Swinerton Tops Out Terminal 2 Parking Plaza at San Diego International Airport

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Swinerton has topped out the new Terminal 2 Parking Plaza at San Diego International Airport in California. Swinerton team members from Orange County, Los Angeles and San Diego partnered with Watry Design and Gensler as a Design-Build team to deliver the new parking plaza, which will serve as one of the gateways to the airport. The project site is just over eleven acres in size, and the three-story Parking Plaza will be almost one million square feet in total parking structure area, containing over 2,900 parking spaces. The Parking Plaza project also includes offsite improvements consisting … Read more

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Trimble Begins Construction on Campus Expansion in Westminster, Colorado

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Trimble has begun construction on a second building in Westminster, Colorado. With the capacity to accommodate over 1,100 workers, the Westminster campus will be Trimble’s largest employment center and will continue to serve as a central business hub for several of of the company’s core market segments including agriculture, construction and geospatial. Construction is scheduled for completion in late 2018. The Colorado construction will extend Trimble’s U.S. and international footprint, with the Westminster building project showcasing Trimble technologies which improve efficiencies across the entire building lifecycle. Contractors, surveyors, architects and designers will use more than 50 Trimble … Read more

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Mortenson, Akara Partners Team Up on Home2 Suites by Hilton

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CHICAGO, Ill. – In its first real estate development project in Chicago, Illinois, Mortenson has teamed up with lead developer Akara Partners to design and build a $67-million extended stay hotel in River North. The hotel is being designed by Norr Architects under a Design-Build arrangement with Mortenson for the 17-story, 206-room Home2 Suites by Hilton. Mortenson and Akara Partners are breaking ground on Oct. 5 for the hotel, located at 110 W. Huron. The site, at the corner of Clark and Huron streets, is a parking lot owned by Akara. The 120,000-square-foot building is scheduled to open in the … Read more

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Joint-Venture Team Delivers Marriott Marquis in Chicago

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CHICAGO, Ill. – Marriott Marquis Chicago recently opened its doors to guests, providing conventioneers and visitors to Chicago, Illinois’ South Loop with a new option for hotel accommodations. The anticipated addition to the McCormick Square campus brings additional hotel space to the community surrounding McCormick Place, the nation’s largest convention center. Clark Construction Group, lead member of the Design-Build joint venture team Prairie District3 Partners, partnered with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to deliver the $350-million hotel, support structures and campus improvements. At 1,205 rooms, the Marriott Marquis is Chicago’s sixth largest hotel. Cloaked in a distinctive blue glass … Read more

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C.W. Driver Companies Breaks Ground on $17.9M Library

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C.W. Driver Companies broke ground on the $17.9-million construction of the new Mission Hills-Hillcrest Harley & Bessie Knox Public Library, located in San Diego, California. The 14,000-square-foot, one-story structure will be nearly four times the size of the old library, and will be constructed on the site of the old International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers building located at 925 West Washington St. The project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2018. Originally opened in 1961, the library is being reconstructed to better serve the growing population of the surrounding neighborhoods. The new library will feature a study … Read more

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