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Coronado, California

Coronado commercial real estate, by property type

Orange Avenue storefronts, resort hotels, the Ferry Landing and an office submarket, in a city whose adopted budget forecasts $22 million of hotel tax revenue. Start with the property type you are weighing.

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Commercial property in Coronado

Property types covered in this guide

This guide organizes Coronado commercial property into four groups. A 2004 Coastal Commission report calls Orange Avenue the main commercial corridor, the hotels and resorts generate the hotel tax, the Port of San Diego describes the Ferry Landing as a specialty retail center, and Kidder Mathews reports a Coronado office row. Each card opens a page that explains one group in plain terms, with the publisher named for each figure it cites.

Orange Avenue storefronts and restaurants

The California Coastal Commission's 2004 staff report calls Orange Avenue the City's main commercial corridor, with uses that include retail and office, motels, restaurants and public uses.

Hotels and resorts

The City budget's statistical section lists 2,113 hotel rooms across all hotels and motels, and Coronado Times reports a 10% transient occupancy tax on each occupied room.

Coronado Ferry Landing

A Port of San Diego specialty retail center of about 38,000 square feet, with a lease and renovation plan described in 2026 reporting.

Office space

Kidder Mathews lists a Coronado submarket row in its San Diego office reports, with 111,541 square feet of inventory.

What are you weighing?

Prepare before you talk to a broker

Finding space

What to gather before you look for space in Coronado, and a note to take to a California-licensed broker.

Leasing a building

What an owner should prepare before leasing a building in the city.

Selling a property

What to assemble before you sell a commercial property in Coronado.

Seven sourced facts

Coronado at a glance

Each fact below names the publisher that produced it. Where a number comes from a San Diego report row, a budget profile without a date or a news report, the label says so, and it should be read as context rather than as a figure for one street or one building.

The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that the City of Coronado had 21,094 residents in 2025, compared with 22,435 in 2020 (Vintage 2025 estimates).
The City of Coronado's FY 2025-26 adopted budget lists 2,113 hotel rooms across all hotels and motels in its statistical section. The figure is undated.
The City of Coronado's FY 2025-26 adopted budget says actual hotel tax receipts were $21.4 million in FY 2023-24, and it forecasts General Fund hotel tax revenue at $22 million for FY 2025-26.
The City of Coronado's FY 2025-26 adopted budget says property tax, hotel tax and sales tax together generate approximately 88.5% of General Fund revenues.
Coronado Times reported on June 17, 2026 that Coronado resorts counted a record 424,000 occupied room nights in 2025 and that hotel tax revenue is projected to exceed $23 million in fiscal year 2027.
Kidder Mathews' San Diego office reports list a Coronado submarket row with 111,541 square feet of inventory, at 14.5% vacancy in 1Q 2026 and 10.1% in 2Q 2026.
The Port of San Diego describes the Coronado Ferry Landing as an approximately 38,000-square-foot specialty retail shopping center with two parking lots, a public ferry pier and a public boat dock.

Sources

Plain advice

How to use this site

Pick the page by question. Property types compares Orange Avenue storefronts, hotels, the Ferry Landing and office space. Market outlook holds the economic and market figures the sources publish. City history and Fun Facts collect dated local details, and the FAQ answers common questions. The development tracker lists the Ferry Landing status with dates and source links, so read the status date before relying on an entry. Three preparation guides cover finding space, leasing a building and selling a property. On this page, each figure names the publisher that produced it, and the San Diego report row and the budget profile are labeled as such. The publisher of this site is not licensed in California. Talk to a California-licensed broker before you act on any of it.

Before you compare

Questions to ask about each property type

For an Orange Avenue storefront, ask for the lease hours, signage and parking provisions, and ask the City which parking rules apply today, because the Coastal Commission report that describes the corridor discusses a 2004 proposal, not current code. For the Ferry Landing, ask who the landlord is, how long a sublease runs and which renovation dates come from the Port announcement and which from a news report.

For a hotel or short-term rental, ask which permit applies, whether the coastal zone changes the answer and what any financial projection assumes about room counts and visitor spending. For office space, ask which report, row and quarter a vacancy figure covers, and whether the rent is quoted full-service or triple-net. Ask every seller or landlord which date each statement refers to.

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