Once a hodgepodge of retail and lodging, the center now features a five-story hotel and spa, a pavilion with a theater, a museum, a welcome center with an interactive 18-ft 3D globe and domed motion theater.
The project team was tasked with creating a new cathedral that honored the existing church formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral with its iconic all-glass diamond plan.
Working under a $187-million design-build contract, crews relocated the existing federal inspection services facility from Terminal 2 East to Terminal 2 West at San Diego International Airport.