California City Scoop: Construction Starts in San Diego

Total Construction Spending Expected to Drop by More Than 24% This Year

A dramatic decline in electric utilities work and highway and bridge activity will depress non-building spending.

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City Grill

Gordon Carrier
Founder
Carrier Johnson + CULTURE

The San Diego and Southern California market continues to be dynamic, says Carrier. Major institutions and private colleges are adding projects, while private developments seek mixed-use, multifamily and hospitality projects along the coast. Projects range from intimate prayer chapels to large mixed-use developments like Ballpark Village, he says.

“In general, however, the scale of projects is growing,” Carrier says, pointing to San Diego’s mixed-use tower 7th & Market and the 230-acre master plan created for the Mission Valley area.

Firm in Focus

Kitchell
9330 Scranton Road, Ste. 100, San Diego
Regional VPS: Michael Wolfe, Wendy Cohen
Employees: 131 (in three offices)
Projects: Kitchell’s local portfolio includes the UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center’s 509,500-sq-ft addition, the UC San Diego Outpatient Pavilion Center and a mixed-use project in Del Mar.