Developer secures $330 million construction loan for Horton Plaza project
The developer planning to transform Horton Plaza into a tech campus announced last week that it has secured a $330 million construction loan and...
Lucas Museum taking shape with steel framework underway
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles is starting to take shape with construction on the building's steel framework underway.
MAD Architects won...
San José honored for LEED Platinum “Green Enterprise” facility
The U.S. Green Building Council will recognize the City of San José as a leader in green building and sustainability on Feb. 27 with...
Los Angeles tops U.S. in hotel construction
For the second consecutive quarter, Los Angeles leads in U.S. hotel construction
Lodging Econometrics (LE) reports that Los Angeles is leading U.S. markets with the...
San Francisco mayor proposes ballot measure aimed at streamlining approvals for affordable housing projects
San Francisco Mayor London Breed says Affordable Homes Now, a ballot measure for November 2020 would streamline the approval for 100 percent affordable housing...
Nonresidential Construction Employment Rises in January, Says ABC
The construction industry added 44,000 net new jobs in January, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data released today by the...
Senate kills controversial legislation affecting local zoning restrictions
The California State Senate on Jan. 30 killed SB 50, legislation that would have overruled local zoning restrictions to allow high-density housing development near...
Mixed-use development planned for 840 acre site in Vacaville
Triad Lagoon Valley, a Washington-based limited liability company affiliated with Seattle-based Triad Development, has purchased 840 acres from Lennar Corp.
Triad is planning to develop...
HNTB finds Americans pay an average of less than $25 a month to maintain...
American families pay thousands of dollars a year for critical services such as electricity, water and broadband, but an analysis of available data by...
RFP issued for $1.6 billion high speed rail project
The California High-Speed Rail Authority is moving forward with a potential $1.6 billion Request for Proposals (RFP) for a 30-year track and systems contract...
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Boston mayor orders halt to all construction projects; Associated General Contractors of America opposed
Vice President Mike Pence is asking construction companies to donate their inventory of N95 face masks to local hospitals - and to stop ordering...
California Association of Realtors urging “cautious response” to COVID-19
The California Association of Realtors is urging the housing industry “take a cautious response” to the coronavirus outbreak.
“The rapid growth of COVID-19 cases continues to...
Homeless Action Plan in motion: Interagency Leadership Council meets
Continuing efforts to carry out San Diego’s vision for reducing homelessness, an interagency Leadership Council convened last week for the first time to discuss...
