In this special report, sponsored by BOMA San Diego, The Daily Transcript takes a closer look at commercial remodeling and tenant improvement issues, as well as some local projects that have recently been completed or are under way.
Tenant improvement construction has been completed for the new jury assembly area at the Federal Courthouse at 800 Front St. in downtown San Diego. KMA Architecture & Engineering was retained by the General Services Administration to provide architecture and engineering services.
Johnson & Jennings General Contracting has been awarded a contract to provide tenant improvement construction for Gray Cary, a national law firm with emphasis on the technology and life science industries, located in the Wells Fargo Plaza at 401 B Street, in downtown San Diego.
With the county's office leasing momentum showing no signs of letting up, San Diego general contractor Taylor Frager Inc. has announced the creation of a tenant improvement division to add to its array of construction services.
Just as manufacturers of systems and software borrowed the "turnkey" concept from the real estate industry, the commercial real estate landlords are adapting the concept of "plug in and play" from the cyber world to provide smaller office users with fully improved space for immediate use at a manageable cost.
With about 80 percent of his work as maintenance, Randy Newhard sees xeriscaping as an important product to a client's landscape environment.
"Treat others as you would like to be treated" was the mission statement of Jack Good and Stan Roberts, founders of Good & Roberts Inc. General Contractors, in 1979, and remains the focal point 25 years later.
San Diego restaurateur Joseph Melluso has spent years developing the concept and brand for the Tin Fish and Boston & Maine Fish Market restaurants, and his goal is to expand the restaurants' presence nationally and internationally by selling licensing agreements to other entrepreneurs or food industry conglomerates.
The results of the "BOMA Leadership Pulse Survey" were recently released, identifying the foremost issues currently on the minds of commercial real estate professionals.
Leaders from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) were in attendance as Tom Ridge, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, joined officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other members of the law enforcement community to recognize the contribution of private sector groups, including BOMA, in the creation of a new initiative to increase security preparedness.
An unpaid contractor or supplier who furnishes labor or materials to improve California property can record a mechanic's lien against the property. Property can be subject to a mechanic's lien even if the property owner did not personally enter into the agreement. In some cases a property owner may be liable to a contractor who has dealt with a property manager or tenant. To avoid these involuntary liens, property owners and managers should be familiar with mechanic's lien law.
Late last month, the Senate stopped AB 2298, a measure that would have required separate landscape water meters to be installed on new construction and some retrofit projects, where the landscaped area exceeded 10,000 square feet.
San Diego's commercial real estate professionals are taking a proactive approach toward limiting their paper waste through implementing recycling programs in their buildings. Recyclable office paper makes up the majority of a building's waste stream and property owners and managers have found it easy to reduce their trash output while providing for the sustainable future of California.
Market Creek Plaza, the vibrant commercial and cultural center in the Diamond Neighborhoods of southeastern San Diego, recently received a $15 million, low-interest loan through the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program. It is the largest NMTC loan on a commercial development project in Southern California and the first made on a project developed hand-in-hand with the residents of the community it serves.
The nominations are in for 2004's The Office Building of the Year (TOBY) awards. Twelve local commercial office buildings will compete in this year's TOBY competition. The winners will be announced at the TOBY awards luncheon on Sept. 14 at the La Jolla Marriott.
A sound roof is key to a building's overall well being, and proper upkeep is the means to its survival. A roof is an enormous asset to a commercial office building, and with routine maintenance and an experienced roofing contractor, property owners can ensure a long life for this investment.
Until the past few years, the presence of mold in buildings has seemed to be an almost invisible issue for building owners, property managers and tenants.
In San Diego's ever-expanding construction climate, the key for any tenant improvement group is to build in the least amount of time without sacrificing any of the quality put into the work.
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T.B. Penick & Sons General Contractors has completed $12.7 million in new construction and modernization for three schools in the San Diego Unified School District: Mission Bay High School, Muirlands Middle School and Birdrock Elementary School. Zagrodnik+Thomas Architects of San Diego was the architect for all three projects.
Roel Construction Co. has completed tenant improvements at Qualcomm Inc.'s Building Q on Morehouse Drive in San Diego. The 135,000-square-foot project consisted of upgrading the office space, which included paint, carpet and millwork.
NEW YORK -- Office vacancies in U.S. cities dropped in the second quarter, with Los Angeles falling by more than half a percentage point and Washington maintaining the highest occupancies, real estate services provider Cushman & Wakefield said.
Construction has begun on Cuyamaca College's automotive technology center remodel, the first of the campus' major Proposition R projects. The $206 million construction bond measure, passed by local voters in 2002, is helping to pay for several major capital improvement projects at both Cuyamaca and Grossmont colleges.
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L. J. Ninteman Construction Services and its subcontractors were recognized for excellence of workmanship and maintaining the Art Deco flavor of the historic Ford Building at the recently completed rotunda remodel for the San Diego AeroSpace Museam in Balboa Park.
San Diego County is the Southern California leader for condominium conversions today with 90 percent of the Southland's alterations, according to a leading industry expert.
Pile driving begins next week for the California Department of Transportation's new 300,000-square-foot office building in Old Town.
DETROIT -- Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP) is becoming an urban pioneer.
San Diego Gas & Electric received the OK from the state's utility oversight board on Wednesday to purchase a new power plant and a conditional approval to enter into a 10-year energy purchase agreement -- they just need a couple of things to go their way.
The city is exploring the possibility of grabbing the reigns from the Navy on an environmental cleanup and taking ownership over a portion of the former Naval Training Center known as the "boat canal."
An arresting Sasaki Associates and Rob Wellington Quigley bayfront design with a signature 3,600-foot-long circular pier was approved by a 5-2 margin of the Board of Port Commissioners Tuesday.
Anadys has moved from two sites in Sorrento Mesa to an 80,000 square foot facility in the Torrey Mesa office park along Merryfield Row. It's the former site of the Torrey Mesa Research Institute, shuttered by parent company Syngenta AG in April 2003.
As large churches continue to rack up victories for the right to build on sites where they might not have planned to go before, some are criticizing the planning.
NEW YORK -- Office vacancies in U.S. cities dropped in the second quarter, with Los Angeles falling by more than half a percentage point and Washington maintaining the highest occupancies, real estate services provider Cushman & Wakefield said.
DETROIT -- Borders Group Inc. (NYSE: BGP) is becoming an urban pioneer.
This special report, produced in partnership with the San Diego chapters of BOMA and IFMA, looks at local remodeling and tenant improvement projects.
This special report, produced in partnership with the San Diego chapters of BOMA and IFMA, looks at local remodeling and tenant improvement projects.
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Find out the latest in commercial remodeling and TI as the Transcript partners with the San Diego Building Owners and Managers Association to bring you news, views and market trends.
Find out the latest news, views and market trends in commercial remodeling and tenant improvement.
This special report looks at local remodeling and tenant improvement projects recently completed or under way.
In this special report, the Transcript looks at San Diego's commercial real estate industry, including some of the local remodeling and tenant improvements projects that have recently been completed or are under way. The Transcript collaborated with BOMA San Diego to present this section.
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