Looking for truly affordable
housing on a ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean with views
of San Diego and the Coronado Islands? Consider
Otay Mesa (“wide and level place"
or "brushy place”), population 28,000. Otay Mesa is a short
drive from South Bay beaches and Baja California.
Single family detached
homes in Otay Mesa
range from $349,000 for a two bedroom one bathroom home built
in 1926 to $1,000,000 for a contemporary 3200 square foot, five
bedroom home with three bathrooms.
Otay Mesa condos
range from $500,000 for a three bedroom 2.5 bathroom 1750 square
foot home built in 2006 to $230,000 for a two bedroom, one bathroom
800 square foot condo built in 1965.
There are some 17,000 residential units in Otay Mesa.
Twenty percent of the area is reserved for schools, parks, transit
and other public facilities. Commercial and industrial uses
comprise about seven percent of the land. Fifteen percent of
the land is set aside for agricultural and green space.
The Otay and Tijuana rivers form the northern and southern borders
of Otay Mesa. The Otay Valley Regional Park, a joint
effort of Chula Vista, San Diego and San Diego County, will
link Otay Lakes to San Diego Bay promoting recreational and
educational opportunities for visitors and residents who also
benefit from the area’s burgeoning industrial and manufacturing
development.