Developers have scheduled an April 11 ground-breaking for the Broadstone Makers Quarter apartment complex, the first project to move forward in the mixed-use Makers Quarter in East Village.

The $60 million, 265-unit apartment complex was approved by the city in late 2014 and is being developed by Phoenix-based Alliance Residential Co., which has built several apartment projects in the local market.

Located at 16th Street and Broadway, Broadstone Makers Quarter will also include approximately 5,000 square feet of retail and adjacent parking spaces. The seven-story development will span most of the block bounded by Broadway, 16th, 17th and E streets.

Civic San Diego, the city’s downtown project oversight agency, has projected that Broadstone Makers Quarter will generate approximately 290 construction jobs and 25 permanent jobs.

The multiblock Makers Quarter is being built in the northeastern portion of East Village by a development group known as L2HP, which includes Lankford & Associates, HP Investors and Hensel Phelps.

Several projects in various planning stages will eventually bring 1 million square feet of office space, approximately 800 residential units, 175,000 square feet of retail and 60,000 square feet of public open space to Makers Quarter.

A public ground-breaking ceremony for Broadstone Makers Quarter was scheduled for 4 p.m. April 11, with developers, city officials and other dignitaries slated to attend, according to a statement from Alliance Residential and L2HP.