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

  • Posted on

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

Filed under: ProjectsTagged with: , ,

Mortenson, Akara Partners Team Up on Home2 Suites by Hilton

  • Posted on

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

Filed under: ProjectsTagged with: ,

Design-Build Team Selected for San Ysidro Public Library Project

  • Posted on

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Turner Construction Company and SVA Architects, Inc. have unveiled the design of the new $10.3-million San Ysidro Public Library located in San Diego, California. The new library will become a cultural beacon for the neighborhood and a source of pride for the local community. Situated on 1.6 acres, the 15,000-square-foot San Ysidro Public Library will be a transit-friendly development. Located two blocks from the Beyer Boulevard Trolley Station, the project will feature designated areas for children, teens and adults; an event space and a 1,000-square-foot outdoor patio/terrace. It will also showcase artwork by local artists, brothers … Read more

Filed under: eNews, ProjectsTagged with: , ,

Construction of New Hospital at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center Reaches Milestone

  • Posted on

CHULA VISTA, Calif. – Time-lapse video captured nearly 500 cement trucks as they filed onto California’s Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center campus overnight on Saturday, July 29, to pour the base of Sharp HealthCare’s newest hospital, set to open in fall of 2019. Beginning Friday night, 4,700 yards of concrete covering 25,000 square feet had been poured by the end of the 12-hour project that finished on Saturday afternoon. More than 125 construction workers, in addition to the hundreds of ready mix concrete truck drivers, were onsite throughout the night; more than 90 percent of labor for the project is … Read more

Filed under: eNews, ProjectsTagged with: , ,

Design-Build Team to Deliver Integrated Living, Learning Neighborhood on College Campus

  • Posted on

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – University of California, San Diego has selected Clark Construction Group and a design team led by HKS and Safdie Rabines to bring to life a collegiate neighborhood unlike any other on campus, and distinct within the University of California system. Clark will construct the Living and Learning Neighborhood at North Torrey Pines, fulfilling UC San Diego’s vision of a fully integrated university community. This Design-Build project will integrate student housing, academic buildings and research spaces, general assignment classrooms and community service programs to provide students, faculty and staff with an immersive learning experience. The project also … Read more

Filed under: eNews, ProjectsTagged with: , ,