UPDATE: 108-Acre RiverView Gets Approval

SANTEE, CA-The Santee City Council unanimously approved a 1.9-million-sf office campus to be built by Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. US Inc. Named the RiverView at Santee, the development will incorporate residential condos and serve R&D, technology and professional users.”Endorsement of RiverView’s master plan is a major milestone for Santee and for the entire San Diego business community,” says Keith Till, city manager for Santee. “Santee offers an ideal business environment that provides jobs in an easily accessible, reverse-commute location.”RiverView is part of the second phase of the 700-acre master planned Santee Town Center, which comprises retail, residential and commercial product types. The project is expected to bring approximately 5,000 jobs to the area, in need of office space.Ryan Cos. opened its San Diego office in 2005. The company completed Phase I of RiverView at Santee, an 80,000-sf regional office for Hartford Insurance. Phase II will begin this summer, with 63,500 sf of office condos and 240 residential condos planned.Following Phase II, office, R&D and high-tech office space will be constructed, with groundbreaking scheduled for summer 2007. Matt Reid, vice president of development for Ryan’s west division, says that the development of additional buildings will be market-driven and based upon client needs.Reid told Globest.com in an earlier report that his company’s relationship with Target, for which Ryan has done remodeling, and Hartford Insurance is what initially brought Ryan to Southern California.The project will offer ample land for large users and environmental documents have been approved. All of the projects buildings will be LEED-certified and close to public transportation.”When you have true public-private cooperation like the City of Santee and Ryan Cos. have, amazing things can be accomplished,” Reid says.