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A Freeway First
Design/Build Delivery for
22 Project
The $490-million improvement of State Route 22 in Orange County
is the first design/build project for an active freeway in
California. The 800-day, 12-mi. project consists of adding
high-occupancy-vehicle carpool lanes new auxiliary lanes,
and widening and building new bridges. It will be completed
in November 2006. By Greg Aragon.
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Jack London Square Building Getting
Major Facelift
66 Franklin to Be Restored
to Original Splendor
The design/build project is the first of six sites earmarked
for renovation in the square. The building will also go through
a major seismic upgrade that will involve full-height, shotcrete
shear walls from the foundation to roof. The project is expected
to be completed in early '06. By Robert Carlsen.
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Coachella Valley Market Report
As the valley's population approaches 400,000, 73 percent
of new construction permitted there in the first quarter was
for single-family housing. By Greg Aragon.
- Desert Full of Development
Seventy-three percent of new construction permitted in the
Coachella Valley in the first quarter was for single-family
housing. Even so, a hotel, sprawling country club and high-end
shopping center are contributing to a near-record year.
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- Dazzlilng Design in the Desert
The new Palm Springs Convention Center's earthy architecture
is reminiscent of a modern Stonehenge. Featuring a sweeping
roofline, designed to recall the flowing profile of the
San Jacinto Mountains, the structure is supported by 50-ft.-high,
curved sandstone pillars, which are clad at the top by a
6-ft. band of copper. Full
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Transit-oriented Tenants
Apartments Just Feet From
Trains, Buses
Union Station Village, a 300,000-sq.-ft. multifamily project
in downtown Los Angeles, broke ground in June 2004. It consists
of two five-story residential, wood-framed buildings with
a total of 278 apartments. Below each building are a 70,000-sq.-ft.
podium deck and a subterranean parking structure with spaces
for 200 cars.
By Greg Aragon. Full
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