Prof. George Hazel, Managing Director of MRCMH, is part of a special advisory team conducting a peer review of the San Diego Downtown Strategy. The team is providing high-level insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the innovative downtown development strategies currently advancing in different countries and is using this knowledge to compare and illuminate the San Diego Downtown Strategy. Running parallel to this case study review is a review of current policies, programs, plans and reports, and of plans for future development and infrastructure.