SWC breaks ground on Prop R-funded project.

Amid controversy and mere weeks before governing board elections, Southwestern College leaders, students and community members finally broke ground on an anticipated corner lot development Oct. 13.

The 110,000-square foot project, located on the 9.4-acre lot on the corner of H Street and Otay Lakes Road, is set to include a bookstore, rental and administrative office space, classrooms, a fitness center, an art gallery, a food court, a campus police station and a culinary arts program.

Proposition R, a $389 million bond measure approved by 71 percent of district voters in 2008, funds the project. Estimated cost for the corner lot project is $55 million, said SWC Director of Communications Chris Bender.

The development will also generate at least 100 local jobs, Bender said, particularly construction-related and electrician jobs.

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