Fresh out of the University of Colorado in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in finance and real estate and without any job prospects, David Santistevan sought the advice of a close friend.

Construction is under way on Watermark by Pardee Homes, a neighborhood of 87 new luxury homes in the Pacific Highlands Ranch master plan.

(AP) -- An obsolete and unsightly power plant on the shore of San Diego Bay will be imploded this weekend.

The Horton Plaza Park, which was one of several projects stalled because of the end of redevelopment agencies and the monies that flowed to them, is now back on track.

An Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast found developers are planning or considering office, industrial and multifamily buildings for in or around 2015 here, and across the state.

The Associated Builders and Contractors’ San Diego chapter installed its 2013 board of directors Tuesday, setting in place its leadership for the year.

The arraignments of 14 defendants scheduled to enter pleas Wednesday in the criminal corruption cases involving South Bay-area school and college officials, a contractor and a bond manager have been postponed until Feb. 15, and just where they’ll be heard is in question again.

(Bloomberg) -- The number of California homes that sold for at least $1 million reached a five-year high in 2012, fueled by a recovering economy and a record number of cash purchases, DataQuick said Wednesday.

He's not sitting on a clear lake fishing in New Hampshire, but the memory of doing so growing up is one of the inspirations to Jon Loveland's career of turning originally undrinkable water into something fresh, clean and useful.

Local contractor BNBuilders provided preconstruction and construction services for the new 160,000-square-foot lab and office facility for global biopharmaceutical company Celgene. The tenant improvement project was completed ahead of schedule in January, and is targeting LEED Gold certification.

(AP) -- Three people face charges for their role in an alleged fraud scheme by using the Internet to target struggling homeowners in Northern California.

Thomas Jefferson School of Law's new downtown campus has achieved gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Program. The building was designed and built to be as energy-efficient as possible, to reduce the school’s environmental footprint and to generate solar electricity for the San Diego Gas & Electric grid.

Six California homebuilders including San Diegans Robert McLeod of Newland Communities and Tom Sudberry of Sudberry Properties have been named to the California Homebuilding Foundation Hall of Fame.

BSD Builders has signed a construction management at-risk contract to begin preconstruction services on the California State University, San Marcos School of Nursing Renovation Project.

The court cases revolving around corruption charges for a combination of 15 South Bay-area school and college officials and contractors have been re-assigned to the South County courthouse, a San Diego Superior Court spokesperson confirmed Monday.

(AP) -- A newspaper is reporting a sprawling estate in the San Mateo County community of Woodside has sold for $117.5 million to an undisclosed buyer.

Lowe's is looking to hire about 180 contractors and people with experience in the home improvement trades for seasonal and part-time positions at its seven locations in San Diego County.

Community associations today face many issues, real and perceived. We live in a media environment that tends to concentrate on bad news and negativity. Everyone seems to have an opinion on what our individual rights are -- or should be - and we have a tendency to lose sight of the benefits of community associations.

The construction scene is still slow going into the last week of January, as municipalities don’t have much on their agendas.

The Associated of General Contractors San Diego chapter installed its 2013 officers and board members at its annual installation dinner meeting on Thursday.