SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- Horton Plaza was once considered the centerpiece of downtown San Diego, a prime example of what can happen when you do things right.

"It changed everything downtown, it was the first of three important anchors downtown -- Horton Plaza, the convention center and obviously Petco Park," said Gary London, a real estate consultant.

But with a statue of Alonzo Horton watching over, Horton Plaza is making headlines for another reason -- a prime example of what can happen when things go wrong.

"It's kind of an abomination, actually," London stated. "The reality was when Stockdale, the developer, purchased the old Horton Plaza shopping center with the promise that they were going to develop it as a high-technology-oriented office campus, it was a very exciting moment."

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