With the bay as its backdrop, the Coronado Ferry Landing presents itself as a quintessential San Diego landmark, its picturesque location masking the condition of the 39-year-old outdoor retail complex’s buildings and namesake pier, which are in need of millions of dollars in repairs.

But the Ferry Landing’s defects appear to be at the center of a protracted, behind-closed-doors contractual disagreement between the property’s developer and operator, Port Coronado Associates, LLC, and its landlord, the Port of San Diego.

The matter came to a head last month and is now in public view.

After three years of back-and-forth discussions, the port’s board of directors quietly rejected PCA’s proposed terms to remodel the facility in exchange for continued, long-term tenancy. The denial, made in

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