By Steven Sharp, Reporter: Urbanize Los Angeles – Construction is scheduled to begin this week for a mixed-use development just south of Wilshire Boulevard in Koreatown. The project, called Nexen, will rise from a 1.2-acre site at 2938-2972 W. 7th Street which was previously developed with a parking lot and a […]
09/25/19 view this storyNew building plans unveiled for downtown Salt Lake City’s transformative Post District
By Tony Semerad, Reporter: Reporter: The Salt Lake Tribune – Construction is set to start soon on a $144 million residential and commercial project in a currently blighted area of Salt Lake City that motorists pass getting to and from Interstate 15.
06/30/20 view this storyMVE Sees Building Projects Moving Ahead
By Pieter J. Brennan , Reporter: Orange County Business Journal -During the 2008 Great Recession, Irvine-based architecture firm MVE & Partners Inc. was able to survive by finding work in China, where it designed 18 million square feet of projects—including more than 10 million square feet in the now infamous […]
05/18/20 view this storyMega Riverwalk project projected to have minor impact on Mission Valley traffic
By Jennifer Van Grove, Reporter: San Diego Union Tribune -The long anticipated redo of Mission Valley’s Riverwalk Golf Club into a $2.5 billion signature, live-work-play village — one that would introduce thousands of multi-family homes and ample park space along Friars Road — is closer to becoming a reality. The […]
05/15/20 view this storyMy New Normal: MVE Partners President Matthew McLarand
By Joseph Pimentel, Reporter: Bisnow – McLarand is the president and director of design at MVE + Partners, an architecture, design and planning firm based in Irvine. McLarand spearheads the company’s business development efforts and oversees a team of architects that designs commercial, mixed-use, multifamily and high-rise residential projects. These days, when Matthew McLarand […]
05/13/20 view this storyAnother Mixed-Use Development Planned in Downtown San Pedro
By Steven Sharp, Reporter: Urbanize Los Angeles – Yesterday, the Vancouver, Washington-based developer (Holland Partner Group) submitted an application to the City of Los Angeles to construct a mixed-use housing project on the block bounded by 6th, 7th, Beacon, and Palos Verdes Streets. The project, named for its address at 625 […]
04/17/20 view this storyA Tree Grows in Los Angeles
By Shane Reiner-Roth, Reporter: The Architect’s Newspaper – Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects, in collaboration with MVE + Partners as the architect of record, has unveiled its latest design for Sky Trees, a 43-story tower set for the corner of 11th Street and Hill Street in Downtown Los Angeles. Crown […]
04/16/20 view this storyDid You Hear? Architect Smallwood Returns to MVE to Expand Institutional Business in California
By Tony Wilbert, Reporter: CoStar News – Timothy Smallwood, who left MVE + Partners about a dozen years ago, has returned to the firm to lead and grow its institutional architecture and design groups across Southern California and eventually into the northern part of the state as well.
04/13/20 view this storyThe Curtain Lifts at San Pedro’s 550 Harborfront Apartments
By Steven Sharp, Reporter: Urbanize Los Angeles – Holland Partner Group is applying the finishing touches to 550 Harborfront, the company’s new mixed-use project in Downtown San Pedro. MVE + Partners designed 550 Harborfront which will include common amenities such as a pool deck, a sky lounge, three courtyards, a fitness […]
04/08/20 view this storyDevelopers dive into downtown Fremont housing boom
By Blanca Torres, Reporter: San Francisco Business Times – Within a year of submitting a proposal to build 275 apartments in downtown Fremont, Fore Property kicked off construction — an almost unheard of timeline in the Bay Area. The fast turnaround to get the project underway proves that Fremont is […]
12/09/19 view this storyUptick in Mixed-Use Development: Key Trends, Strategies Shaping Design
By Kenneth Nilmeier, principal and director of planning at MVE + Partners, for The Mann Report – In the past decade, mixed-use has become one of the fastest-growing and most desired product types in the US, and for good reason. From effective land use in dense, supply-constrained markets to diversification for […]
10/04/19 view this storyIntroducing “Smart Growth”: One Firm’s Perspective on Development Smarter, Not Harder
By Meghan Hall, Reporter: The Registry Bay Area Real Estate – The Bay Area’s development landscape has changed rapidly since major tech firms have made the region a global business hub. Municipalities, developers and property owners alike are constantly evaluating how best to accommodate the region’s rapidly growing population, with […]
07/23/20 view this story