A large earthquake is expected by some experts to shake the Pacific Northwest within the next 50 years or so. The new Beaverton Public Safety Center now under construction is being engineered to withstand such a quake and continue operating thereafter. Ground was broken in September 2018 on the three-story, 72,000-square-foot building on a 3.5-acre site at […]
The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners on July 11 voted to award a $209 million contract for a new parking structure near Los Angeles International Airport to Swinerton Builders, airport officials announced. The five-level parking structure – known as Intermodal Transportation Facility West – will have about 4,700 spaces and is part of the […]
The San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians cut the ribbon Wednesday on a $50 million expansion of its Valley View Casino & Hotel in San Diego. The project included expanded gaming space and the addition of more dining facilities, among other things. Construction work on the property’s expansion kicked off 18 months ago. Wednesday’s opening […]
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti joined Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) leadership and elected officials for a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Intermodal Transportation Facility – West (ITF-West), a key component of Los Angeles International Airport’s (LAX) Landside Access Modernization Program (LAMP). Located between Westchester Parkway and 96th Street, the ITF-West, a parking structure and mobility […]
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2019, saw the unveiling of Valley View Casino & Hotel in San Diego by the San Pasqual Band of Mission Indians. The $50 Million project has seen the expansion and renovations done on the San Diego five-year-old casino building and the new look now boasts of improved gaming space and there are […]
KBS Real Estate Investment Trust II has launched a $20 million renovation of Union Bank Plaza (UBP) in downtown Los Angeles. Improvements will include an updated retail center, conference center, outdoor seating area and lobby. The property is located at 445 S. Figueroa St. In addition to the building renovation, KBS has embarked on a […]
Driven by the need to attract new office tenants, Union Bank Plaza is getting a $20M facelift. KBS officials said the company would start construction and renovations on new features and amenities for the 40-story skyscraper in downtown Los Angeles later this month. “Offering easy access to both phenomenal entertainment and key transportation routes, UBP has […]
KBS has started a $20 million renovation on downtown’s Union Bank Plaza, the group announced July 9. The remodel will include an updated two-story retail level, an updated conference center, outdoor seating with fire pits and a new lobby. KBS is also creating speculative tenant suites. Two of the eight under construction have been preleased. […]
As steel, concrete and glass came to dominate cities’ dense cores, wooden construction was largely relegated to single-family houses in the suburbs. But a push for sustainable and aesthetically pleasing construction materials — and some well-timed updates to building codes — could bring wooden construction back downtown. Buildings constructed with wood were long constrained to […]
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Join Ray Haj at Bisnow Multifamily Annual Conference (BMAC) West where he’ll be participating on the Navigating Costs: How are Dealmakers Financing New Development Amidst Rising Overhead? panelJuly 16, 2019 - 4:36 pm
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