Celebrating 75 Years
General contractor Midstate Construction Corporation’s project, h2hotel, was awarded 2010 Hospitality Top Project in the North Bay by North Bay Business Journal on December 8, 2010. The award ceremony was hosted at Sheraton Sonoma County, built by Midstate Construction Corporation in 2001.
Midstate Construction Corporation was the inaugural recipient of the newest NPH award, Partners in Community Development, on May 5, 2010. Midstate’s President, Roger Nelson, accepted the award on behalf of his Petaluma-based firm which has made an outstanding commitment to working with the affordable housing community. Also receiving awards were Olson Lee of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency in the Distinguished Public Official category, Don Falk as the 2010 Unsung Hero for his work with the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation, and Natalie Gubb of Gubb & Barshay, LLP, for the NPH Lifetime Achievement Award.
Mills Hall, Mills College, Oakland - The seismic bracing of a 40,000 square foot, four story building originally built in 1871. Midstate renovated the interior, including new mechanical systems, accessibility requirements and finishes, and carefully restored the rare Second Empire facade to its original condition. This registered national landmark was awarded the Annual Design Award in Recognition of Outstanding Achievement in Preservation Projects from the California Preservation Foundation.
Mercy Family Plaza, San Francisco – Adaptive reuse and remodel of existing buildings of the former Southern Pacific Hospital into affordable housing. The building, designated as a National Register Historic District, was constructed to historical tax credit standards. It received the National Trust for Historic Preservation Honor Award, the California Preservation Foundation Annual Design Award, and the Governor’s Preservation Award, among many others.
Del Norte Place, El Cerrito – New construction of four residential buildings, four story, 135 rental units and 21,000 square feet of ground floor retail space.
Petaluma Avenue Homes, Sebastopol – New construction of a 40,207 square foot, forty-five unit affordable housing project in Sebastopol. This is a GreenPoint Rated project and obtained 133 points of 60 necessary. The development has a large community room with an oversized kitchen, indoor fireplace, playground for the children and a community garden area. Affordable Housing Associates was the affordable housing developer on this project. Awarded the 2010 Gold Nugget Grand Award: Multi-Family Project. Awarded Affordable Housing Finance Reader’s Choice award for Best Family Development, 2010
Casa Grande Senior Residential Apartments, Petaluma – New construction of a four building, two story, fifty-eight unit, HUD Capital Advanced project, totaling 42,242 square feet. This project was designed in a semicircle; promoting community. Casa Grande is the first multi-family GreenPoint Rated project in Sonoma County and received 103 points of the 50 necessary. 2009 Governor’s Award: Green Building
Santa Rosa Junior College, Bertolini Student Services Center, Santa Rosa – Ground up construction of a 66,646 square foot structural steel building for the student center for Santa Rosa Junior College. The three story building will house a new cafeteria, entertainment facility, coffee shop and various administrative offices. North Bay Business Journal, Top Ten Construction Projects 2009: Education
Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa – New research building on the Pepperwood Preserve, a 3,117 acre nature preserve. The 9,500 sf building will feature a field research laboraftory, classrooms and library. Among the green construction components are “plyboo” and “wheatboard” panels, which are finish materials of bamboo veneer; recycled materials for doors and fences; a rain water collection system for storage in cisterns. This project is being designed as a LEED Gold project. North Bay Business Journal, Top Ten Construction Projects 2009: Green/LEED
Colgan Meadows, Santa Rosa – 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. (more…)
Hamilton Marketplace, Novato – 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. (more…)
Theatre Square, Petaluma – 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 California 2007: Residential
Safeway #2718, Mill Valley – 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. North Bay Business Journal, Best of Retail 2006
Team Chevrolet of Marin, San Rafael – New construction of an automobile dealership on a 4.88 acre site with a 13,000 square foot showroom building and a 19,400 square foot parts and service department. 2003 Pacific Coast Builders Gold Nugget Award of Merit
Hotel Healdsburg, Healdsburg – 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. (more…)
Draeger’s Marketplace, San Mateo – 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 1998 Pacific Coast Builders Gold Nugget Grand Prize Winner, “Best in the West” Commercial Retail project
