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Category: 101 Ash St.

In 2016, San Diego leased a downtown high-rise, hoping to house its workers in the towering office space. It’s been a disaster ever since.

Renovating the space blew past cost expectations and eventually forced city workers to evacuate after construction inadvertently disturbed asbestos in the building. The city is now tied up in lawsuits over what officials knew about the state of the building and when they knew it, and the transaction itself is now the subject of a criminal investigation.

Posted inNews Updates

City Attorney’s Office Still Waiting to Hear from Ex-COO

by Lisa Halverstadt May 17, 2022May 17, 2022

This post originally appeared in the May 17 Morning Report. Get the free daily newsletter here. City Attorney Mara Elliott’s office says former Chief Operating Officer Kris Michell has yet to formally respond to its May 11 letter accusing the ex-city bureaucrat of directing the city’s Information Technology Department to purge records tied to 101 […]

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Ex-City Real Estate Chief: 101 Ash Landlord Denied Paying ‘Volunteer’ Adviser

by Lisa Halverstadt May 17, 2022May 16, 2022
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City Attorney: Ex-City COO Ordered Deletion of 101 Ash Records Before Resignation

by Lisa Halverstadt May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
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Docs: City Officials Knew ‘Volunteer’ Real Estate Guru Wanted Compensation

by Lisa Halverstadt May 2, 2022May 1, 2022
101 Ash St.
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Ex-City Real Estate Chief Gives Behind-the-Scenes Take on What Led to 101 Ash Fiasco

by Lisa Halverstadt April 26, 2022April 26, 2022
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Ex-City Real Estate Volunteer: ‘I Wasn’t Their Representative’

by Lisa Halverstadt April 12, 2022April 11, 2022
101 Ash St.
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What We Learned This Year: 101 Ash May Have Been a Crime and the City Kind of Hopes It Was   

by Lisa Halverstadt December 23, 2021
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Faulconer Insists Under Oath He Didn’t Know Real Estate Adviser Was Paid  

by Lisa Halverstadt December 17, 2021May 16, 2022
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District Attorney Investigators Raid Hughes Marino, Cisterra on 101 Ash St. Mess

by Lisa Halverstadt October 5, 2021March 15, 2022
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City Landlord Debated How to Handle Finance Official’s Scrutiny Over Civic Center Deal

by Lisa Halverstadt September 21, 2021May 16, 2022

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