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Hoodline[4] reports contractor social posts pointing to a November 19, 2025 groundbreaking; the developer has not published an official start date, and no completion date has been posted.Perry's Café Redevelopment Project
Redevelopment of the former Perry's Cafe site at 4620 Pacific Highway in San Diego's Old Town. The family-run diner, open since 1985, closed on Aug. 5, 2024. In its place Zephyr is building a seven-story, 223-apartment tower, 33 of the homes affordable, with part of the original restaurant kept as the leasing office. Construction began in late 2025 and delivery is slated for early 2028.
The site and the cafe
- Perry's Cafe opened at 4620 Pacific Highway in Old Town in March 1985. The Georgakopoulos family named the 150-seat restaurant after their daughter, Perry Eulmi, who ran it after they retired.
- It served as many as 5,000 customers a week. After the closure was announced for Aug. 15, 2024, the cafe shut for good on Aug. 5, 2024, ten days early.
- Eulmi sold the roughly 1.74-acre property to Viewpoint Development for about $9 million, reported in August 2024.[1][6]
What is being built
- A seven-story building with 223 apartments: five residential floors above a two-story podium, with a partial below-grade parking level and about 239,887 sq ft of gross building area.[1][4]
- 33 apartments are set aside as affordable: 20 for very-low-income households and 13 for moderate-income households.[1][4]
- Part of the original restaurant is kept and reused as the leasing office. The city's environmental filing keeps portions of the cafe, including its Googie-style roofline, and uses density-bonus incentives to reach the unit count.[1][4]
Approval and opposition
- Neighbors raised concerns about scale, traffic, noise and air quality, and opposition groups filed an appeal during the entitlement process. The city declined the appeal.[4]
- A city spokesman said the applicant has three years to use the Neighborhood Development Permit and apply for construction permits.
Construction and timeline
- Work mobilized in 2025, and contractor social posts pointed to a Nov. 19, 2025 groundbreaking; no official start date has been published.[4]
- Zephyr is building the apartments with delivery slated for early 2028, according to The Registry SoCal (Aug. 3, 2026). Zephyr is also a partner in the larger Midway Rising proposal.[2][4]
Cost
No construction budget has been published. The only published figure is the roughly $9 million land purchase in 2024, which is not the cost of the building, so the pin carries no price.
Rendering
The lead image is Zephyr's rendering of the project as published by BuildSD.
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