Fifty (50)-year Percentage Lease with Alps Hospitality, Inc.
Summary
SCH Number
2026010748
Public Agency
City of San Diego
Document Title
Fifty (50)-year Percentage Lease with Alps Hospitality, Inc.
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/23/2026
Document Description
Approval of a fifty (50)-year percentage lease with Alps Hospitality, Inc., including improvements to the hotel, and consent to a thirty-four (34)-year sublease with 8110 Aero Solar, LLC, for the installation and operation of a solar panel
system. The City of San Diego owns a 19,27-acre parcel of land on which currently exists a Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, located within the Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport property, at 8110 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA 92123. The City currently leases this site to Alps Hospitality, Inc., a California corporation, as ground lessee. The current lease has 27 years remaining and terminates on April 30, 2052. The new lease extends the lease term to 50 years in consideration for Alps
Hospitality's commitment to make a substantial investment in the hotel. As a part of this 50-year percentage lease, Alps Hospitality is proposing Improvements to the existing hotel, including renovating interior spaces (including hotel rooms), upgrading landscaping, painting structures, refurbishing the golf course, installing solar panels in the parking lot and on the roof of the hotel, and undertaking other maintenance and replacement work, according to a General Development Plan. The sublease with 8110 Aero Solar, LLC, would cover the installation and operation of solar
panels on approximately two acres of land and on the hotel rooftop.
Contact Information
Name
Thurman Hodges
Agency Name
Department of Real Estate and Airport Management
Job Title
Supervising Property Agent
Contact Types
Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Name
Greg Johansen
Agency Name
City of San Diego Planning Department
Job Title
Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Diego
Counties
San Diego
Regions
Citywide
Other Location Info
Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport, 8110 Aero Drive, San Diego, CA 92123, within Council District 7
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301, 15302, 15304, 21080.35
Reasons for Exemption
CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities), 15302 (Replacement or Reconstruction), 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land), and 15311 (Accessory Structures). STATUTORY EXEMPTION: CEQA. Section 21080.35
County Clerk
San Diego
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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