![]() “They don’t call it a hostel, they call it shared accommodations, so it’s really this happy medium between an Airbnb and a hostel, where you have a cool place to stay, it’s safe and you can have some great experiences,” Maus said. The first Jucy Snooze opened three years ago, and its third New Zealand location, in Auckland, is expected to open next year. Penny Maus, who leads the Business Development team within the port’s real estate development division, says that from what she’s seen, via Skype, of a Jucy Snooze location in Christchurch, New Zealand, she believes such a concept will resonate well with budget-minded travelers coming to San Diego. ![]() The developer is proposing to add a second story to the one-story space. The more than 34,000-square-foot project would mostly occupy vacant space in the port’s annex building, plus a portion of its parking lot on Pacific Highway between California and West Palm streets. Port officials say they have been talking to Coastal Commission staff about the Pacific Highway project and so far have had positive feedback on Stay Open’s ability to address the need for budget accommodations on the port site. While the conflict has focused mostly on hotel development proposals for Harbor Island, the commission has made it clear over the years that the state tidelands overseen by the port fall short when it comes to affordable accommodations. Plans for the Stay Open project follow a years-long tussle with the Coastal Commission over its insistence that the port do more to encourage lower cost lodging. The Port of San Diego, which has faced criticism from the state Coastal Commission for the lack of affordable lodging near the water, is hoping to entice developers to build a budget motel or hostel on Pacific Highway. Tourism Port seeks proposals for budget motel near San Diego Bay The development team, which includes a New Zealand company, Jucy Snooze, that specializes in budget lodging, also is proposing a rooftop restaurant and lounge space for events that would be open to the public. ![]() On average, the 30-square-foot pods, which are stackable, would rent for $35 a night, but there would be six rooms with private baths that would go for an estimated $116 a night. The port’s recommendation stems from a solicitation it launched earlier this year in which it offered prospective developers a more than $6 million subsidy to build some form of affordable accommodations, be it a hostel, budget motel or micro hotel, on a 3-acre, port-owned site where its administration building is located.Īfter reviewing three proposals over the last couple of months, port staff says it favors a submittal from the company, Stay Open, to develop a $10.6 million two-story hotel that would include 226 sleeping pods in 33 rooms, with mostly shared bathrooms. In its quest to bring low-cost lodging to the coast, the Port of San Diego is recommending partnering with a Los Angeles company to build a “micro” hotel on Pacific Highway, outfitted with 226 pods, each just big enough for a queen-size bed and luggage storage.
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