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America Still Builds Houses Like It’s 1925. Sweden, Germany and Japan Would Like a Word

While Swedish, German and Japanese homebuilders long ago moved much of the work indoors, the US still builds 97 percent of its conventional...

Ross Stores Signs 10-Year, 250,000 SQFT Expansion at Wonderful Logistics Center in Shafter, Pushing Footprint to 4.6MM SQFT

Ross Stores has committed to another decade at Wonderful Logistics Center, signing a new 10-year lease that will grow its building at 3501...

Coastal Commission Grants OCTA 10-Year Permit for 1,223-Foot San Clemente Seawall, Requires 690,000 Cubic Yards of Sand

The California Coastal Commission voted 11-0 to give the Orange County Transportation Authority a 10-year permit to armor its coastal rail line through...

Orange County Department of Education Breaks Ground on $21MM, 20,000 SQFT Rancho Soñado Education Center in Silverado Canyon

The Orange County Department of Education has started construction on a fire-hardened replacement for its Inside the Outdoors campus in Silverado, with C.W....

BKF Acquires Los Angeles Engineering Firm D R Consultants & Designers, Extending Deal Streak Into Southern California

Oakland-based BKF has bought D R Consultants & Designers, a downtown Los Angeles public works engineering firm founded in 1983, in its second...

San Diego Council Unanimously Approves $4.2B Midway Rising, Locking 2,000 Affordable Homes Onto Sports Arena Site

The San Diego City Council unanimously approved the real estate agreements, planning actions and infrastructure financing district behind the $4.2 billion Midway Rising...

Harrison Street, Michaels Plan $230MM, 321-Unit Presidio Terrace Student Housing at University of San Diego

The Michaels Organization and Harrison Street are moving ahead with Presidio Terrace, a $230 million, 321-apartment and 700-bed student housing community terraced into...

Lincoln Property, McCourt Partners Break Ground on 344-Unit ElevenOneEleven in Culver City

Weeks after closing a roughly $133 million Bank OZK construction loan, Lincoln Property Company and McCourt Partners have started site work on ElevenOneEleven,...

Prop 45 Falls as L.A. County Voters Reject $41MM Push to Fast-Track CEQA Reviews

Los Angeles County voters joined the Bay Area in turning back Proposition 45, the California Chamber of Commerce's bid to put hard deadlines...

Stalled Hotel Plan Gives Way to 16-Story, 115-Unit AB 2011 Tower at 8240 Sunset in West Hollywood

The owner of a corner lot at Sunset Boulevard and Harper Avenue has filed for a 16-story, 115-unit residential tower under AB 2011,...

TruAmerica Multifamily Breaks Ground on 154-Unit River Walk Townhomes in Santa Clarita, Its First Ground-Up Project

TruAmerica Multifamily, which built a Southern California portfolio of about 21,000 units by buying existing apartments, has started construction on its first development,...

Permits Issued for Seven-Story, 100-Unit, 89,000 SQFT Mixed-Use Building at 11044 W. Burbank Blvd. in North Hollywood

The City of Los Angeles has issued permits for a seven-story, 89,035-square-foot mixed-use building with 100 apartments and ground-floor retail at 11044 W....