Planning, Contracts, Proposals
CALIFORNIA
Bardas Investment and Bain Capital are planning to develop Echelon Television Center in Los Angeles. The 620,000-sq-ft urban studio campus will transform the site of the former Technicolor and Metro Pictures headquarters spanning two city blocks bordered by Santa Monica Boulevard to the north, Cahuenga Boulevard to the east, Willoughby Avenue to the south and Cole Avenue to the west. The existing facility, developed between 1930 and 1966, currently offers 183,000 sq ft of office and studio space. On the northern block, the original Art Deco facade will enclose an active studio lot, bookended by a new mid-rise creative office building with outdoor terraces framing views of the Hollywood Hills. New construction will replace a parking lot and two dilapidated buildings on Santa Monica Boulevard. On the southern block of the campus, four large soundstages will flank an expansive base camp, capped by a six-story office building, private rooftop office bungalows and decks on the top floor. It is being designed by House & Robertson Architects Inc. and RIOS. Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. has been chosen as the general contractor. Construction is expected to start in May 2025. The project is valued at $450 million. Bardas Investment, 1015 N. Fairfax Ave., West Hollywood, 90046. DR#21-00615267.
CALIFORNIA
Lakeside Community LLC is planning to redevelop a defunct golf course in San Jose into a residential community. The 114-acre Pleasant Hills Golf Course site is at the northeast corner of South White and Tully roads in the Lake Cunningham area. The property is across from the 160-acre regional Lake Cunningham Park and surrounded on three sides by single-family homes. The golf course closed in 2004. The number of possible residences that might be developed on the site range from 2,480 to 3,991. The developer is aiming to have Santa Clara County rezone the site, which is located in an unincorporated area. Lakeside Community LLC, Attn: Tony Arreola, 299 Bassett St., San Jose, 95110. DR#24-00066369.
CALIFORNIA
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently evaluating submitted proposals from firms seeking to build a research and veterinary medical unit facility at the Veterans Administration complex at 4150 Clement St. in San Francisco. The project entails building a three-story, 75,000-sq-ft Building 40 to replace the existing Building 12. This will permit, to the extent possible, consolidation of many of the wet laboratories on campus into a single building designed to meet current VA standards and guidelines for a mission critical research structure. A penthouse located on the roof of the structure will provide enclosure for mechanical, electrical and plumbing equipment for the facility. A connecting bridge corridor, also considered mission critical, will be constructed for Building 40, connecting it with the existing adjacent veterinary facility Building 41. Demolition for removal of the existing water tower adjacent to the site is included as an optional item. Abatement and demolition of existing buildings 14, 18, 21, 911, T-23 and a small E-85 above-ground fuel distribution system will also be included as part of the project. The project team also will need to construct four underground water storage tanks, which will be located under an existing parking lot. The project is valued at between $150 million and $250 million. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Mary Fronck, 1455 Market St., San Francisco, 94103. DR#18-00564938
CALIFORNIA
Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power is planning to construct the Mid-Valley Water Facility. It will encompass 235,967 sq ft of buildings, 216,000 sq ft of above ground parking and 180,168 sq ft of additional yard/expansion space on a 17.3-acre parcel. Project components include offices, a trunk line facility for water distribution and trunk line maintenance, a meter shop for water meter maintenance, a main line facility for water main maintenance, an emergency operations center, security facilities, supply chain facilities for warehouse storage, fleet services and compressed natural gas fueling. A design-build RFP is expected to be issued in May 2024. Construction is expected to begin in April 2025 and be completed by July 2027. The project is valued at $646 million. Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power, Attn: Nathan Sheagley, Project Manager, 111 N. Hope St., Los Angeles, 90012. DR#17-00805680.
HAWAII
Stanford Carr Development Co. and Kamehameha Schools are planning to develop Kahuina Towers, a mixed-use project in the Our Kakaako neighborhood in Honolulu. It will include two residential structures: a 43-story structure named Lamaku will include up to 120 units of workforce for-sale housing in addition to 329 market-rate for-sale units. The adjacent 32-story structure, named Mamalu, will include 125 units of affordable rental housing plus 273 units of workforce for-sale housing. In addition to the 35,000 sq ft of ground-floor commercial space, there will be a nine-story, 1,000-plus stall parking garage. Construction is expected to start in January 2025 and be completed by March 2027. The project is valued at $575 million. Stanford Carr Development Co., 1100 Alakea St., Honolulu, 96813. DR#22-00833214.
OREGON/WASHINGTON
The Port of Hood River and the Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority are planning to replace the Hood River Salmon Bridge. The new bridge will enable the multimodal transportation of people and goods across the Columbia River between the communities of White Salmon and Binge, Wash., and Hood River, Ore. The project includes demolition of the existing bridge along with site restoration. The progressive design-build team that has been selected is engineering firm HNTB and general contractor Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. Construction is expected to start in November 2025. The project is valued at $520 million. Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Authority, 700 E. Port Marina Drive, Hood River, 97031. DR#22-00547154.
WASHINGTON
rPlus Energies is planning to construct the Badger Mountain Pumped Storage project in East Wenatchee. The project entails constructing a 15- to 75-ft-high, 8,000-ft-long earthen embankment forming a 78-acre upper reservoir with a storage capacity of 3,090 acre ft; a 40-ft-high, 650-ft-long earthen dam and a 15-ft-high, 900-ft-long secondary earthen embankment forming an 80-acre lower reservoir with a storage capacity of 3,380 acre-ft; and underground tunnels connecting the upper and lower reservoirs consisting of a 17-ft dia, 200-ft-high vertical shaft; a 17-ft-dia, 5,600-ft-long concrete/steel-lined headrace tunnel; a 17-foot-dia, 200-ft-long tailrace tunnel; and a powerhouse located in a vertical 220-ft-high, 100-ft-dia shaft located next to the lower reservoir containing two 250-MW reversible pump-turbines/motor generators for a total installed capacity of 500 MW; emergency backup groundwater wells No. 4 and 5 located in East Wenatchee and a new groundwater well located approximately five miles southeast of East Wenatchee to provide the initial fill and make-up water for the reservoirs; and an 11-mile-long transmission line connecting to the Bonneville Power Administration’s Sickler substation. Construction is expected to start in July 2030. rPlus Energies, 201 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, 84111. DR#24-00081415.
WASHINGTON
The Washington State Dept. of Transportation is planning to carry out a State Route 167 lane alignment project in Puyallup. The project entails constructing a new four-lane alignment along State Route 167 and a new interchange at State Route 161. Another component of the project is building the missing link of the regional trail system from Puyallup to Fife between the Puyallup Recreation Center and the River Walk Trail. Construction is expected to begin in July 2026. The project is valued at $228.9 million. Washington State Dept. of Transportation, 310 Maple Park Ave. SE, Olympia, 98501. DR#24-00072091.
WASHINGTON
Pinnacle International Ltd. is planning to develop Pinnacle Bellevue North in Bellevue. The project will encompass five residential towers containing 1,154 units, 117,500 sq ft of retail space and 1,336 underground parking spaces. It will occupy an approximately 4.5-acre site bounded by NE 10th Street on the south, 100th Avenue NE on the west, NE 12th Street (extended) on the north and 102nd Avenue NE on the east. Its design review permitting process has not started yet. Construction is expected to begin in July 2027. JYOM Architects has been chosen as the project’s designer, and Pinnacle International will serve as the general contractor. Pinnacle International Ltd., 300-911 Homer St., Vancouver, V6E 2K3, Canada. DR#20-00498777.