Shift in East Village is among the newest market rate apartment towers in downtown San Diego.

San Diego — Take a look around downtown San Diego and new apartment towers — previously a rare sight — are sprouting up like never before…

As of mid-August, 10 apartment towers are under construction, and more in the planning stages.

“San Diego, in spite of itself, is finally becoming a big city,” “It’s part of the maturation of the city.”