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Features - May 2007

Sleek and Stylish

New High-Rise Towers
Reshape San Francisco's Skyline

While homebuilders across the country wring their hands over slumping housing starts, developers in San Francisco are applauding the anticipated sellout of at least two of three major residential high-rise buildings now under construction.
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Best of Both Worlds


SF's Christiani Johnson Architects Addresses Need for Workforce Housing
The two partners at Christiani Johnson Architects, a residential and commercial architecture firm based in San Francisco, are seeing more mixed-use in the city's housing future.
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Upgrade for the Needy

Nibbi Bros. Tackles Tight Site for New St. Anthony Foundation Facility
Facing a typically tight San Francisco construction site, Nibbi Bros. spent five months demolishing a nearly 100-year-old building to prepare for a new, improved St. Anthony Foundation's free medical clinic, employment program office and Social Work Center at 150 Golden Gate Ave.
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Top 25 Highway Projects

As the state prepares to fund some much-needed - and long delayed -- infrastructure projects approved by voters in November, our rankings this year nonetheless include many high-profile highway projects.
Our annual Top 25 Highway Projects rankings this year accounts for more than $1.5 billion in state and municipal projects. Twenty-one of those projects belong to Caltrans, which has contracted top heavy construction companies such as Kiewit, FCI Constructors, OC Jones, MCM Construction, Granite Construction, Yeager Skanska and Ghilotti Brothers.
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Lining Up

Mid City/Expo Light Rail Line Gets Underway
Major work on a long anticipated light rail line from Los Angeles to Culver City is expected to begin this month.
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The Hills are Alive

Construction of 'World-Class' Concert Hall Humming Along
Sonoma County, long known for rolling hills and lush wine vineyards, is about to also be known for its new $63 million Green Music Center.
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Just Business

Cal State Fullerton Embarks On New Business College Facility
What do actor Kevin Costner and retired Inter-Tel CEO Steven G. Mihaylo have in common? They're both graduates of the College of Business and Economics at California State University, Fullerton.
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