Vantage Pointe Condominium

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Vantage Pointe Condominium
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Vantage Pointe Condominium
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential
Location San Diego, California
Coordinates 32°43′05.61″N117°09′21.60″W / 32.7182250°N 117.1560000°W / 32.7182250; -117.1560000
Height
Antenna spireNone
Top floor420 ft (130 m)
Technical details
Floor count41
Design and construction
Architect(s) S2 Architecture

Vantage Pointe Condominium is a high-rise 40 Story building in San Diego. Bounded by Ninth and tenth Avenues, and A and B Streets, construction began in 2006 and ended in 2008. It is one of Downtown San Diego's largest apartment buildings, surpassed only by the Pinnacle West Tower by about 60 feet. [1] In 2009 the building's owners announced they will refund all the purchase deposits made for its units. [2] [3] [4]

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Architect critics have criticized the building's lack of "human-scale relationship at street level," thus earning it the "Grand Onion" award by the San Diego Architectural Foundation. [5]

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References

  1. Bennett, Kelly (September 8, 2008). "Amid Troubles, Downtown's Biggest Condo Building Nearly Done". Voice of San Diego.
  2. "Downtown San Diego's Vantage Pointe is Returning Every Buyer's Deposits". San Diego Reader . June 16, 2009.
  3. Bennett, Kelly (May 8, 2009). "Vantage Pointe Developers Drop a Bombshell". Voice of San Diego.
  4. Hong, Peter Y. (May 8, 2009). "San Diego high-rise condo market goes from frenzy to fizzle". Los Angeles Times .
  5. Showley,, Roger (July 27, 2009). "Orchids & Onions". San Diego Union Tribune .{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)