KPBS newsroom as the science and technology reporter in 2010 after spending two years covering biotechnology and medical news in the Bay Area. Pico was raised in San Diego and has worked as a broadcast journalist in California, Arizona, and Texas. She previously reported for NBC 7/39 where she worked as a medical and science reporter for five years. Pico has won two Emmy’s and numerous awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Associated Press, and the San Diego Press Club. She also received the USC Health Reporter Fellowship and is a member of California Chicano News Media Association and the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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Neiko Will is a producer for KPBS Evening Edition and KPBS Roundtable.

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