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Military construction in the county A4Central Library gets under way A5Hotels move forward with upgrades A6Retail arriving in Barrio Logan, City Heights A7Convention center sets its sights on expansion A9Sanford Consortium unites research institutions A11Rady Children’s Hospital adds Acute Care Pavilion A13Chargers face hurdles to building new stadium A15Profile: Richard C. Bach of Turner Construction A21Groundbreaking: The Crossings at Escondido A32

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1.) Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine in Tor-rey Pines — artist rendering by Robert Watts/Fentress Architects, in association with Davis Davis Architects.

2.) Acute Care Pavilion at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego — photo courtesy of McCarthy Building Cos.

3.) Chargers football stadium proposed to be built near Petco Park – rendering courtesy of San Diego Chargers.

4.) Central Library downtown — rendering by Joe Cordelle.

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We are now a decade into the 21st century, and despite the many adversities San Diegans have faced since the start of the millennium, we continue to de-velop and build public and private projects throughout San Diego County. The 2010 edition of Structures is the San Diego Business Journal’s look at some of the notable projects under way in our communities.

Considering the economic times, it is not surpris-ing that many of the projects we report on in this

issue of Structures are pub-lic projects. That is, projects funded in whole or part by lo-cal, regional, state or national public funds.

Among the public projects having the greatest impact, if not the most visibility, is the array of military construction projects under way at almost every military base in the county. From Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in

North County, where construction is in progress on housing upgrades and a new hospital, to Naval Air Station, North Island in South County, where con-struction was just completed on Berth Lima, which provides a mooring site for the third nuclear aircraft carrier to homeport in San Diego. Writer Lou Hirsh provides a countywide overview of military construc-tion projects planned and under way on Page A4.

Despite the lull in corporate convention activity for the past several years, San Diego continues to vie for convention business in this very competitive market-place. With the competition in mind, the city is now

actively exploring financing options for a convention center expansion, which has been approved and is now in the development process as reported by writer Sylvia Tiersten starting on Page A9.

Several notable exceptions to the prominent role public projects are playing in the San Diego region in 2010 are the upgrades to area hotels reported by Em-met Pierce on Page A6 and the expansion of retail de-velopment in Barrio Logan and City Heights reported by Marty Graham starting on Page A7. Long ignored by retailers, Barrio Logan is gaining some much-need-ed retail development, including a new grocery story, while City Heights continues its long-running success-ful redevelopment efforts with the addition of retailers.

San Diego continues to support some of the most advanced scientific work on the planet, with the Tor-rey Pines Mesa being the focal point of this ongoing activity. It is fitting then that the same innovative spirit led to the groundbreaking this year of a facility to house the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. This nearly 150,000-square-foot project now under construction on the Torrey Pines Mesa at a cost of $115 million is financed by a combination of state funds generated by Proposition 71 and pri-vate philanthropic support coming from businessman T. Denny Sanford. The story starts on Page A11.

Publishing a special supplement like Structures re-flects the contribution of the entire editorial staff of the San Diego Business Journal, along with a number of freelance writers who regularly contribute stories to the paper. Thanks to you our readers for whom all our hard work is intended.

Reo Carr is editor-in-chief of the San Diego Business Journal.

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The San Diego Military Advisory Council released a study in June noting that military construction spending has quadrupled in San Diego County since 2007, providing a crucial economic cushion from what has been a severe downturn in private-sector building.

Researchers at Point Loma Nazarene University, who conducted the study, found that expenditures on local military projects will total approximately $1.4 billion in 2010, with an expected rise to about $1.6 billion in 2011.

High-paying jobs are being created, with individuals in construction and engineering positions involved with military contracts expected to earn an average of about $71,000 in 2010, ac-cording to the university’s Fermanian Business and Economic Institute.

Military construction spending is creating about 15,500 jobs in the county in 2010, which should rise to 16,100 jobs next year, after accounting for the total flow of contract money throughout the economy, the study says.

The research, focusing on the local construction sector, includes findings similar to the advisory council’s report released in April, tracking military spending’s broader economic effects. That study was conducted with UC San Diego’s School of International Rela-tions and Pacific Studies.

Researchers pointed to several mili-

Military Construction Spending Providing a Boom for BuildersStudy: Projects Creating 15,500 Local Jobs in 2010

tary construction and improvement projects either recently completed or in the works:

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton — The 125,000-acre base near Oceanside is undergoing one of the largest new con-struction programs of any U.S. military

installation. In fiscal year 2010, about $1.4 billion in new contracts are being awarded for projects, including a new 512,000-square-foot hospital.

Also on tap are facility and infra-structure improvements, including troop housing, roads, utilities, renewable energy upgrades and training ranges, along with administrative, maintenance, warehousing and retail buildings.

By fiscal year 2012, approximately $4 billion in contracts will be awarded at Pendleton. In the next few years, con-struction will be completed on more than 35 new or upgraded bachelor enlisted quarters and 1,200 additional family housing units.

Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton — Taxiway improvements, re-pair and expansion of hangars and other buildings are planned in the next few years, as well as the installation of new aircraft training simulators. Timetables and costs have not been finalized.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar — In 2008, 1,400 new units of public-private venture housing began construc-tion at the San Diego base. By the end of fiscal year 2010, more than $100 million in construction will have occurred, with $65 million in planned future upgrades, including replacing runway lighting, in-stalling facilities for water reclamation, and upgrading fuel dispensing systems. More than $36 million in new construc-tion has been started.

Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego — To accommodate an additional 5,000 recruits per year, which started in 2007, one additional standard bar-racks and one special training company barracks for injured recruits are being added. Academic classrooms are being updated and a new logistics support building is being constructed to replace older, less energy-efficient buildings. During the next two years, $61 million will be spent on construction of new facilities.

Naval Base Coronado and Naval Air Station North Island — Projects recently completed or under way total more than $60 million, including ship-berth renova-tions, new child care centers and lodging improvements.

At Camp Pendleton alone, officials have estimated that there are 10,000 people working on construction projects. But economic experts say the benefits of all the activity at local bases extends to companies well beyond construction-related firms, and it has implications for much of Southern California for the next three years.

Marney Cox, chief economist for the San Diego Association of Governments, a regional planning agency, says con-struction unemployment should lessen over time, and construction workers will spend money in the community, help-ing local merchants, restaurateurs and service companies.

Large contractors will likely create new work for smaller building firms that have been struggling in the recession, as construction and renovation projects have virtually dried up.

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Planning for Project Started More Than 30 Years Ago

The nine-story, $185 million Central Library expected to be under construc-tion soon in East Village was designed to become an iconic civic structure that symbolizes San Diego’s commitment to literacy.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the 497,652-square-foot project is scheduled for July 28 at 11th Avenue and K Street, near Petco Park. If all goes according to plan, the library will open in mid-2013. During a one-year period, the city received comments on the project from more than 1,000 people who attended public forums.

Many groups have worked to make the library structure a reality. Partners in the project include the city, the California State Library, the San Diego Unified School District, the San Diego Library Foundation, and Friends of the San Diego Public Library. A majority of San Diego City Council members voted in June to proceed with construction. They were assured that a fundraising campaign will raise an additional $32.5 million that is needed to complete the project.

There is a commitment of $80 million in city redevelopment funds. The San Di-ego Unified School District is providing an additional $20 million, and another $20 million will come from a state grant. The rest will come from private donors.

The new facility will be about twice the size of the existing downtown main library on E Street. That structure opened in 1954.

“There have been leaders who have been working on building a new library for more than 30 years,” said Charlie Goldberg, spokesman for the San Diego Public Library Foundation. “It’s been clear for a number of years that the cur-rent facility doesn’t stack up to what San Diego needs in terms of education and literacy and supporting the 35 branch libraries in the system.”

A Distinguishable LookPlans call for the building to be topped

by a distinctive dome. The latticework structure will distinguish the Central Li-brary from nearby commercial buildings. The library’s design includes a variety of outdoor spaces. Terraces and gardens are planned to reflect the city’s natural beauty and warm climate.

Two floors of the library will be dedi-cated to a charter high school that will serve approximately 400 students. The school will operate independently and have its own ground-level entrance.

“There is a lot of synergy with a learn-ing institution and a library,” said Lee Dulgeroff, director of project manage-ment for the school district.

According to the library foundation, the building will greatly improve public access to library materials. It will feature a collection of more than 1.2 million volumes, 60 percent more than the cur-rent library. The children’s collection of library materials will increase by nearly 70 percent. There also will be a 3,797-square-foot teen center. The facility

Construction Work on $185M Central Library to Start Soon

will include a homework center on the second floor with electronic resources, Internet access, homework assistance, and tutoring.

The team of Rob Wellington Quigley, FAIA and Tucker Sadler & Associates has implemented the building’s design. Quigley said the project is a team effort that has evolved over many years.

Indoor and Outdoor Features“There have been people working on

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The lingering recession has slowed hotel construction activity to a crawl in the San Diego region, but a few ambi-tious remodeling projects are continuing to move forward.

Old Town, Mission Valley, Mission Bay and North Park are among areas where existing hotels have been renovat-ed. Developers say demand for new con-

struction will surface when the economy turns around. Until then, builders are biding their time, says Robert Rauch, a general partner in Del Mar Hotels Inc. His firm developed,

owns and manages the Homewood Suites by Hilton and the Hilton Garden Inn, both in the Carmel Valley area.

“There is no financing available for new construction,” Rauch said. “De-velopers right now are assembling land, looking at projects. Most of us are going to wait at least two years before breaking ground. The recession has taken its toll on the tourism industry.”

Forced to hold down room rates in order to stay competitive, hoteliers currently can’t charge enough for rooms to justify the costs of new construction, Rauch adds.

Despite the somber financial picture, there have been several recent hotel improvement projects in San Diego. Perhaps the most unusual is the reno-vation of the Cosmopolitan Hotel & Restaurant. Formerly known as Casa de Bandini, the business in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park traces its origins back to 1827.

Pioneer Juan Lorenzo Bandini de-signed the original building to be a per-sonal residence. It later was expanded, becoming a hotel and restaurant. The adobe structure was renovated into an L-shaped Greek revival structure. A second story was added, and the Cosmopolitan Hotel opened in 1869.

A 19th-Century LookOver the years, the business has

continued in various incarnations. The

Despite Recession, a Few Hotel Upgrades Taking PlaceConstruction Expected To Get Under Way When Economy Improves

remodeling effort, which included fund-ing from the state, has made the 10-room boutique hotel into the image of the original. Proprietor Joseph Melluso says painstaking efforts were made to recapture the style, look and appeal of the 19th-century inn and eatery. Its grand opening was celebrated July 10.

Each room was restored with antique furnishings and appointments. The wallpapers are reproductions of period patterns. Not 100 percent faithful to the original design, the rooms were provided with plumbing and running water to replace the wash basins of the Victorian era.

The revamped hotel recently began booking rooms. The structure is owned by Cosmopolitan Restaurant & Hotel LLC.

Melluso, the managing member, says the fi-nal cost of the project exceeds $9 million.

“This is my new baby,” he said. “I am giving it all of my love and attention.”

Less than five miles away, on El Ca-jon Boulevard, the Lafayette Hotel & Suites San Diego is undergoing its own historic renovation. JCG Development is the developer. The hotel includes 131 rooms and a swimming pool. Built in 1946, it once was known for playing host to Hollywood film stars. The $4 million upgrade began April 15. A $2.4 million grant from the city’s redevelop-ment agency subsidized the North Park project. The project will be completed in the first quarter of 2011, says Jay Wentz, the principal of JCG.

Hotel Circle, Mission Bay ProjectsIn Mission Valley’s Hotel Circle, the

Handlery Hotel and Resort reopened for business in February after a $4 million renovation. Improvements included an update for the facility’s 217 guest rooms. The hotel was built in 1954. General Manager Peter Lassalette says the re-model has improved the hotel’s ability to compete with newer inns.

A few miles west of the Handlery, the Hyatt Regency Mission Bay is enjoying the benefits of a renovation that was completed in 2008. Alex Willow, direc-tor of sales and marketing, says the $65 million project included work on guest rooms, the lobby, a restaurant, swimming

pools and the hotel grounds.“It was an opportunity to revamp the

hotel,” he said. “You can’t re-create a hotel like we have in Mission Bay. There are height restrictions. The hotel has been around since the 1960s. We have an exist-ing product and a faithful following.”

While some hotels renovate, many new construction projects have been stalled. In downtown San Diego, Perry Dealy of Dealy Development Inc. is waiting for the economy to improve so he can go to work on a 19-story hotel project at Columbia and A streets. The proj-ect has won approval from the Centre City Development Corp. — the City of San Diego’s downtown redevelopment agency — but remains on hold.

“It is going to be a Hyatt Place and aHyatt Summerfield Suites,” Dealy said. “It’s difficult now to obtain a construc-tion loan.”

The 250,000-square-foot building will have 19 floors and 387 hotel rooms: 276 Hyatt Place rooms and 111 Summerfield Suite rooms. The owner is The Chhatrala Group, a San Diego-based hotel owner-developer.

Because the region remains a strong visitor destination, the hotel market is well positioned for a rebound as soon as the recession eases, says Dealy. “We feel San Diego will be one of the first cities to get financing, once the market comes back.”

Emmet Pierce is a freelance writer for the San Diego Business Journal.

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New Retail Arriving in Barrio Logan, City HeightsNorthgate Market and Walgreens Are Anchors In Mixed-Use Projects

More than 15 years after the idea was broached, the Mercado del Barrio is fi-nally on track to break ground in Barrio Logan in February 2011.

In June, the San Diego City Council unanimously approved the project, which will bring 92 apartments, a major supermarket and, hopefully, a renewed sense of community to two vacant lots in the shadow of the Coronado Bridge.

“We are confident that we will break ground,” said Community Development Coordinator Robert Chavez of the San Diego Redevelopment Agency. “It’s been a long battle and we’re looking forward to changing this eyesore into a big center for the vibrant community around it.”

The City Council vote ended a 15-year struggle to develop the land into a community core. The redevelopment agency purchased the land from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1995 with the intention of building affordable housing, and has been trying to get it developed ever since — with increasing pressure from HUD, even as the city paid its mortgage.

The $53 million project on 6.8 acres includes a new, 36,000-square-foot

Northgate Market grocery store, about 35,000 square feet of retail space and more than 400 underground and aboveg-round parking spaces.

There’s also a plan for another 14,000 square feet of restaurants and a large open area for residents and vendors to set up their own outdoor mercado. Plazas will also punctuate the project, under the plans drafted by Safdie Rabines and being built by Shea Properties.

Grocery Chain PartnershipThe commitment from and partner-

ship with Northgate Market, a major Latino grocery chain with 33 Southern California stores, including six in San Diego County, is a real boon to the neighborhood, where the struggle to attract a major grocer has been well documented.

“They’ve been a great partner and they are looking forward to this new store,” Retail page A31

Chavez said. “The other stores’ parking lots are always crowded and they asked for plenty of parking here.”

All but one of the 92 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments being devel-oped by Chelsea Investment Corp. are affordable housing, restricted to families with 30 percent to 60 percent of the area median income. The 92nd apartment is for the building manager. Most of the units have balconies as part of the design features and some have bay views.

It’s a great location — a block from the Barrio trolley station, with a San Diego Community College District branch planned on the next block.

“Our goal is to bring in retail that serves the neighborhood, a drugstore, mom-and-pop shops, restaurants around our plazas and fountain,” Chavez said. “We have the amazing, historic Chicano Park across the street and we are trying to honor its history and the neighborhood by carrying the thematic presence.”

As designed, the project will earn Leadership in Energy and Environmen-tal Design Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the environmental soundness of the develop-ment, design and construction.

An economic impact analysis by Rea & Parker Research estimated that the project, once fully leased, will bring an estimated $909,000 in public revenues its first year, and that it will create 474 new jobs.

For more than 80 years, San Diego International Airport (SDIA) has served the air transportation needs of the San Diego County region. Some 40,000 to 50,000 people pass through the airport every day. To accommodate this and future demand, SDIA is moving forward with much-needed improvements to the airport that will enhance the traveler experience

The Green Build is the largest project in the history of SDIA. Called “The Green Build” due to the Airport Authority’s commitment to sustainability and the environment, as well as its positive economic impact, The Green Build will create approximately 1,000 jobs at peak construction and provide

Project highlights include:

expanded, more comfortable passenger waiting areas

print boarding passes and check baggage before entering the terminal at an easy-to-use curbside kiosk

by separating arriving and departing passengers

shopping options

The following construction timeline for The Green Build has been established:

improvements, additional aircraft parking and new USO facilities

roadway construction began; portion of

bridge closed; frequent shuttles transport passengers to terminal

roadway construction continues

roadway improvements open to the public

The environment is a top priority for San

sustainability policy. The Green Build further supports SDIA’s efforts to be environmentally friendly. The project is

Council, using “green” design principles such as use of alternative energy sources,

recycled materials and renewable resources, leading to decreased water usage and reduced energy consumption.

project, such as concrete, is being recycled and reused on site.

The Airport Authority is reaching out to San Diego’s local and small business community to encourage local participation in construction of The Green

Authority is tailoring bid opportunities and package sizes in order to facilitate local business participation. For more information about contract opportunities, visit www.san.org/smallbusiness.

Visit www.san.org/greenbuild for more information about The Green Build and to sign up for e-alerts. You can also become a fan of SDIA on Facebook

connected via Twitter [@SanDiegoAirport]. Questions or comments can also be submitted via e-mail to greenbuild@san.org or via a construction hotline

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Design Teams Under Review, Opening Anticipated in 2015

In San Diego, a life sciences and medi-cal innovation hotbed, Biotechnology Industry Organization is outgrowing the downtown convention space. Comic-Con International, a hometown peren-nial that launched 40 years ago, may also have to leave. Several medical meetings, a staple since the San Diego Convention Center opened in 1989, may opt out in future years. The reason is room — or rather, the lack of it — at the convention center, which can no longer accommo-date key growth industries and shows in its 500,000 square feet of exhibit space.

“We needed to expand 10 years ago,” said Carol Wallace, San Diego Conven-tion Center Corp.’s president and chief executive officer. “Every year we turn away on average a year’s worth of busi-ness. Those are room nights that could go to San Diego — and room revenues and room taxes that could go to the city.”

She estimated the current loss of busi-ness at 850,000 rooms a year. SDCCC’s annual fiscal-year goal is to book 15,000 room nights for future years.

“We were an instant success,” said Wallace of the original convention cen-ter, which offered 250,000 square feet for exhibitors. An expansion project, completed in 2001, doubled that capac-

San Diego Convention Center on Track for Sizable Expansion

ity. Phase 3, now in the planning stages, would add another one-third of space to the convention center, with 250,000 square feet of exhibit space, 100,000 square feet for meetings, and up to an 80,000-square-foot ballroom. The antici-pated opening date is 2015 and assumes a 30-month construction window.

Multiple-Layered DesignAdjacent to the existing building,

this third configuration would also be multiple-layered to fit the available space. The construction area is between 7 and 8 acres — depending on whether or not an over-the-roadway portion is included. To use or not to use that over-

head bridge space “is a design issue we will have to wrestle with,” said Charles Black, SDCCC’s project manager for

the proposed ex-pansion.

Design-team Re-quest for Qualifi-cations proposals are presently under evaluation and the corporation hopes to have a design team in

place sometime this autumn. Environ-mental sustainability will be essential to the plan.

Among the possibilities are solar power panels, natural lighting to minimize elec-tricity use, wind power and water recla-mation. The existing convention center has received Recycler of the Year awards from the city several years in a row and has engaged in recycling since 1990.

“There is some interest among the public in having some retail along the waterfront that activates the space,” said Black. The San Diego Unified Port District and the California Coastal Com-mission also favor a retail element for the project, which would most likely consist of restaurants, coffee shops and other food-and-beverage businesses.

Mayor Jerry Sanders has been cham-pioning a convention center expansion in his last several State of the City ad-dresses, beginning in 2007. The Mayor’s Citizen Task Force on the Convention Center Project issued its final report in September, based on 11 meetings with

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Sanford Consortium Breaks Barriers to Collaborative ResearchPhilanthropic, State FundsCombine to Fulfill Vision for $115M Cooperative Facility

With the unusual idea behind the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine — of scientists from different institutions and disciplines having a place to collaborate — and the extraordinary mission of developing the science and the application of very promising cures, it’s not a surprise that it would demand a living, breathing space to work.

The $115 million, 145,700-square-foot project, a four-story building to house a collaborative concept, broke ground in April on a 7.5-acre plot tucked between the Torrey Pines Gliderport and the Torrey Pines Golf Course. The idea is to create a space where great minds from the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, The Scripps Research Institute and UC San Diego scientists will be inspired to share knowledge, test new ideas and advance research outside the politics and physical limitations of the individual institutions.

“We’ve sworn not to create a new in-stitute — we want to catalyze, we want to make things happen,” said Louis Coffman, vice president of the Sanford Consortium. “The collaboration agree-ment is a license that confers the right to use space for these specific purposes,

the sciences that can best be served by co-locating.”

Sanford Consortium put in for state funding to build a laboratory where the theoretical collaboration between Scripps, Salk, Sanford-Burnham and UCSD could have a physical home designed to stimulate ideas. Ten percent of the $3 billion stem cell research bond

approved by California taxpayers in 2004, as Proposition 71, is designated for construction.

“We are the only place in California where four organizations allied to ask for a CIRM (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine) award and we got $43 million of the $50 million we asked for,” Coffman said.

Contribution From PhilanthropistThe rest of the money came from T.

Denny Sanford, the South Dakota-based billionaire who ranks among the top philanthropists in the U.S. Sanford has already poured hundreds of millions of dollars into health research, including enough to prompt the Burnham Institute

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$260M Facility to Feature 84 Medical Surgical Beds

San Diego — despite its mild climate — is not immune to flu season. Hospital caseloads surge in winter — particularly at Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, which treats more than 80 percent of the region’s pediatric population. In a community that lacks a county hospital, Rady Children’s struggles on a year-round basis to keep up with demand for its medical services.

The new $260 million Rady Children’s Hospital Acute Care Pavilion addresses overcrowding with 84 medical surgical beds in a 279,000-square-foot, four-floor facility that includes the Peckham Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, the War-ren Family Surgical Center, and a Neona-tal Intensive Care Unit for the hospital’s tiniest and most fragile babies.

An adroit combination of high-tech and high touch, the ICU eliminates bright lights and reduces noise levels for the at-risk infants. In lieu of one large space for bassinettes, the unit contains 25 new private rooms and 32 beds.

With the addition of the Acute Care Pavilion, Rady Children’s becomes the largest children’s hospital in California. Conceived in 2004, the LEED-certified project broke ground in late 2007 and weighed in this month — under budget and two weeks ahead of schedule. By Oct. 10, the pavilion will be equipped and staffed to receive young patients.

Big JobFrom a local economic standpoint, the

timing could not have been better. “At peak manpower, we were running close to 600 guys on the job,” said Ron Hall, executive vice president for McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. and head of the 55-employee San Diego office, which was re-sponsible for the project’s construction. “It was a three-year job that started at the beginning of the economic downturn and provided a sustaining piece of back-log for all the companies involved.”

Construction financing came from bonds, philanthropy and the hospital’s cash reserves. California voters passed Proposition 61 in 2004 and Proposition 3 in 2008 to authorize the sale of gen-

eral obligation bonds to fund children’s hospitals.

The San Francisco office of Anshen + Allen designed the project, which uses soothing gardens and whimsical art to convey a visual message of hope and healing. McCarthy was in charge of construction.

“The design concept is to provide a wonderfully supportive place for chil-dren and their families who are receiv-

ing care,” said Don Sadler, the princi-pal in charge of the project at Anshen + Allen. A key design feature is the public circulation space on the north side of the building, which

contains waiting rooms and elevators and overlooks a garden between the new Acute Care Pavilion and the adjacent Rose Pavilion.

“It’s a respite space — a chance to look out at the mountains and into the gardens,” said Sadler. The nursing units contain four day-lit family rooms on each floor, offering attractive views and a timeout opportunity for family members and ambulatory patients.

A Garden Without PlantsOne of the gardens is green, lush and

contains no plants — which lessens the infection-control problems associated with germs and mold. Natural gardens at the ground and terrace levels, known as Carley’s Magical Gardens, incorporate collaborative work by local artists. A primary healing garden on the second floor near the hematology and oncology unit features a giant tiled bird with a place for patients to deposit their wishes, so that staff can better understand the children’s concerns.

The original Rose Pavilion building and the Acute Care Pavilion are linked via a ground-floor walkway and second- and third-floor bridges. The exterior of the new facility incorporates glass-fiber reinforced, precast concrete exterior and colored plaster. A steel front-entry canopy bears the Rady Children’s “kite” logo.

The new pavilion is the first acute care facility in California to meet both qual-ity and safety standards mandated by

Rady Children’s Hospital to Get Acute Care Pavilionthe Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, or OSHPD, for qual-ity and earthquake safety, and LEED certification requirements. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, or USGBC, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design supports environmentally sustainable principles such as conserving water and energy, and reducing CO2 emissions through design, construction, operations and maintenance.

LEED 3.0 standards for health care buildings, which appeared in 2009, ad-dress specific issues such as increased sensitivity to chemicals and pollut-ants, traveling distances from parking

facilities, and access to natural spaces, but Rady Children’s qualified under the more generic, earlier certification requirements.

“LEED certification will be more attractive to hospitals going forward because health care issues are addressed in the new health standard, but we didn’t want to wait that long,” said Rady Children’s Vice President of Facilities and Planning Tim Jacoby. “LEED is not just about energy efficiency. It’s also about the general environment.”

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A consultant’s report recently pro-claimed Petco Park a bountiful source of economic benefits for San Diego’s downtown, and the county’s overall, economy, far surpassing expectations for returns on what has been a $300 million public investment in the past decade.

Now, community leaders aim to repeat that apparent success by building a sta-dium near Petco for pro football’s San Diego Chargers — to replace the aging Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley.

Advocates acknowledge, however, that there are still several challenging steps ahead before a proposed 62,000-seat, $800 million stadium joins the down-town skyline on a 10-acre site just east of Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres baseball team.

They begin with raising the limit on what the city’s downtown redevelopment agency can invest in local projects, and ultimately need to be capped by voter approval of public financing, likely in 2012.

The Chargers unveiled the latest ren-derings for a downtown stadium in May, and team officials say they have made the site their top focus in keeping the Char-gers in the city, even though they held talks in recent months with other San Diego County cities, such as Escondido, Oceanside and Chula Vista.

Seeking a Home Downtown“Right now we are under the direction

of (team President and Chief Executive Officer) Dean Spanos to see if we can make this work in downtown,” said Mark Fabiani, the point man on the Chargers’ stadium project.

Fabiani said the team has a window in its current lease with the city, extending annually from February to May, in which it can exit the lease before its scheduled 2020 expiration, provided it pays the city $23 million.

The team currently is not looking to move, Fabiani said, but also has not offi-cially committed to Qualcomm Stadium beyond the 2010 season.

To clear the way for a possible influx of municipal financing, the San Diego City Council in June approved a request by the city’s downtown redevelopment agency, the Centre City Development Corp., for a $500,000 study on whether to raise the cap on projects funded by CCDC.

The study, expected to take 12 to 18 months, will examine potential blight in the downtown area, including the stadium site, to determine whether the city needs to raise the current $2.9 billion cap on prop-erty tax increment collections established in the early 1990s. Development agency leaders said the original cap was intended to cover project needs through 2033, but funding could run out long before that.

Spending-Cap StudyCity officials emphasize that the vote

for a cap study was not a go-ahead to finance a stadium, and that CCDC fund-ing may have to be expanded to address other long-term development priorities. However, they also acknowledge that a downtown stadium plan would be

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hampered if development funding isn’t boosted eventually.

“It will make it extremely difficult if the cap is not lifted,” said Darren Pudgil, director of communications for San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders.

Team and city leaders deemed the cap study as a necessary first step to-ward building a stadium. But Fabiani noted that there are still more hurdles to clear.

Even if the cap is ultimately raised and funding is allocated to the stadium, he said the project will have to survive “inevitable” court challenges, similar to those filed over Petco Park development in the late 1990s.

City development officials have said a bus yard on the proposed site will need to be relocated, and there will be earth-quake preparedness and possible envi-ronmental cleanup issues to deal with on the property.

CCDC Chairman Fred Maas said he is confident that all of those issues can be worked out in time for a potential 2012 public vote, and that city leaders can make the case for public support of a new stadium.

Petco Park Is a HitHe said that effort will be helped by a

consulting firm’s report, released July 14, indicating that public investment in devel-opment of Petco Park has yielded an annual

return of 7.6 percent during the past decade, well beyond the projected 1.7 percent.

The study by Minnesota-based Con-ventions, Sports and Leisure was com-missioned by the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. It said that $301 million in public investment has been leveraged into $1.58 billion in private investment within the ballpark district, bringing $1.3 billion in new direct spending by visitors, 19,200 jobs, $780 million in payroll and approximate-ly $207 million in new tax revenue.

“The study helps us make the case (for a Chargers stadium),” Maas said. “The experience of Petco Park is unassailable — the elimination of blight fosters eco-nomic development.”

Maas said development of the pro-posed Chargers site is potentially less problematic than what went into plan-ning Petco Park, since the project area is smaller and there are fewer property owners to deal with when it comes time to acquire land.

Paying for the ProjectHow to pay for the stadium remains a

key question. A consultant hired by the CCDC — who was not involved with the Petco Park study — is reviewing options for public financing and will report back to the agency.

City officials have discussed propos-als such as using tax increment bonds that would be paid from property and sales taxes generated from development that would occur at the Qualcomm Stadium site after the Chargers move

downtown.The Chargers have proposed investing

about $200 million into the project, with the remainder of the cost to be financed by the public unless the National Foot-ball League is also able to contribute. The Chargers had been looking to line up around $100 million from the NFL, but the league announced this year that its stadium assistance program, known as G-3, has run out of money.

The NFL has kicked in for several publicly financed stadiums in recent years, including the recently opened homes of the Dallas Cowboys and India-napolis Colts, and a New Jersey stadium in the works for the Jets and Giants.

If no other sources are forthcoming, or unless the Chargers are able to in-crease their expected contribution, local voters likely will be left to decide on a plan to finance between $500 million and $600 million of the cost of a new NFL stadium in San Diego.

Based on what’s been seen with the neighboring baseball park, Fabiani said he’s optimistic that the public will rally behind a new home for the Chargers. But he also acknowledged that the project ar-rives in an economic environment much different from that of 1998, when Petco Park funding was approved by 60 percent of voters in the midst of a high-tech and Internet boom.

“If an election were held today, it would definitely be difficult to pass,” Fabiani said. “Hopefully in a couple of years, people will be feeling a little better about the economy.”

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Richard C. BachEXECUTIVE PROFILERichard C. Bach is senior vice

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and always do the right thing.Yardsticks of success: Duration of

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$500 million project offer.Worst business decision: Saying yes

to another $250 million project.Toughest business decision: Downsiz-

ing staff.Biggest missed opportunity: Not

growing the Southwest region sooner.Mentors: Our company chief execu-

tive officer and longtime friend, Peter Davoren; my mom, Linda; and late father, Dick.

Word that describes you: Loyal.

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Person most interested in meeting: John Lennon.

Three greatest passions: Family, restoring old cars, cooking.

First choice for a new career: Profes-sional pilot.

PREDILECTIONSFavorite quote: “The aim of life is

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lines Executive Platinum membership.Favorite restaurant: Il Mulino, New

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Favorite vacation spot: London.Favorite way to spend time: With

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RESUMEName: Richard C. Bach.Company: Turner Construction Co.Title: Senior vice president, Southwest region.Number of employees: 410.Year founded: 1902.Education: Bachelor of Engineering, Manhattan College, 1982.Birthplace: New Rochelle, N.Y.Age: 49.Current residence: Carlsbad.Family: Children — Richard, Karen, Eric, Gabriel and Aidan.

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care marketplace, issues of staff reten-tion and patient experience loom large.

Five years ago, LEED was an out-lier. Today, there are a number of up-and-running facilities to provide solid data on the actual cost of build-ing a LEED project, says Jacoby. He estimates additional construction costs to meet LEED standards at well under 5 percent, and a return on investment of fewer than three years as a result of energy efficiency.

Energy efficiency remains a huge chal-lenge for health care operations, which are inherently inefficient, says Hall. In-fection control, for instance, requires an

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Pavilion: unusually high volume of air usage.Energy-saving features of the Rady

Children’s project include occupancy sensors in operating rooms to reduce the ventilation rate by 60 percent when unoccupied, yielding a potential 45 percent annual energy savings, accord-ing to McCarthy. A 24,000-square-foot cogeneration plant provides free heat-ing and high-temperature water and contains two 700-ton natural gas-fired absorption chillers. Other green features are a reflective concrete “cool roof” sys-tem to minimize heat gain and contain rainwater run-off, and the recycling of nearly 80 percent of construction waste materials at the job.

Sylvia Tiersten is a freelance writer for the San Diego Business Journal.

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“We don’t have a bank. We have Bob Whitelaw and a partner — CB&T. Bob has continued to help our

company prosper and has worked together with us to find solid, creative solutions, fast. We trust Bob. We trust CB&T. And they trust us. That’s a partnership.”

To learn more about ROEL Construction Company and their CB&T banker Bob go to calbanktrust.com/hello.

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More Retail in City HeightsWith the confirmation that Walgreens

has signed as the anchor store in the project’s 20,500 square feet of retail space, City Heights Square developer Price Charities is celebrating its success in drawing a major retailer to the com-munity project designed to become a vibrant and vital part of the neighbor-hood.

“We believe this project will stimulate jobs and commerce, new and existing businesses and improve the quality of living in the neighborhood,” said Sherry Bahrambeygui, a vice president with the charitable organization founded by the late philanthropist and businessman Sol Price. “The Price family has a long-term commitment to City Heights. It is a very diverse area where people have faced many challenges and have held on to hope.”

Price Charities, working with the city’s redevelopment agency and Werm-ers Multi-Family Corp. builders, broke ground on the project in January, after winning City Council approval in 2008. The location is a significant piece of the plan — the newly launched La Maestra Community Health Center and the se-nior housing that Price Charities helped develop in 2004 are across the street, and the city’s busiest transit stop, at 44th

Street and University Avenue, is in front of the building.

“This is a major development that ties together needed new housing, senior housing, vital businesses, the La Maestra clinic in a LEED-certified building,” said

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Jay Powell, executive director of the City Heights Community Development Corp. “The Price family made this tremendous commitment and are investing a great deal of money into supporting and im-proving our community.”

Commitment to NeighborhoodThis is Price Charities’ first project

since Sol Price died in December, and Robert Price has redoubled the inter-est and energy in helping City Heights evolve into a neighborhood better able to serve the needs of its incredibly diverse community.

The project includes 92 apartments, more than two-thirds of which are three-

bedroom units, for families. There’s a 2,000-square-foot activity room for pro-grams and events, an on-site computer room, a 10,000-square-foot enclosed courtyard with play and seating areas for the residents and a barbecue zone on the roof. The project also includes 210 underground parking spaces and another 54 aboveground spaces.

Part of the plan is meant to reflect and impart Sol Price’s vision and values, and that means that everyone working on the project had to commit to paying their people no less than $15 per hour.

“This was built with union and non-union labor. We asked everyone to make that commitment to us, the subcontrac-

tors, too,” Bahrambeygui said. “It’s at the heart of Sol and Robert Price’s values about how people should be treated.”

The goal is to create a community center, a real downtown where social op-portunities and a sense of neighborhood mix with commerce and healthy ideas.

“Price has worked holistically on this, from working on entitlements with the whole area in mind to building housing close to the transportation hub and commu-nity clinic,” said James Davies, a community redevelopment coordinator with the city. “We are blessed to find partners as wonder-ful and willing to invest as Price is.”

Marty Graham is a freelance writer for the San Diego Business Journal.

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to add his name.“I am excited to support this unique

collaboration of four world-class institu-tions,” Sanford said in a press release. “I believe that by working together these researchers will quickly bring forward novel scientific developments that ulti-mately help patients with limited or no treatment options today.”

To get the state grant, the consortium had to show detailed plans — a challenge when designing and entitling a property can take several million dollars — a big bet on a possible build.

“Lankford & Associates carried us and put up several million dollars to get us started,” Coffman said. “We wouldn’t have launched without their support and the incredible support of UCSD Chan-cellor Marye Anne Fox.”

Scientists from the disciplines of neurology, cardiology and technol-ogy development will be working in the building, which was designed by Fentress Architects and Davis Davis Architects.

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Consortium: About 330 people are expected to work in the building, which is organized by discipline, but designed to get people to cross the hall, go up the stairs, and pass through the artificial boundaries of the disciplines.

The design is based on what they learned from the people who will work there and from studies of how people work. What they learned bent the design as much as the location.

To promote collaboration across the floors and across the disciplines, the building has some unusual features. Vertical staircases in the middle of work areas, pods that open to hallways hug-ging the exterior rather than creating internal mazes, and the building includes “stacks,” rooms to rest up.

“A study found scientists go 10 times horizontal to each time they go vertical,” Coffman said. “We want them to find it easy to go any direction.”

Design Encourages CommunicationAll of the equipment spaces have been

pushed to the center of the building, where they are more energy-efficient and

the break rooms are two floors tall to encourage people to communicate across disciplines and physical locations.

“Our design advances the latest in lab trends, establishing the ‘collaboratory’ as the prototype of the future, foster-ing collaboration and communication among researchers,” said Curtis Fen-tress, principal of Fentress Architects. “It also incorporates cutting-edge sustainable features and signature of-fice ‘pods’ while honoring the modern aesthetics of the neighboring Salk Institute.”

The 10-person pods, Fentress ex-plained, are cantilevered from exterior walkways and offer protected views west that overlook the historic Torrey Pines Gliderport and Golf Course and the Pacific Ocean beyond.

And there are windows that actually open.

The building design is aiming at a Leadership in Energy and Environ-mental Design Gold rating, the second highest possible standard given by the U.S. Green Building Council for envi-ronmental soundness.

From bioswales in the parking lots to recycled steel from the nearest possible source, to exceeding the goal of recycling half the construction waste to reach 75 percent recycling, designers and builders are doing as little harm to the environ-ment as possible.

The building relies on chilled beam technology, a novel cooling method that will use reclaimed water to literally cool the building. The area can draw on the millions of gallons of reclaimed water from the city’s Miramar area plant, and will rely on it for landscape and other nonpotable uses.

As construction progresses, Coffman said, it continues to be blessed by wide-spread support from public officials and agencies, its neighbors and friends.

“Marye Anne Fox has been a cham-pion. The governor and the mayor have given us strong support. The institutes have committed wholeheartedly,” Coff-man said. “Denny Sanford took an ex-traordinary leap of faith. We are going to deliver.”

Marty Graham is a freelance writer for the San Diego Business Journal.

Designed by Irvine-based KTGY Group Inc., each home offers a covered patio/balcony, central heat and air conditioning, walk-in closets, Energy Star light-ing, windows and appliances, water-saving kitchen and bathroom fixtures, dual-flush toilets, a gas range, washer/dryer hookups, tankless water heaters, high-speed Internet access, and wiring for cable television.

Western Community Housing Inc. will offer support-ive resident services designed to provide residents with specific resources that meet their physical, educational, professional and social needs. Computers with Internet access, English as a second language classes, informa-tion on health and well-being, fitness programs, and resources for food and utility assistance are examples of the services that will be offered to residents of The Crossings at Escondido.

INTERESTING FACTS: The project is designed to exceed California’s Title 24 energy-efficiency standards by 15 percent. At least 75 percent of the construction and demolition waste will be recycled.

Solar panels on the roof will generate electricity for the common area and outdoor lighting. Radiant barri-ers will be installed under the roof sheathing. Lighting, appliances, windows and sliding glass doors are Energy Star-rated. Interior paints, adhesives and finishes are low in volatile organic compounds, and stucco is low

dust. Furniture, barbecues and trash receptacles are made from recycled content.

Rents range from $557 to $1,124 per month based on family size and income level.

DEVELOPER: Urban Housing Communities LLC.FINANCING: Wells Fargo Community Lending and

Investment; city of Escondido Community Develop-ment Commission; American Recovery and Reinvest-ment Act of 2009; California Community Reinvestment Corp.

DESIGNER: KTGY Group Inc.GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Competitive Edge Construc-

tion Inc.MAJOR SUBCONTRACTORS: John Hanna & Associ-

ates, landscape architect; C.E. Wilson Corp., demoli-tion; Hawaiian Air Corp., heating, ventilation and air conditioning; S&H Contracting Inc., rough carpentry and framing.

START DATE: June 21.COMPLETION DATE: July 2011.PROJECT COST: $28 million.SQUARE FOOTAGE: 60,677 square feet.TENANTS SIGNED: Leasing activities will commence

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LEASING AGENT: Solari Enterprises Inc.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Urban Housing Commu-nities’ first affordable housing development in San Diego County, The Crossings at Escondido, will offer 55 apartment homes to families earning 30 percent to 60 percent of the area median income in the county.

The community features 38 two-bedroom, 15 three-bed-room and two four-bedroom apartment homes occupying five three-story buildings. De-veloped on an infill site, The Crossings at Escondido is con-veniently located near a public transit route, a public park, a public middle school, a pharmacy, a full-scale grocery store and a medical clinic/hospital.

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1973,” said Quigley. “That is when the dream started. Our intent was to make it a truly San Diego building. There are lots of indoor/outdoor features. It has a resonance with Balboa Park and the architecture there. There are over 1,400 sheets of working drawings.”

On the ground level, large folding glass doors at the entrance will open to a garden courtyard. Across the gar-den courtyard there will be a 350-seat auditorium that also features folding glass doors. When the weather is warm, the facade between the auditorium and courtyard will open to increase capacity. The facility was designed to be acces-sible to people with mobility problems. There will be wheelchair ramps, wide entrance doors, and low-height public service counters. Access to computers, copy machines and media equipment will be in line with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A three-story, “public penthouse” will feature a view of San Diego Bay. It will include a crystalline reading room. A series of terraces will look into the read-ing room and out to the city and the bay. A 400-seat multipurpose room will offer views to the west. An art gallery with a vaulted ceiling will face north.

The Central Library also will have 250 on-site parking spaces and another 250 spaces across the street. Derek Danziger,

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a spokesman for the Centre City Devel-opment Corp., noted that the redevelop-ment agency is contributing $80 million to the project. He said having the new structure will be increasingly important as the neighborhood’s population grows

in the years ahead. Downtown San Di-ego has about 30,000 residents today; and that figure is expected to grow to 90,000 by 2030.

“We’re very excited about a project like the library coming into East Village,”

he said. “Having a first-class, state-of-the-art library will be important for a growing downtown community and all of San Diego as well.”

Emmet Pierce is a freelance writer for the San Diego Business Journal.

local residents and representatives of the hotel, restaurant, environmental and labor sectors.

Public Outreach Under WayA process of public outreach forums

is currently under way. Among the con-cerns are waterfront access, traffic flow and available parking.

“People are surprised to learn that it’s not our conventions that need parking garages,” said Wallace. “A person walk-ing doesn’t translate into a car — and most of our convention attendees take a shuttle bus to the center.”

Parking facilities typically accom-modate local trade and consumer shows such as home-and-garden events. The convention center usually hosts half a dozen of these local events per year.

For SDCCC, the No. 1 expansion priority is to provide more saleable space to drive hotel rooms into the region. The third phase construction project aims to keep existing clients such as Comic-Con, bring back previous clients such as the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society that requires 700,000 to 800,000 square feet of space, and attract new events that do not fit the present configuration. Furthermore, an expanded space would enable San Diego to host two simultaneous, smaller building events.

For years, convention center clients have been clamoring for more square footage. Every July, Comic-Con’s 126,000 attendees and four-day show swell the coffers of San Diego hotel rooms and restaurants. SDCCC aims to extend the show’s contract through 2015 — but Anaheim, with a larger exhibit area, is aggressively vying for the busi-ness along with Los Angeles.

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The Golf Course Superintendents Association of America, a full-facility user that met in San Diego this year, is on the books for 2016 but will have to cancel if the expanded space is not up and running by then. Meeting and convention planners typically book between five and 10 years out — and the convention center already has events scheduled for 2025. Potential new clients that SDCCC has never previ-ously approached, include the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Institute of Food Technologists.

Expansion Creates JobsThe projected expansion will add an

estimated 6,800 full-time jobs not related to construction, according to SDCCC, along with thousands of construction-related jobs. Still to come is a formula for financing.

The Port of San Diego paid for build-ing and furnishing the original conven-tion center with cash. Construction of Phase 2, which weighed in at $216 mil-lion, was bankrolled by a partnership arrangement between the city of San Diego and the port. The port paid $90

million, and the city paid the balance by raising the hotel tax by a penny.

As for Phase 3, “It’s a different world and a different economy, and let’s all be open to the process,” said Wallace.

In Atlanta, for instance, the city worked with the restaurant community to raise the funds. Other possibilities, said Wallace, are expanding the funding parties to the fast-food and car rental communities — or any other industry group that actively benefits from meeting and convention trade.

Sylvia Tiersten is a freelance writer for the San Diego Business Journal.

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