LONG BEACH APARTMENTS: UPDATE

Long Beach apartments getting closer to completionFront corner with community room on the ground floor (behind construction barrier) Nearly complete side elevation

Courtyard unitsGround floor interior of townhouse

SAGEBRUSH: CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

The Sagebrush apartments are quickly changing the downtown Lancaster skyline

The concrete deck for Sagebrush II is ready to start the wood framing on (BEX in the background) One of the "X" columns holding up the Sagebrush II concrete deck

A townhouse on Sagebrush I The back of a townhouse with tuck under parking

LMAG: UPDATE

Lancaster Museum & Art Gallery (LMAG) is quickly rising on Lancaster BlvdThe city is also moving with the improvements to Lancaster Blvd
Crazy cmu block is being used unfortunately it will be hidden eventually

Massive steel post in main gallery space

Steel post going all the way to the top of the third floor (final building height)

ARBOR ON DATE UPDATE

Arbor on Date is almost complete. It will have 40 3 bedroom units and is located just off Lancaster Blvd around the corner from Arbor Lofts.

A view from the Lancaster LibraryA view of the front elevation from Date AveThe front entrance with concrete signage
The courtyard Comer unit looking at Date Ave

LONG BEACH UPDATE: A FEW MONTHS TO COMPLETION

The scaffolding along Eagle st has come down and the rest of the scaffolding should be down some time next week. One of the townhouse entrance off Eagle stA view of the interior living space and stair in one of the townhousesA view of the community room
The courtyard planters are starting to take shape

The entrance to one of the garden flats of the courtyard

ARBOR LOFTS ON THE WEB

Mark and Richard P. received our award for Arbor Lofts Last week at the AIA convention in Miami (Actually, they forgot the certificates so all they got was a high five on stage)

Check out some of the announcements for the award on the web.

HUD:
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-120
Architectural Record:
http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/2010/100609aia_hud.asp
City of Lancaster:
http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/index.aspx?page=20&recordid=1719&returnURL=%2Findex.aspx

architizer:

http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/3260/thursday-morning-brew-5/

LONG BEACH CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

They continue to make fast work of Long Beach. The scaffolding should come down soon and will get a real look at the building. But, until then here are some current photos: The stucco has been installed all over the building
The stair tower has been painted

The first of the metal siding has gone up The courtyard has been cleaned up and is waiting for the metal siding to be installedSome of the cabinets have started to be installed

ARBOR LOFTS WINS AWARD!

Arbor Lofts won the 2010 AIA/HUD Secretary's Award Category 2: Creating Community Connection Award

Check it out @:

http://www.aia.org/practicing/awards/AIAB083015

ARBOR ON DATE REVEALS ITS COLORS

Arbor on date is nearing completion and its weave color pattern is now visible under the scaffolding.

You can see Arbor lofts in the background.
View of the front tower

SAGEBRUSH

Sagebrush consists of two projects: a 21 unit townhouse project and a 47 unit project consisting of 10 townhouse and 37 flats in a five story building. The townhouses from both projects wrap the perimeter of the site and the five story building occupies the center of the site.

Columns for the five story building.More columns for the five story building.

Backs of the townhouse with tuck under parking.

LANCASTER MUSEUM & ART GALLERY

Steel is standing at the site of LMAG.

706 LANCASTER BLVD

The Bex the restaurant, Ro Cham Beau Lounge and the bakery are all open for business on Lancaster Blvd.

The coffee shop is starting to take shape.And the stage is ready for summer.

LONG BEACH UPDATE

The following is just a quick update on our 46 unit Long Beach project.They are starting to stucco the front of the building.
The courtyard is still a mess as they finish stuccoing in there.

And a shot of the community room

POPPIES

Poppies @ the antelope valley california poppy preserve in Lancaster

BeX OPENING PARTY

The plaza @ 706 Lancaster Blvd Sinage for the lounge
The dining room

The Kitchen

SAGEBRUSH

The townhouses are up and the concrete forms for the deck of Sagebrush II are standing as well.

Carports behind the townhousesYour stimulus money at work