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City Lease-to-Own Office Deal Goes Awry in San Diego

Costs, Criticism Mount as Asbestos Keeps Government Out of Downtown Building
San Diego leaders are considering what to do next with a downtown building that once housed the headquarters of Sempra Energy. (CoStar)
San Diego leaders are considering what to do next with a downtown building that once housed the headquarters of Sempra Energy. (CoStar)
CoStar News
August 17, 2020 | 8:14 P.M.

San Diego officials are mulling how to salvage a lease-to-own deal for a downtown office tower it can't occupy because they discovered it has asbestos. Efforts to ready the building have triggered lawsuits costing the city $200 million, and the tab is only projected to climb.

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