Urban Housing Communities LLC, along with city of Escondido officials including the mayor and city council, architect KTGY Group, general contractor Competitive Edge Construction Inc., project partners and local residents, recently broke ground on the future site of The Crossings at Escondido in the Mission Park area of the city. �This will be a beautiful project for the community that will bring change to the Mission Park neighborhood in a positive way,� says Mayor Lori Holt Pfeiler. �This project will provide wonderful opportunities for people to live in healthy, well-managed housing with easy access to schools, transportation and services.� Designed
More than 350 community leaders, stakeholders and residents witnessed the recent groundbreaking of the 31,000-sq-ft Los Angeles County South Health Center, a medical office building located on the northwest corner of 120th Street and Wilmington Avenue, on the north end of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Medical Center Campus, in Los Angeles. With a project budget of $20 million, it is the first building to officially kick off the area�s community redevelopment plan. It is being constructed using a design-build delivery method spearheaded by McCarthy Building Cos. in collaboration with TAYLOR, a leading Southern California healthcare architectural firm. �This design-build
Merlone Geier Partners, in partnership with GLJ Partners, is moving ahead with a new $110-million mixed-use housing project in Marina Del Rey called STELLA Luxury Apartments. The two planned modern mid-rises, consisting of 244 luxury apartment homes above 9,000 sq ft of retail space and two levels of parking, will be the only residential project of this size in West Los Angeles that is projected to open in the next two years. In compliance with the city of Los Angeles� affordable housing regulations, 24 of the units will be offered at below market rates. Groundbreaking is planned for September, with
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has begun construction on 11 new educational buildings at Carlsbad High School in Carlsbad, North San Diego County. The one- and two-story education facilities will comprise a total of 99,000 sq ft, and provide new classroom, performing arts, vocational education lab and food service space. Construction of these buildings represents the third and last phase of an overall $86 million renovation of Carlsbad High School that McCarthy began in June 2008. Final completion is slated for mid October 2011. Carlsbad High School is among eight schools within the Carlsbad Unified School District being constructed or modernized
Barnhart Balfour Beatty has announced the completion of the new Concert Hall and Arts Building on the Oceanside campus of MiraCosta College. The buildings are the newest additions to the college�s Creative Arts Complex and will provide performance and teaching spaces for the school�s music department. MiraCosta College Arts Complex Barnhart Balfour Beatty provided construction management services for the Creative Arts expansion, which includes the addition of the 12,000-sq-ft Concert Hall and a new 4,100-sq-ft Arts Building. The 400-seat Concert Hall has been designed specifically for vocal and instrumental performances and features a rehearsal and recital room. The Arts Building
Gov. Rick Perry has reappointed Bill Thornton of San Antonio as chair to the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2012. Thornton received a bachelor’s degree from Trinity University, a doctorate of Dental Surgery from Baylor College of Dentistry, and completed his oral surgery residency at Baylor Medical Center. In addition, Gov. Perry has reappointed David Allex of Harlingen as chair to the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2012. He received a bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University at Kingsville and attended the Institute of Organizational Management at
Last month, San Francisco voters approved Proposition B, a $412-million �Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response� bond that will cover the first phase expense of seismically upgrading a number of neighborhood fire stations and emergency water systems and construct a new public safety building in Mission Bay. This is great news for construction and design firms in the city, since these projects mean ongoing jobs. The Emergency Firefighting Water Supply System, officially called the Auxiliary Water Supply System (AWSS), is an independent high-pressure water supply system dedicatedto fire protection. It was built in 1913 in response to the 1906 Great Earthquake.
Affirmed Housing Group with Mayor Jerry Sanders and Councilmember Kevin Faulconer recently celebrated the grand opening of Ten Fifty B Street Apartments, the tallest 100% affordable tower on the west coast. Ten Fifty B Street Apartments open in San Diego div id="articleExtrasA" div id="articleExtrasB" div id="articleExtras" Also lauded for its environmentally-friendly features, Ten Fifty B is expected to receive LEED gold certification. Turner Construction was the general contractor on the $90-million project. Ten Fifty B features 229 affordable apartments in studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom designs. Designed by San Diego-based Martinez + Cutri, the 23-story development in the heart of
The recession that everyone hoped would end quickly has now lasted for two years, transforming the initial fear and concern in the construction industry to grit and determination to hold on until better times. While no one sees the current market as ready to take off, major firms are beginning to think that the market may soon hit bottom and begin slowly to pull itself back from the brink in 2011. The ENR Construction Industry Confidence Index (CICI) for the second quarter of 2010 shows that 555 executives from major construction and design firms believe that, while the market continues
San Carlos-based Gonsalves & Stronck has finished construction on the Marine Mammal Center, a $20-million veterinary hospital. The marine mammal center contains 39 outdoor pens and pools for animals. The center was developed from a four-acre former missile silo bunker site located in the Marin headlands. Architects Noll & Tam and Scott Dennis Architect designed the project to incorporate sustainable elements, including radiant floor heating, natural daylighting and ventilation and native vegetation. The underground missile silo bunkers were transformed into spaces to operate the mechanical infrastructure and pumping and filtration systems for the center. The center contains 39 outdoor pens