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Regional News

July 5, 2022 – IN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION NEWS: Community College Science Building Targets Fall Launch in SoCal By Eric Althoff GLENDALE, Calif.—Glendale Mayor Ardy Kassakhian and other civic leaders signed their names to the final beam set into place atop Glendale Community College District’s New Science Building (NSB), which will be ready to welcome students in the fall of 2023. The $90 million building is needed, considering that... read more

Regional News

March 12, 2022 – IN REGIONAL NEWS: The So-called “Ghost Hotel” Developers Have Big Plans for the Shell Standing in the North End of Imperial By MARCIE LANDEROS IMPERIAL — What has become known as the infamous “Ghost Hotel” took a next step toward full resurrection in the form of its second groundbreaking ceremony, this one coming a decade later with developer Gafcon Inc. On Friday, March 11, the city of Imperial, San Diego-based Gafcon, Cambria Hotels and... read more

San Diego Union Tribune

March 1, 2022 – IN SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE: The $3.5 billion Seaport San Diego project now includes 105 acres of land and water area — and 2.7 million square feet of mixed-use development. By JENNIFER VAN GROVE With a more fully baked site plan and an estimated cost of $3.5 billion, the long-awaited Seaport San Diego project from developer 1HWY1 is now available for public examination. Tuesday, the Port of San Diego released the Seaport San Diego project description , a 167-page document with development specifics... read more

San Diego Business Journal

February 21, 2022 – IN SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL: Cuyamaca College Horticulture Center Gets a $19.4M Makeover By Ray Huard When Cuyamaca College ’s Horticulture Center opened in 1980, the greenhouse faced the wrong way to get the best sun exposure for growing plants. “I guess that’s because the architect thought it would fit better on the site,” said Brad Monroe, vice president of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District and former coordinator... read more

San Diego Business Journal

January 17, 2022 – IN SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL (SUBSCRIBERS ONLY): Replacing Classrooms and Expanding Services By Ray Huard A $49.3 million construction project under way at Grossmont College in El Cajon will greatly expand services the college offers veterans and replaces several aging classroom buildings. A key part of the 61,390-square-foot Science, Math and Career Complex is the 4,000-square-foot Veterans Resource Center that will take up much of the first floor of the building and serve the more... read more

The Desert Review

OCTOBER 27, 2021 – IMPERIAL Imperial’s abandoned hotel will receive a massive redevelopment after the Imperial City Council voted 4-1 to partner with Gafcon commercial contractors during a special meeting Monday, Oct. 25. The 34-year-old, family-owned Gafcon company will fully fund the $22-million project to rehabilitate and open the Northpoint Hotel Development area located on the corner of Neckel Road and Highway 86 . As part of... read more

Development: Digital Company Prospers In Pandemic Covid

OCTOBER 25, 2021 – DEVELOPMENT: DIGITAL COMPANY PROSPERS IN PANDEMIC COVID Driving Gafcon Division Growth — Gafcon Digital , a division of the Sorrento Valley property development firm Gafcon , has been on a growth spurt thanks to the COVID pandemic as construction companies, architects and real estate investment firms go digital. In the past three years, Gafcon... read more

Calexico Chronicle

AUGUST 12, 2021 – IN BUSINESS FEATURED STORIES REGIONAL NEWS: Planning Commission Awards Permit to Restart Dormant Development; 2023 Opening Eyed RICHARD MONTENEGRO BROWN IMPERIAL — When Karin Eugenio ran for office in 2018, she focused on the notorious “ghost” hotel as a central piece of her reformist platform, promising to be a watchdog against “vampire developers.” Now the city of Imperial’s mayor, Eugenio was overjoyed to finally be able to speak about the future... read more

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