Award Winners

Top Ten Construction Projects 2008
Hamilton Marketplace & Colgan Meadows

Hamilton Marketplace - Located on 8 acres in Novato, CA this 90,000 sf mission style shopping center is a showcase of premiere development, incorporating history and the implementation of green, sustainable construction. Noteworthy site modifications are the 27,000 cubic yards of soil fill, extensive leveling, conversion of an existing storm-retention ditch into a complex flood prevention system, and coordination with the anticipated future light rail project for railway easements. Green sustainable design elements include bioswales with soil-based materials to filter run-off water for a pollution-free water-table, progressive storm drains designed to recycle water, and retention pipes to hold heavy rain run-off which allows for gradual release to prevent flooding. Solar energy is provided by 165 high efficiency solar modules generating 44,960 kilowatt hours annually to service common areas, walkways and some parking lot areas. Prominent architectural features are the mission style, variegated red tile roof, ample pedestrian level lighting and customer-friendly pedestrian pathways connecting the three components: Grocer - retail shops - bank. The pedestrian walks at the shops building feature site-wide speaker-sound system, mature olive trees, two fountains with granite bowls, colored tile designs, a mural, and the whimsical sculpture of a gaggle of brass ducks placed around the fountains.

Colgan Meadows - This new 84-unit affordable housing project in Santa Rosa was recently fêted by the North Bay Business Journal as the 2008 Best Project in Apartments at their annual Top Ten Projects Awards event. This project consists of 25 buildings plus a maintenance structure on four acres at 3000 Dutton Avenue. The residential units range from 1 bedroom studio floor plans to 1 & 2 bedroom apartments and 3 & 4 bedroom townhouses. Families will also enjoy the easy access to schools, shops, and a future park already designated for development by the City of Santa Rosa.

Best of California Residential 2007 - Theatre Square

Midstate Construction, Basin Street Properties and Berger, Detmer, Ennis were recently awarded a Best of California 2007 award for Theatre Square Apartments in Petaluma. The two building, 128,500 square foot three story development features 56 units of multi-family housing, ground floor retail and class A office space. The retail areas which line the ground floor hold a variety of shops, Tres Hombres Restaurant and Jennie Low's Restaurant, recently completed by Midstate.

Best of Retail 2006 - Safeway #2718

Midstate Construction recently completed a new 44,685 square foot Safeway and the necessary site work within Strawberry Village, Mill Valley. Midstate's scope of work included demolition of the existing 32,000 square foot Safeway and construction of the new store. Located in Mill Valley, fifteen minutes north of San Francisco, the entire project caters toward the high end market it serves. The store's interior features the Safeway lifestyle package and the exterior facade matches the newly renovated Strawberry Village. As the largest retail tenant in the retail center, the exterior is broken into varying heights and extrusions, to simulate a smaller footprint and balance the other half of the center which is comprised of smaller shops. Midstate and Safeway worked together as a team to ensure a grand opening seven months after demolition of the original store, a new record for Safeway. Marking a continued successful 53 year relationship between Midstate and Safeway.

Hotel Healdsburg

Winner 2003 Gold Nugget Grand award, Winner 2003 Gold Nugget "Best Retail Project Category"
Healdsburg, California - Midstate Construction, Terranomics Development, David Baker & Partners and Frost Tsuji Architects worked together to complete Hotel Healdsburg located on the historic downtown plaza of Healdsburg, the gateway to the Dry Creek Valley, 67 miles north of San Francisco. The hotel is ideally suited for tranquil wine country weekend getaways and corporate retreats. This three-story, 58,000 square foot luxury hotel features 55 beautifully appointed guest rooms and suites, meeting facilities, a spa and a signature restaurant by critically acclaimed chef, Charlie Palmer. The surrounding landscape, designed by Andrea Cochran Landscape AIA, includes country gardens, simple courtyard gardens and an outdoor pool area. Meeting facilities are located around the hotel's interior courtyard and gardens. Each meeting room features high-speed internet connections and can be equipped with full audio-visual capabilities. In addition, the hotel has numerous comfortable indoor and outdoor break-out areas for more informal meetings, as well as a wine tasting room designed specifically for lecture and tasting meetings. The guest rooms and suites feature simple, serene décor including walk-in showers, 6-foot soaking tubs, hand sanded pecan wood floors, Tibetan rugs and French doors leading to private balconies with views of the town plaza, hotel gardens and surrounding countryside.

Draeger's Marketplace

San Mateo, California - 113,000 square foot, two story gastronomic complex that occupies a full city block with large underground parking facility Cooking school with guest chefs from around the world. Specialty glass and china wares department, along with a wonderful cooking "bookstore" Houses the popular Viognier Restaurant, headed by a nationally renowned former executive chef at the San Francisco Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Escalators - espresso bar - and much more A DESTINATION SITE - A TOURIST'S DELIGHT Gold Nugget Grand Prize Winner for "Best in the West" commercial retail project.

Mills Hall, Mills College

Oakland, California - This 1871 structure was severely damaged in the 1987 Loma Prieta earthquake. A historically significant building, originally a women's seminary, it became Mills College and at one time housed the entire institution. It is a rare example of Second Empire styling and is a California Registered Landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. Midstate was selected to restore and seismically brace the facility. Winner of the California Preservation Foundation's Annual Design Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Design of Preservation Projects.

Del Norte Place

El Cerrito, California - This four story building houses 135 rental units and 21,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. Twenty percent of the units are reserved for seniors, an additional twenty percent for low-income families, with the remainder at market rental rates. Winner of the Gold Nugget Award of Merit from the Pacific Coast Builder's Conference for best mixed-use business and residential project.

Cecilia Place

Tiburon, California - A sixteen unit limited income housing complex for seniors, the project was designed with New England style cluster cottages, which foster a sense of community derived for its centralized layout. Its relationship to the surrounding hillside allows for dramatic vistas. Gold Nugget Grand Prize winner for "Best in the West" senior housing.

Mercy Family Plaza

San Francisco, California - The Plaza is an adaptive reuse of four historical 1910 buildings of the former Southern Pacific Hospital, at one time San Francisco's largest medical complex. The abandoned buildings were successfully rehabilitated and transformed a part of the hospital complex into thirty-six low income family housing. Building exteriors were preserved intact. Historical features deemed important to preserve were cornices, parapets, and the placement and type of windows, doors and porticoes. Tall arched windows flank the arched, paneled, wooden entry doors on the main façade. The project buildings are all of monumental, neo-classical scale and style. Winner of the National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award, the California Preservation Foundation Annual Design Award, the Governor's Preservation Award, and a Merit Winner from Builder Magazine.

 

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