by The Registry
AO, a leading full-service architecture firm with design expertise spanning the full commercial real estate spectrum, has announced the promotion of nine of its employees to the position of Principal. The promotions reflect the continued growth of the architecture firm and rewards the longtime employees for their continued work in architectural design, project management, and client service...
by AO | Orange County Business Journal
Healthcare remains constantly on the leading edge, driving innovation worldwide, and particularly here in Orange County where health, wellness, and quality of life are highly valued. As architects and planners, our goal is to meet that innovation head on, responding with design and programming solutions that allow medical providers to deliver the highest quality patient care.
by The Registry
AO, a leading full-service architecture firm with design expertise spanning the full commercial real estate spectrum, today announced the first of several company promotions with the elevation of three new partners: Diego Alessi, Ioanna Magiati, and Trevor Morales.
by Michael Aushenker | Los Angeles Business Journal
Since the SoFi Stadium opened in 2020, the new home of the Los Angeles Chargers and Super Bowl champions the Los Angeles Rams, has brought much attention to a revitalized Inglewood. However, that was only the beginning.
by Steve Sharp | Urbanize Los Angeles
A large apartment complex is set to rise a short walk west of the Del Amo Fashion Center, according to a sustainable communities environmental assessment recently published by the City of Torrance. Legacy Partners, a Bay Area real estate development firm, is the applicant behind the project, which would rise at the northeast corner of Del Amo Circle West and Carson Street, replacing a 2.8-acre parking lot which serves an adjoining office complex.
by RENTV
Esperanza at Duarte Station, a new Class A 344-unit, five-story apartment community in the San Gabriel Valley city of Duarte, has been completed and is now open to the public. The project is a development of MBK Rental Living and Haseko Corporation.
by the Editors of Multi-Housing News
Multi-Housing News held its 16th annual Excellence Awards ceremony, hosted at Resource Furniture in New York City. The celebration was the first in-person event since 2019. At the ceremony, MHN awarded gold, silver, and bronze awards to properties, projects, and professionals in 34 categories.
by Bruce Greenfield, Partner, AO | Hotel Executive
The hospitality industry is defined by its ability to reinvent to fit the requirements of travelers the world over. As the industry evolves, many design trends that were in motion prior to the shutdown quickly accelerated with health and flexibility at the forefront.
by Bailey Schulz | USA Today
Despite launching five Las Vegas restaurants over the past decade, celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay isn’t done expanding his footprint along the Strip. Ramsay’s Kitchen joins Hell’s Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay Steak, and Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill in the chef's Las Vegas portfolio, all located within Caesars Entertainment property thanks to a partnership inked with the casino operator 10 years ago.
Orange County Business Journal
Bob Dollar has spent the majority of his architectural career specializing in Hospitality, Casino & Gambling, Entertainment, and Mixed-Use projects for more than thirty years. Read more
by Bruce Greenfield | Surf Park Central
As architects, we are fueled by a creative drive to design built environments that deliver extraordinary experiences for people while adding value to the city, clients and communities they serve. The rise of the surf-anchored resort has paved the way for immersive, aspirational and intensely experiential developments that are surprisingly sustainable - a key element that is more important that ever.
Work Design Magazine
Brendan Farrell and Ruba Younan of AO reflect on the new changes and trends they are seeing in post-pandemic office design. The pandemic has taught us many things and has undeniably reshaped how we behave and interact. It made some people enjoy the solitude that comes from being distant while others grew to dread it...
by Samantha Gowen | Orange County Register
Skyloft Apartments recently installed "Mercury Falling," a 60-foot sculpture that looks like shiny liquid pouring from atop the building's roof to the ground below. Next time you're at the corner of Jamboree and Main in Irvine, loop up...
by Jillian Vaughn | Iconic Life
Talk about bossing up? Have you seen the new homes of Bosscat Kitchen & Libations and TEN Sushi + Cocktail Bar in their two, new restaurants at Lakeshore in Irvine? Constructed from the ground up by Daily Dose Hospitality and their partners Platinum X Construction and AO...
MFE Staff
Palm Desert, California, is renowned for its location as a retirement destination. The 164-unit Revel Palm Desert community, from developer The Wolff Co. and architect AO, delivers a fresh perspective to the market by curating a living experience focused on choice, personal freedom, curiosity, and fun for residents seeking an active, independent-living environment.
by AO
This week Governor Newsom signed AB 2011, the Affordable Housing and High Road Jobs Act of 2022. Becoming operative on July 1, 2023, the law brings forth several implications including a mixed bag of new development opportunities and challenges. We sat down with RC Alley, Managing Partner at AO, and land-use attorney Sean Matsler, Partner at Cox Castle Nicholson, to interpret AB 2011 and shed some light on what California’s multifamily developers need to know right now.
by Nellie Day | California Centers
This trend expands beyond the newer and growing cities like Menifee, notes Rob Budetti, managing partner at AO in Orange. "The most in-demand retail concepts are those driven by experience, merging entertainment, dining and shopping all under one roof," he says...
SD Metro Magazine
San Diego-based Pacific Building Group has been awarded the Harbor Island West Marina project involving a complete demolition and renovation of the current marina at 2040 Harbor Island Drive. HIW Associates, who has owned and managed the marina since 1982, awarded the contract.
Los Angeles Business Journal
Joey Ali brings to AO more than 20 years of professional experience leading high-performance design teams on a range of developments including multifamily residential, mixed-use, and hospitality assignments. Read more
by Joseph Geha | San Jose Spotlight
A few gray, nondescript commercial buildings in the northwestern corner of San Jose will be replaced by nearly 600 condos and hundreds of hotel rooms, as part of a project several years in the making. The San Jose City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the latest version of a development from Los Angeles-based Miramar Capital known as Stevens Creek Promenade.