Coachella Valley Market Report

Recent Bay Area migration to the northern San Joaquin Valley has set the stage for development of affordable and market-rate housing followed by retail and commercial
construction. Stockton, among the biggest benefactors of the arrival of new residents, will soon welcome a mammoth mixed-use waterfront center.

• Bay Area's Loss Is Stockton's Gain
  As a flood of newcomers saturate the northern San Joaquin Valley to find more affordable housing prices, developers are following along with large housing tracts and retail centers. And Stockton is investing heavily in a multi-venue waterfront center.
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• Running Out of Rooms
  A $110-million expansion of the Modesto Medical Center will add 112 badly needed beds and 18 operating rooms. The project is expected to be finished in January 2007. By J.T. Long. Full Story>>
  
  
• A Grand Idea Evolves in Tracy
  The city is converting a row of buildings into a performing arts center that is expected to open in early 2007. By J.T. Long. Full Story>>

San Francisco Centre: Let the Finishes Begin

Construction of the $420 million, 1.1-million-sq.-ft. San Francisco Centre enters its final year. By Robert Carlsen. Full Story >>

Spotlight on Huntington Beach: Building Up Downtown

Pacific City and the Strand are two of the largest projects taking root in infill property in Huntington Beach. By Kathy Lee Scott. Full Story >>

The Largest Architecture Firms in California: The Giant Has Grown Taller

Gensler ranks first this year on California Construction's list of the 55 largest architecture firms doing business in California in 2004. By Paul Napolitano.
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