Spotlight on Pasadena

Yes, projects are still plentiful in the City of Roses: from a shiny Class A office building on Lake Avenue to hip apartments on Colorado Boulevard and much more.
By Greg Aragon

• Projects Are Plentiful in City of Roses
  The city has under construction about 900 residential units, nearly 300,000 sq. ft. of office space and about 50,000 sq. ft. of retail. One of the largest projects under construction, the $136-million Central Park Market at Del Mar Station, consists of four new residential buildings totaling 484,458 sq. ft.
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• Pasadena City Hall Overhaul Is a 'Thinking Man's Project'
  The $80 million seismic retrofit and restoration of the 78-year-old Pasadena City Hall will include installation of friction-pendulum, double-concave base isolators, each weighing 2.5 tons. The 240 base isolators will support the entire weight of the 45,000-ton building. Full Story >>
  
  

Underground Construction

All Together Now
Permits were approved nearly at the same time for Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District's $800 million capacity improvement program, causing construction to start concurrently on all three pipeline segments. By J.T. Long. Full Story >>

Initial Pipeline Phase Finishes Early
A 3-mi. segment of a 13-mi.-long pipeline system underway for the Orange County Water District was completed nearly one year early due to a variety of factors. By Kathy Lee Scott. Full Story >>

San Jose/Silicon Valley Market Report

Public entities and businesses are slowly pulling themselves out of an extended economic slump caused by the high-tech bubble burst in the late 1990s by building and modernizing more hospitals and schools, and addressing the need for more affordable and market-rate housing. By Maureen Donohue

• Slump No More
  Cities and businesses throughout the Silicon Valley and San Jose are finding the construction climate more amiable for a variety of projects. A cancer treatment center, part of the largest building project in the region, Kaiser Permanente's $375 million replacement medical center complex, will be completed early next year. Full Story >>
  
  
• Retail Rebound
  Two major shopping centers in San Jose will be completed next year. One is a "reinvention" of the tired Vallco Fashion Park on Wolfe Road, the other a ground-up power center at Coleman Avenue and Taylor Street. Full Story >>

Largest Specialty Contractors

ValleyCrest Cos. again heads the list for companies in California. Complete List.>>