SAN DIEGO -- The Centre City Development Corp. board Wednesday approved the overall site plan for the redevelopment of the Navy Broadway Complex along downtown San Diego's waterfront.

The board voted 6-1 to make a determination that the 14.7-acre project is consistent with a 1992 development agreement.

Individual components of the project, including the architecture of buildings and the design of public spaces, will require separate approval by the CCDC, which acts as the city's redevelopment arm.

Board member Teddy Cruz cast the dissenting vote, saying he was unwilling to approve the "quantitative" aspects of the plan without including its "qualitative" design components.

"The footprint, if we vote today, will be fixed, and I have a problem with that," Cruz told his colleagues.

While there are aspects of the development that he would like to change, board member Wayne Raffesberger said it was important to proceed.

Raffesberger said if the project falls back under the federal Base Realignment and Closure process, the odds of the city getting control of the military-owned land would be "minimal."

Manchester Financial Group, headed by local developer Douglas Manchester, was awarded a contract by the Navy last April to redevelop the site.

In addition to office, commercial, hotel and retail space, the redevelopment plan calls for the construction of a building to serve as the future headquarters of Navy Region Southwest.

Jim Waring, the mayor's chief operating officer for land use and economic development, told the CCDC board that negotiations between the city and Manchester over plans to increase the amount of public park space at the development have stalled.

The city is negotiating to purchase a half-block of land at a cost of $20 million. The land would be turned into a public space, adding to an adjacent 1.9-acre park previous included in the development plans.

If the parties agree, an entire building, amounting to 250,000 square feet of planned commercial space, would be removed.

Perry Dealy, the president of Manchester, told the CCDC board the deal has been "bogged down" by legal issues and he hopes to have an agreement worked out with the city in about a week.

The CCDC board postponed a hearing on the proposed Navy headquarters building until its November meeting.

According to a report, the CCDC determined the Navy building was inconsistent with design plans because of its flat roof, "blocky" proportions and "overly understated character."

Critics of the overall development plans have suggested it walls off the San Diego Bay waterfront, lacks inspiring architecture and includes too few public spaces, like parks and museums.