Pacific San Diego Magazine, 10.30.13
The cell block that once housed thieves, drunks and prostitutes at the former San Diego Police Department headquarters on West Harbor Drive will soon become a sideline attraction to several restaurants opening within the restored Spanish Colonial Revival plaza on November 18.
Built in 1939, the 100,000-square-foot complex sat vacant for nearly 30 years until Terramar Retail Centers of Carlsbad (which secured the lease from the San Diego Unified Port District) began sinking $40 million into its overhaul.