McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Completes Phase 1 of Aperture Del Mar Office Complex By Brian Hoover, Senior Editor
cCarthy Building Companies, Inc. continues to build upon its impeccable reputation for constructing and developing high-profile and well-designed commercial projects throughout Southern and Central California. Their portfolio includes a long list of award-winning projects, including completing the Aperture Del Mar technology and life sciences campus in Pacific Highlands Ranch. Dan Browne has been a senior project manager working at McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. for the past 10 years. Browne oversaw all construction operations on the Aperture Del Mar project.
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“We started with preconstruction, moved on to building permits, and eventually broke ground on Phase 1 of the Aperture Del Mar Project in December 2019,” says Browne. “The first phase of this high profile 21-month lab and office space real estate project was completed in September 2021.” Browne points out that when all phases of the campus are complete, there will be a mix of four and five-story buildings that will include unprecedented amenities. The 630,000 square foot project is located on Carmel Valley Road and Edgewood Bend Court adjacent to State Route 56 in Del Mar Heights. The campus will feature an onsite
café, fitness center, and amphitheater, along with a garden lounge, basketball, sand volleyball, and bocce court, dog park and a jogging trail. The grading portion of the job began in December 2019 and was subcontracted by McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (McCarthy) to Trinity Grading, Inc., headquartered in Temecula. “15 or so years ago, a well-known homebuilder was developing the Pacific Highlands Ranch area and brought much of the export and spoils from their projects to the 15-plus acre site where Aperture Del Mar is currently being constructed,” Browne explains. “This is essentially an
Below: Grading and excavating prior to constructing buildings on Aperture Del Mar project.
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