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PASADENA, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based IDS Real Estate Group has completed the $2.8 million renovation and restoration of 80 South Lake Avenue in Pasadena. The eight-story building offers 71,500 square feet of office space. The company restored and upgraded the building to Class A standards by renovating the exterior, the parking structure, building lobby, exterior landscaping, common areas and restrooms. Additionally, IDS rehabbed the interior corridors with architectural photographs collected from the Pasadena Museum of History. Several design firms worked on the project, including Los Angeles-based Wirt Design, Pasadena-based SKA Design and Culver City, Calif.-based LRM Landscape Architecture. Ontario, Calif.-based Jaska Building Systems served as general contractor. The building is currently 95 percent occupied by a variety of tenants such as Wells Fargo Bank, Starbucks Coffee and E-Z Delta.

SAN DIEGO — The Corky McMillin Companies recently broke ground for the development of a 104,397-square-foot Class A office building, which is located within the 360-acre Liberty Station mixed-use project in San Diego. Located on Decatur Road in the Lincoln Station Office District, the three-story Building 902 will feature open floor plates, a two-story lobby and two third-floor balconies with panoramic bay and downtown views. Designed by KMA Architecture & Engineering, the property is expected to achieve LEED certification. Green elements utilized in the project include water efficient fixtures to reduce water usage by 30 percent, fossil filter inserts for storm water quality control, roof slope and finishes to reduce heat island effect, and locally sourced materials to reduce environmental effects of processing and transportation, Additionally, 10 percent of all construction materials will be from recycled sources. Completion is slated for summer 2009. BYCOR General Contractors is overseeing the construction of Building 902. Don Mitchell, Scott Kincaid and Jill Morton of CB Richard Ellis are the exclusive leasing agents for the building.

WILDOMAR, CALIF. — San Clemente, Calif.-based Consolidated Contracting Services Inc. is constructing a 95,000-square-foot facility for Southern California Edison. Located on a 17-acre site in Wildomar, the project will feature a 64,000-square-foot administration building and a 13,000-square-foot garage building with a designated truck repair and wash rack area. Additionally, the project will offer six overhead steel canopies totaling 60,000 square feet of parking and storage space. Other site improvements include a parking lot, site walls, hardscape and artistic landscaping. Designed by Richard Yen & Associates, the project is seeking LEED Gold certification. Green elements include photovoltaic panels on the rooftop of the truck-parking canopy to lower electricity costs. Green Building Services is serving as a green consultant for the project; Hope Engineering is providing structural engineering services; C&C Engineering Inc. is serving as civic engineer; Walsh Engineers is providing electrical and mechanical engineering services; and Sweeny and Associates is serving as landscape architect. Completion is slated for February 2009.

LAS VEGAS — Capovilla Management has developed MacFarlane Medical Office Building in Las Vegas. Located at 8352 W. Warm Springs Rd., the three-story, 42,000-square-foot facility features covered parking and lush landscaping. Construction costs for the project were approximately $6.3 million. SR Construction provided design/build services for the project, and Moser Architecture Studio provided architectural services.