
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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