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Escondido council approves conversion of Juniper Street office to 32 apartments

Escondido City Council · March 6, 2026
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Summary

The council adopted an ordinance and resolution approving a developer’s plan to convert a vacant 30,000 sq ft office building at 332 S. Juniper St. into 32 residential units (including two density bonus units and 8 deed-restricted low-income units); staff found the project CEQA-exempt and supported incentives under state density-bonus law.

City planning staff recommended—and the Escondido City Council approved—plans to convert an existing 30,000-square-foot office building at 332 South Juniper Street into 32 residential units, including a density-bonus request that would deed-restrict eight units for low-income households.

Ivan Flores, principal planner, told the council the site is on the city’s suitable-sites inventory in the downtown specific plan area and that…

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