The Becker at Riverwalk

Rendering courtesy of Riverwalk San Diego

The Becker is a 5-story, 190-unit affordable housing project currently under construction in Mission Valley. It is the first housing project to break ground as part of the Riverwalk project, along the Green Line Trolley tracks near Fashion Valley Station. The project is being developed by Riverwalk and Wakeland Housing, with apartments available to residents earning 60% or less of the area median income (AMI).

The project will consist of three buildings designed in a contemporary style and oriented around a central courtyard. There will also be a community room with a computer lab, and shared kitchen and laundry. Bicycle parking will also be available to residents. The project was designed by MVE + Partners and is being constructed by Level 10 Construction.

Rendering courtesy of Level 10 Construction

In total, over 4,000 new homes are planned for the Riverwalk site, alongside an infill Trolley station on the Green Line – a major boon, according to Wakeland’s Lisa Huff. "Ultimately, it was really the merits of the project, its location next to a brand new trolley station, its location in the heart of this highly resourced Mission Valley neighborhood — that gave us the edge and let us win the financing," Huff said in an interview with KPBS.

The project is named for Evan Becker, the late former head of the San Diego Housing Commission, and will be funded by $140 million of both public and private funds. A $41.1 million grant from the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) will go to constructing the infill Trolley station, as well as bicycle and pedestrian paths, across the Riverwalk project.

Rendering courtesy of MVE + Partners

The project is planned to be complete in mid-2027, and a resident waitlist will open in early 2027. The project will be an important piece of Riverwalk’s affordable housing component, which is expected to include 10%, or 430, of the Riverwalk project’s units. The project, which is being led by real estate investments firm Hines, touts a total of 110 acres of open space, one million square feet of office space, and 150,000 square feet of retail alongside 4,300 new homes. Thus, the Becker is roughly par for the course in a golf course conversion that’s anything but.