Parco is a newly completed mixed-use project in San Diego’s National City designed by my client The Miller Hull Partnership. Co-developed by Malick Infill Development and Protea Properties, Parco is a 130,00 square foot, 8-story building offering 127 residential units and ground-floor commercial space. A finely tuned and creative program was combined with unique massing and diverse unit typologies to generate a first-of-its-kind project that stands as a catalyst to an emerging urban center in the heart of National City.
Inspired by the opportunity to bring a new mixed-use approach to the San Diego region, Parco challenges typical unit scale and operational models to provide housing at an affordable price. The building begins as an 8-story tower along the primary boulevard consisting of small-scale residential units, communal lounges and kitchens, and usable outdoor space. The tower transitions to a 4-story mixed-use building along a commercial avenue, and culminates into a series of 3-story townhomes along the residential end of the property. The transition of mass coincides with the residential scale and character of the neighborhood.
Designed as a true mixed-use project, Parco includes retail, office, and residential uses. Each space is carefully and intentionally designed at a reduced scale to keep lease and use costs down without minimizing the comfort or opportunity afforded the user. At ground level, retail spaces are designed to engage the sidewalk and the alley, providing an active and blurred boundary to the city core. At upper levels, common areas are designed as premium gathering spaces, developing a community-focused neighborhood atmosphere with a density needed to support our region’s housing needs. The community felling and mixed-use approach are further enhanced by a diversity of unit typologies ranging from studios to 4 bedroom row homes, each with a visual connection to local views and direct physical connections to the outdoors.
Parco is an urban housing project striving to build community among its tenants with meaningful connections to its neighborhood.
