Daily Business Report-Oct. 5, 2020
The Malone Grand Orchid went to The Center for Novel Therapeutics.
San Diego Architectural Foundation
presents 2020 Orchids & Onions Awards
The San Diego Architectural Foundation (SDAF) has announced this year’s architecture & design winners and losers throughout San Diego County at the 2020 Orchids & Onionsawards at a ceremony held virtually on Thursday, Oct. 1.
The ceremony revealed this year’s Orchids (winners) and Onions (losers) chosen from the 101 nominations received in the categories of architecture, historic preservation, interior design, landscape architecture and miscellaneous.
Orchids & Onions began in 1975 as an educational program to raise public awareness and appreciation for the design and development of built projects that improve the quality of life of San Diegans. Orchids go to projects completed in the past three years and honor excellence in design. Onions go to those that come up short.
The highest prize of the evening, The Malone Grand Orchid, went to The Center for Novel Therapeutics, developed by BioMed Realty and designed by architectural firm Perkins & Will. The 12 members of a professional jury awarded the Grand Orchid based on the ‘incredible’ use of materials, well-lit common areas, patient-center design, detail and all-around elegance, innovation and high-performance.
Malone Grand Orchid
9310 Athena Circle, La Jolla
Owner/developer: BioMed Realty
Architect/designer: Perkins & Will
“This is structurally fascinating. Elegant and engaging. The use of materials is incredible. Innovative design, also encouraging innovation within. High-performance all around — generous, well-lit common areas, patient-centered design. Very well detailed.”
Grand Onion
Apartments at 1836 Columbia Street
1836 Columbia Street, San Diego
Owner/developer: Steve Parikh
Architect/designer: DESS Partners
“It has absolutely no redeeming value whatsoever. The way it touches the ground is so bad it can’t even be fixed. Looks like a bubble diagram that skipped the architecture/design part and went directly to construction.”
OTHER AWARDS
Architecture – Orchid
Mesa College Fine Arts Building
7250 Mesa College Drive -FA103
San Diego
Owner/developer: San Diego Community College District
Architect/designer: Hanna Gabriel Wells
Architecture – Orchid
8999 Biolegend Way, San Diego
Owner/developer: BioLegend, Inc.
Architect/designer: Delawie
Architecture – Orchid
Chula Vista Fire Station No. 10 at Millenia
1715 Millenia Ave., Chula Vista
Owner/developer: City of Chula Vista / SLF IV – Millenia, LLC
Architect/designer: Jeff Katz Architecture
Architecture – Orchid
East County Assessor, Recorder, County Clerk (ARCC) and Archive
10144 Mission Gorge Road, Santee
Owner/developer: County of San Diego
Architect/designer: The Miller Hull Partnership
Architecture – Orchid
2305 University Avenue, San Diego
Owner/developer: Jeff Svitak
Architect/designer: Jeff Svitak
Architecture – Onion
2020 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego
Owner/developer: HG Fenton
Architect/designer: Architects Orange + Foundation For Form
Architecture – Onion
Hampton Inn and Suites San Diego Airport Liberty Station and Townplace Suites by Marriott
2211 Lee Court, San Diego
Owner/developer: InnerMountain Management and the Corkey McMillin Companies
Architect/designer: Degan & Degan Architecture and Interior Design
Architecture – Onion
2466 1st Avenue, San Diego
Owner/designer: JANCO Development
Architect/designer: H2 Architects
Historic Preservation – Orchid
500 West Broadway, San Diego
Owner/developer: Oram Hotels
Architect/designer: PGAL+ Sormeh Rienne
Historic Preservation – Orchid
Laundry Building at the Hotel Del Coronado
1500 Orange Avenue, Coronado
Owner/developer: BRE Hotels and Resorts
Architect/designer: obrARCHITECTURE
Historic Preservation – Onion
Chula Vista Public Library SouthBranch
389 Orange Avenue, Chula Vista
Owner/developer: City of Chula Vista
Architect/designer: No Architect Involved
Interiors – Orchid
Broadstone Makers Quarter Common Areas
1601 Broadway, San Diego
Owner/developer: Broadstone
Architect/designer: Paul Basile, BASILE Studio
Interiors – Orchid
3115 Ocean Front Walk, San Diego
Owner/developer: Pacifica Real Estate Services
Architect/designer: Jules Wilson Design Studio
Interiors – Orchid
2305 University Avenue, San Diego
Owner/developer: Jeff Svitak
Architect/designer: Jeff Svitak
Landscape Architecture – Orchid
7960 Civita Blvd., San Diego
Owner/developer: Sudberry Properties
Architect/designer: Schmidt Design Group
Landscape Architecture – Orchid
Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center
9455 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego
Owner/developer: Kaiser Permanente
Architect/designer: Spurlock Landscape Architects
Landscape Architecture – Orchid
UCSD Tata Hall for the Sciences
UCSD Revelle College Neighborhood, San Diego
Owner/developer: UCSD
Architect/designer: Spurlock Landscape Architects
Miscellaneous – Onion
Campland by the Bay Lease Extension
2211 Pacific Beach Drive, San Diego
Owner/developer: City of San Diego
Urban Planning – Orchid
UCSD Mesa Housing Pedestrian Bridge
Miramar Street, La Jolla
Owner/developer: UCSD
Architect/designer: Studio E Architects
People’s Choice Orchid
9524 Kearny Villa Road, San Diego
Owner/developer: The Institute for Effective Education
Architect/designer: Kevin deFreitas Architects / LandLAB – Landscape Architect / Bowyer – Environmental Graphics and Colors
People’s Choice Onion
2466 1st Avenue, San Diego
Owner/developer: JANCO Development
Architect/designer: H2 Architects
NEW CATEGORY: TEEN VOTE
Teen Orchid
9310 Athena Circle, La Jolla
Owner/developer: BioMed Realty
Architect/designer: Perkins & Will
Teen Onion
Apartments at 1836 Columbia Street
1836 Columbia Street, San Diego
Owner/developer: Steve Parikh
Architect/designer: DESS Partners
For a self-guided tour of all Orchids & Onions, download the ArchiMaps app via Apple App Store or Google Play and select the ‘Orchids & Onions San Diego 2020’ event.
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SDG&E launches $107.4 million program
for zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles
Through a $107.4 million project, San Diego Gas & Electric will build charging stations and other infrastructure to pave the way for at least 3,000 medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles and equipment in the region. The program aims to make it easier for commercial and industrial businesses with vehicles such as buses, trucks, forklifts, and other equipment to transition to zero-emissions.
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Downtown San Diego Partnership raises
$50,000+ for restaurant, retailer relief
The Downtown San Diego Partnership has raised more than $50,000 for local businesses through the Downtown Loyalty Gift Card Program, where users can purchase discounted gift cards for 50 participating restaurants and retailers. The program’s first two rounds sold a total of 1,500 gift cards over nine days, and the Partnership is preparing for two additional rounds in the coming months.
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Asian Business Association receives
$50,000 from AT&T
The Asian Business Association of San Diego (ABASD) announced that AT&T California has contributed $50,000 its COVID-19 Outreach & Technical Assistance Services and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Advocacy and Education Outreach programs. Both programs are designed to help address the needs of disadvantaged minority-owned businesses. Through ABASD’s Outreach & Technical Assistance Services Program, the organization provides support and counseling to business owners needing assistance weathering the economic crisis, particularly the crisis brought on the API community due to COVID-19.
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San Diego city libraries reopen
under pandemic restrictions
San Diego Public Libraries would reopened on Saturday for the first time since mid-March. A dozen libraries reopened to the public in a limited capacity accompanied by a new program – SD Access4All – targeted at bridging the digital divide while maintaining existing COVID-19 programs and practices.
Library locations reopen in a limited 25 percent capacity from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. The facilities will close for cleaning from 1 to 2 p.m. daily and frequently touched areas will be cleaned hourly and after each usage. Everyone will be required to wear face coverings, have their temperature taken and practice physical distancing when possible.
“Our libraries have been closed since March 13 and, although we have added pickup service and virtual programming, there is no substitute for welcoming patrons into our buildings,” said Library Director Misty Jones. “That is why I am so excited that we are opening 12 of our library locations starting Oct. 3. While we are offering limited services when we reopen, our staff will be working diligently to expand services as quickly and safely as possible.”
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Personalized Cancer Therapy improves
outcome in advanced disease, says study
Patients receiving care for advanced cancer at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health were more likely to survive or experience a longer period without their disease progressing if they received personalized cancer therapy, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers.
Led by Razelle Kurzrock, M.D., director of the Center for Personalized Cancer Therapy at Moores Cancer Center and senior author of the study, a multidisciplinary molecular tumor board was established to advise treating physicians on course of care using an individual patient’s molecular tumor makeup to design precision medicine strategies.
“Patients who underwent a molecular tumor board-recommended therapy were better matched to genomic alterations in their cancer and had improved outcomes,” said Kurzrock. “The three-year survival for patients with the highest degree of matching and who received a personalized cancer therapy was approximately 55 percent compared to 25 percent in patients who received therapy that was unmatched or had low degrees of matching.”
Of 429 patients evaluated by the molecular tumor board, 62 percent were matched to at least one drug, report the researchers in the October 2, 2020 online issue of Nature Communications. Twenty percent of patients matched to all recommended drugs, including combination therapies.
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San Diego Community College District
secures more than $9 million in grants
The San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) secured more than $9 million in grants during the 2019-2020 fiscal year for initiatives ranging from helping homeless students find shelter to helping those studying the humanities transfer to UC San Diego, according to a report presented to the SDCCD Board of Trustees at its Sept. 24 meeting. The total in grants received is up from $8.4 million during 2018-19.
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Grants totaling $700,000 fund
2 major projects at UC San Diego
The University of California Office of the President has funded two major initiatives at UC San Diego through the UC Advancing Faculty Diversity (AFD) grant program. An interdisciplinary cluster hiring project will recruit 10-12 faculty whose research is focused on racial/ethnic disparities in STEM fields with a significant focus on the Black Diaspora and African American communities. UC has provided $500,000 in one-time funding to assist with aspects of the recruitments.
Asecond initiative will seek to improve retention of underrepresented faculty through activities such as coaching for faculty mentors and coalition building. UC San Diego was awarded $200,000 in one-time funding to launch this project on campus. The Center for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion, a unit of the UC San Diego Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, managed the submission of both grants, and is a key partner in both initiatives.
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San Diego State University records
record-high transfer class for fall
With a record-high transfer class for the second year in a row, San Diego State University has recorded its largest fall enrollment in 12 years, with nearly 35,600 students attending the San Diego and Imperial Valley campuses.
SDSU’s fall census, tallied Monday, recorded 35,578 undergraduate and graduate students, an increase of an even 500 from last year. The total includes 4,482 transfer students, the most ever, joining 4,852 first-time freshmen as new Aztecs.
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Granite awarded $7 million Pedestrian
Rail Undercrossing Project in Encinitas
Granite announced that it has been awarded the El Portal Pedestrian Rail Undercrossing project in Encinitas by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG). The contract award of $7 million will be booked into Granite’s third quarter 2020 backlog.
The El Portal Pedestrian Rail Undercrossing project is part of a larger local transportation upgrade plan spearheaded by SANDAG with a heavy emphasis on rail-related projects. The undercrossing and shared use path will allow pedestrians and cyclists to safely cross the rail corridor to access attractions such as Paul Ecke Central Elementary School and the businesses along North Coast Highway 101.
Construction is expected to begin in fall 2020 and conclude by spring 2022.
