A new apartment complex in National City offers luxury living with rent as low as $959 per month. But to get it, you have to be willing to share an apartment. ABC 10News Reporter Jared Aarons takes a tour of the complex to find out how it helps some people Make it in San Diego.
The corner of 8
th Street and B Avenue in National City had been the site of the abandoned H&M Goodies Family Auction House and parking lot. For years, it was marred by trash and graffiti before a local nonprofit beautified it with art.
Still, the old building was destined for demolition, leaving the area vacant.
Today, the site is home to a new mixed-use development that is the first of its kind for National City and is serving as an example that the city’s efforts to revitalize the area into a more vibrant downtown destination are picking up momentum.