No design details are yet available, city officials say.
Plans are in to redevelop the historic Red Rest and Red Roost cottages at 1179 and 1187 Coast Blvd in La Jolla, though details of the plans are not available yet.
The plans are currently under city of San Diego review, according to city spokesperson Richard Berg Aug 20.
A previous application for redevelopment, filed in 2022, was scheduled to be closed and submitted materials returned or destroyed by March 27, city spokesperson Perette Godwin said in March, due to applicant failure to “submit or resubmit requested materials, information, fees or deposits within 90 calendar days.”
Boretto + Merrill Consulting sent the city a letter March 11 stating intent to resubmit the project by Aug 1.
View of three children looking down from hill over residences to La Jolla Cove in right distance at La Jolla in about 1897. Red Rest and Red Roost cottages can be seen in the foreground. Photo via San Diego History Center.
The Red Rest and Red Roost cottages were built as residences in 1894, part of a series of beach cottages across The Village. They are the oldest surviving structures in La Jolla, and were designated historic in 1975 and remain part of the recent national designation of the larger La Jolla Park Coastal District.
Then-owner Jack Heimburge attempted to demolish the cottages in 1975; the structures were unoccupied for nearly 30 years, entering a state of severe disrepair.
The cottages were sold in 2014 and again in 2018.
Red Rest sustained severe destruction during a 2020 fire, during which Red Roost was also damaged.
The 2022 redevelopment application proposed construction of a new four-story, eight-unit condominium building with an underground parking garage and rehabilitation of the cottages for commercial use.
Information on the current proposal is not available, nor is the project currently scheduled for community group review, Berg said.
