SDBJ SPECIAL REPORTS
Building an ‘Icon’
CONSTRUCTION: New Library Delivers the Right Features Inside and OutFor the past three years, Turner Construction Co. and its 50 subcontractors have been erecting the library of the future on a square block at 11th Avenue and Park Boulevard in San Diego’s bustling East Village. June 17, 2013 midnight $$ Share
Airport Car Rental Consolidation Aims for ‘Many Happy Returns’
TRAVEL: Planned Center Would Cut Emissions, Congestion
By early 2016, San Diego International Airport will join the growing throng of major U.S. airports turning their rental car operations into a centralized, one-stop hub for busy travelers.
Officials See Opportunities in Creating Big Change on Bay-Front
PROPERTY: Jobs, Revenue Creation Are Part of Chula Vista Plan
The Port of San Diego and the City of Chula Vista are making plans to transform the city’s underutilized bay-front into a regional catalyst for economic growth.
The Entrepreneurial Spirits
FINANCE: For Angel Investors, Profit Motives Are Just Part of the Equation
Angel investors tend to remember their winning bets and forget the money they sank into businesses that failed.
Executive Profile: John V. Wells
Headed up by John Wells, Christopher Weil & Co. Inc. (CWC) manages equity and income portfolios for individuals, families and small institutions — including two publicly traded mutual funds for which CWC is the fund or co-fund manager and many private equity funds. CWC currently has approximately $375 million in assets under management.
Local Office Submarkets’ Vacancy Rates Vary By Region and Class
REAL ESTATE: Choices Abound for Class B and C, Class A Remains Scarce
San Diego County’s real estate recovery is being felt in different ways, depending on the neighborhood. Here’s how local commercial brokers view trends in some prominent local office submarkets.
Executive Profile: Daniel Broderick
Daniel Broderick is president and CEO of Cassidy Turley San Diego, a full-service commercial real estate firm.
Looking Beyond the Books
ACCOUNTING: Forensic Accountants Pursue Financial Facts With Variety of Skills
Sifting through mountains of financial records to figure out the net worth of a person may not sound glamorous, but it’s the stuff that gets forensic accountants excited.
Accounting and Finance Jobs in Demand as Economy Rebounds
FINANCE: Hiring Is Across the Board, Salaries on the Rise
Always in fairly high demand, workers with accounting and finance experience are finding increased job opportunities as companies gradually expand operations, and competition for top talent ratchets up.
Executive Profile: Matthew Garrett
CEO Matt Garrett founded TGG Accounting to improve the national small business success rate. Through a set of best practices — known as The TGG Way — his firm provides business owners and their management teams with high quality, timely and accurate financial statements that help them keep their companies in order, make better decisions and sleep better. A national Vistage speaker, Garrett built and sold two startups before he was 35.
The Lean Way
BUILDING: A Process Called ‘Lean Construction’ Smooths Road to Renovation
Tenant improvements and site renovations have been crucial to the business enhancement efforts of local contracting companies over the past five years, as work assignments in new-construction projects remain tough to come by in San Diego County and elsewhere.
Evidence-Based Design Drives SYHC Facilities Renovation
HEALTH CARE: Clinic Interior Promotes Healing; ‘Not Just a Decorating Job’
San Ysidro Health Center is using what’s called evidence-based design to inform the renovation of its new three-story clinic and urgent care center in Chula Vista — and streamlining health care in the process.
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