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$1B Chula Vista Bayfront Resort Hotel, Convention Center Development Approved

Houston-based RIDA Development plans to build a $1-billion resort hotel and convention center on the Chula Vista, CA waterfront. A letter of intent was signed by the San Diego Unified Port District board and Chula Vista City Council, allowing the project to move forward.

Plans include a 1,450-room hotel, slated to be managed by Gaylord Hotels, and 275,000 square feet of convention space, as well as retail and resort-style amenities including swimming pools and a lazy river. Construction is anticipated to commence in 2019.

The developer is targeting an opening date in 2022 on a project expected to anchor the Chula Vista Bayfront and catalyze surrounding development. The site, a former aircraft manufacturing and power plant, is located at the foot of H Street.

RIDA and its financial partner, ARES Management, will spend $688 million on the project, while the Port and the City will contribute $281 million.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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