SAN DIEGO —
Father Joe’s Villages unveiled an inspirational banner and a new fundraising campaign at its East Village campus Monday morning as the homeless service provider celebrated a milestone in the construction of its largest housing project.
“This is a momentous day for us,” Father Joe’s Village President and CEO Deacon Jim Vargas said about the topping-off ceremony for the Saint Teresa of Calcutta Villa, a 14-story building that will provide housing for more than 500 homeless people, doubling the number of units the nonprofit has in five other buildings. It is on schedule to open next February.
Topping-off ceremonies mark when the top floor of a construction project has been reached, with crews next working on the interior. The building has been slowing adding to the East Village skyline since construction began at the 14th and Commercial streets site in January 2020.