Musk’s tunnel

Elon Musk submits building permit application for LA tunnel

The Boring Company, a firm created by Elon Musk to build a network of tunnels under Los Angeles, has filed a building permit on...
The Mark 302

$50M makeover to transform Santa Monica Sears into mixed-used Mark 302

The vacant Sears department store in downtown Santa Monica will undergo a $50 million renovation that will transform the Art Deco landmark into a...
Los Angeles Transit Neighborhood Plans

LA officials weigh rezoning plan allowing denser developments around Expo Line stations

Los Angeles officials have reportedly been weighing the Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan, which will allow denser commercial and residential development within a half-mile...
new courthouse in downtown LA

CMAA names new LA Courthouse as Project of the Year

The Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) (CMAA) has named the new U.S. Courthouse at 350 W. 1st Street, Los Angeles as Project of...
Derrick Schuster

PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC welcomes Derrick Schuster as new senior project manager

Derrick Schuster has joined PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC as a senior project manager at the Southern California office. He has been a...

NewSchool collaborates with industry consultants to revitalize San Diego’s National City

NewSchool of Architecture & Design announced Nov. 16 its collaboration with several architecture, engineering, design and realty consultants in San Diego to design a...

Private investors spend $1B on development surrounding future Foothill Gold Line light rail stations

An estimated $1 billion-worth of residential and commercial development will rise within half-mile radius of future Foothill Gold Line stations to service the new...

Cerritos Science Building bags energy and sustainability award for retro-commissioning project

Cerritos College, a public community college in Norwalk, was recently awarded the California Community Colleges Board of Governors 2017 Energy and Sustainability Award for...

PREMIER completes construction of large distribution warehouse in suburban Los Angeles

PREMIER Design + Build Group, LLC recently completed the construction of a 421,478 sq. ft. industrial facility in the City of Industry on behalf...

Legendary Developments to build 11-story office building cantilevered over A+D Museum

Pasadena-based Legendary Developments, LLC will build an 11-story office campus that will hover over the low-rise building leased by the Architecture + Design Museum. Designs...

Projects and opportunities

California high-speed rail plan lacks transparency, faces funding concerns, analysts say

California Construction News staff writer A senior Republican lawmaker is renewing calls to scrap California’s high-speed rail project, arguing its latest business plan masks rising...

Long Beach Airport breaks ground on $37M concourse upgrade, creating 190 construction jobs

California Construction News staff writer Construction has started on a $37-million passenger concourse modernization project at Long Beach Airport, aimed at improving infrastructure ahead of...

Nibbi receives Notice to Proceed on St. Paul Terrace affordable housing project in Berkeley

California Construction News staff writer Nibbi has received Notice to Proceed on a new affordable housing community for St. Paul AME Berkeley, with Lowney Architecture...