College East Multifamily Home for Sale

As the name suggests, College East borders the east side of San Diego State University's campus. The university's culture dominates College East, evident in the neighborhood's recent development trends. "The college has said that it wants to add 15,000 students by 2030, so it has become the most popular place for investment," says Daniel Sipher with JLM Real Estate, who's been selling in San Diego since 2018. "Developers are buying up a bunch of the single-family homes and turning them into multifamily units and apartment buildings for students." So, while College West — the neighborhood's cross-campus counterpart — remains a residential haven for professors, College East has progressively gotten more student-centric. Even with this outlook, much of College East is still a residential community of single-family homes. Despite many homes being converted for multifamily use, the neighborhood's streetscape hasn't significantly changed. Ranch-style homes with grassy lawns line the streets north and south of El Cajon Boulevard and Montezuma Road — the neighborhood's main thoroughfares. Many were built between the 1950s and 1980s, ranging from $750,000 up to $1 million for those with