In 2018 lawmakers and residents asked for a mixed-use project with housing. But five years later, the DMV appears no closer to making it happen.
New apartments are seen in the reflection of the front doors to the DMV field office in Hillcrest, Oct. 4, 2023.The California Department of Motor Vehicles has made little, if any, progress on redeveloping its field office on Normal Street in Hillcrest, five years after residents and state lawmakers asked the department to rebuild the site with housing.
Then in 2018 the DMV proposed a one-story office building with a surface parking lot and a 7-foot wrought iron fence around the perimeter. The design was universally panned, and the DMV was City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn, whose district also includes Hillcrest, said he supports Ward's efforts to move the project forward.
Russell, who lives only three blocks from the DMV property, said a project of that scale would allow for more open space, such as a plaza or park. He estimated a high-rise development could create more than 800 new homes within walking distance of multiple grocery stores, rapid bus lines, health care facilities and the Hillcrest nightlife.
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