Oceanside has approved the switch of 64 hotel rooms to 64 studio apartments, bringing the total to 179 apartments in an eight-story building proposed for a one-third-acre vacant lot at the downtown corner of Seagaze Drive and Nevada Street. Residents widely opposed the project when it was approved in January 2022, saying it was ugly, too tall, and had too little parking.
The project initially was approved in 2022, when it was required to include the city's minimum of 10 percent on-site affordable housing. The city increased the minimum to 15 percent last year, but the change doesn't affect past applications. Originally, the top two floors were to be a hotel. The developer, Bryan Elsey of Manhattan, Kan.
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