Daily Business Report-March 3, 2017
Scout Bassett taking it out on the track.
Scout Bassett: A leg up on track and life
When Scout Bassett talks about overcoming her challenges in life, she says the emotional ones were even more difficult than her physical hurdles. That’s saying a lot because Bassett is an amputee, having lost her right leg from the knee down in a fire. She was an infant at the time, and was abandoned in the streets of Nanjing, China. Growing up, mobility was an issue, but it wasn’t as difficult as feeling cast aside and rejected.
Today, Bassett is a competitive U.S. Paralympic track sprinter and jumper who is the three-time U.S. champion in the 100-meter sprint, 100-meter and 200-meter American record-holder, and 400-meter World Record-holder.
She will be one of the speakers at the Inspiration Conference Friday, March 24, Harrah’s Resort Southern California, Valley Center. Details at www.sandiegowomensweek.com.
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Tenant Becomes Owner in
Purchase of La Jolla Galleria
La Jolla Fay LLC has acquired La Jolla Galleria, a 54,000-square-foot Class A office building in downtown La Jolla that it previously occupied as a tenant.
La Jolla Fay was a long-term tenant and exercised its right to purchase the building 18 months after signing a long-term lease. The seller was J.N. Daniel LLC.
Located at 7777 Fay Ave. at Silverado Street, La Jolla Galleria is a four-story building composed of three office floors above ground floor retail. The building was 100 percent leased at the time of sale to 12 tenants, including Charles Schwab, MadCap Software and other professional services firms. La Jolla Fay, occupies 10,000 square feet in the building. The residual square footage will serve as an investment for the buyer.
La Jolla Fay was represented by Colliers International in the sale. The seller was represented by Cushman & Wakefield.
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Construction Completed for New
Workplace for Experian DataLabs
Construction has been completed on a new workplace for Experian DataLabs at 12680 High Bluff Drive in San Diego. Ware Malcomb’s Irvine-based team provided interior architecture and design services for the project.
The 10,000-square foot office for Experian, a global information services group, was designed to integrate the company’s corporate culture into the environment and create a workplace to enhance both creative thought and detailed analytical work.
DataLabs is a group within Experian that helps businesses solve strategic marketing and risk-management problems through an advanced data analysis process, research and development.
“The office design incorporated a technologically oriented work environment to emphasize the distinct nature of the DataLabs group,” said Ted Heisler, principal, interior architecture and design at Ware Malcomb. “Relocating to a larger office space was a must, but Experian also took this opportunity to create a custom, branded work environment that reflects the Experian corporate culture.”
The general contractor for the Experian DataLabs project in San Diego was Bycor General Contractors
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Assemblyman Tom Gloria Named Chair
of Committee on Housing Affordability
Assemblyman Todd Gloria, an advocate for the increased production of affordable housing, has been appointed chairman of the Assembly Select Committee on Housing Affordability for the Middle and Working Class. Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon made the appointment.
“California’s affordable housing crisis is perhaps the most pressing issue affecting our state, especially with some reports measuring California’s poverty rate at over 20 percent,” said Gloria. “It is imperative now more than ever that we find ways to increase the production of housing units and make those units actually affordable for middle and working class families.”
Gloria is to lead hearings to investigate the causes of and potential policy solutions for the lack of housing affordability for middle and working class Californians. Select Committee hearings are set to begin later this year.
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Free Human Resources Classes Offered
San Diego Employers Association and San Diego Workforce Partnership are offering free human Resources classes. Among the free class offerings are
New Hires: Select the Best on March 8; Top Wage and Hour Mistakes on March 16; Fair Pay (Webinar) on March 23; Job Accommodations on March 29; Terminations on April 5; and Basics of Payroll in California on April 13.
The classes are free to members and nonmembers of SDEA, but registration is required. The classes take place at the San Diego Employers Association located at 8799 Balboa Ave San Diego, with the exception of the webinar on March 23. To learn more and to register, visit www.sdeahr.org.
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Portuguese Chapel Headed for Listing
On National Register for Historic Places
Portuguese Chapel, the pride of Point Loma’s Portuguese community for nearly 100 years, is a step away from being listed on the National Register for Historic Places. The Chapel will be officially listed once the National Park Service gives final approval.
Since late 2015, the Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) has been working with Geri and John Lauriano, members of the United Portuguese Sociedade do Espírito Santo (UPSES) in Point Loma, to prepare a National Register of Historic Places nomination report on the 1922 Portuguese Chapel.
This effort finally came to fruition on Feb. 3, at the first State Historic Resources Commission meeting of 2017. Three UPSES members went to Sacramento to attend the designation hearing: Geri Lauriano (past chapel chairman), John Lauriano, and Carl Silva (past UPSES president).
The project began when the Laurianos brought the nomination to SOHO asking for help. After working with the State Historic Preservation Office and the Laurianos for almost a year, SOHO completed the nomination, which recommends designating the Portuguese Chapel under Criterion C for architecture, with a local level of significance. The chapel is architecturally significant because it embodies the “Portuguese chapel” building typology and Azorian Style. What makes this tiny building even more unique is that its interior simulates a 1920s tuna boat chapel.
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NASSCO Delivers Last of 3
Tankers to SEA-Vista
General Dynamics NASSCO on Wednesday delivered the Liberty, the third and final ship to be constructed for SEA-Vista LLC as part of a larger eight-ship ECO Class tanker program.
In 2013, NASSCO entered into an agreement with SEA-Vista to design and build three 50,000 deadweight-ton, LNG-conversion-ready product carriers to include a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity each. The 610-foot-long tankers are a new “ECO” design, offering improved fuel efficiency and cleaner shipping options. Construction for the first of the three ships for SEA-Vista LLC began in November 2014. The first two ships — the Independence and the Constitution — have been delivered and are servicing the Jones Act trade.
The Liberty is the seventh vessel in an eight-ship ECO Class tanker program for two separate customers, SEA-Vista LLC and American Petroleum Tankers. The eighth ship of the program, the Palmetto State, is scheduled to be christened and launched on March 25 at the NASSCO shipyard in San Diego.
