GROWING WITH THE COMMUNITY:

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON MENIFEE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL #15

with student pickup and drop-off areas. The project scope will also require various off-site improvements, including street improvements to Wickerd Road.

“This is the second school we’ve worked on for Menifee Union School District, with Menifee Valley Middle School being the first,” said Andy Feth, project executive at C.W. Driver Companies, the contractor building the property. The architect is DLR Group|BakerNowicki. “In that instance, it was an intricate expansion of an existing campus, while this is a completely new build from the ground up.”

Founded in the 1800s, the Menifee Union School District has experienced steady growth over more than a century, with an acceleration in the past 40 years. The Menifee Union School District is growing rapidly. In 1981, there were 301 students registered in the District. By 1985, the number had increased to 700, and today the District: serves over 11,440 students from preschool through grade 8 at one preschool, 11 elementary schools, one K-8

The Menifee Union School District continues to expand, as construction has begun on the $54.5 million K-5 Elementary School #15, which will serve approximately 600 students when it is completed in July 2024. Located in Riverside County, California, the planned campus will be spread across 46 acres and incorporate ample outdoor areas for physical activity and social gatherings.

The 75,000-square-foot new construction will include 23 classrooms, a kindergarten building, an administration building, a library, a food service kitchen and a multipurpose room, with the various buildings laid out in a horseshoe configuration. Plans include a modern multipurpose room with a state-of-the-art audio-visual system, play and track fields, and playgrounds for children's recreation. There will also be a 106-stall parking lot school, a K-8 Virtual School, three middle schools and a robust Independent Study program. In addition to Menifee Elementary #15, C.W. Driver’s portfolio of K-12 work includes projects for San Diego USD’s Nipaquay Elementary School and multiple project modernizations, Grossmont UHSD’s El Capitan High School Events Center and multiple new and modernizations, San Dieguito UHSD’s Torrey Pines HS Modernization and New Digital Arts Building and Pacific Trails Middle School, Chino Valley USD’s New K-8 The Preserve II School and multiple project modernizations, Granada Hills Charter’s New TK-8 School Facility, Irvine USD’s New Solis Park K-8 School and Irvine HS Performing Arts Complex in addition to multiple new and modernization projects, Flintridge Preparatory School Bachmann Collaboration Building and Brentwood School Saltair West Annex and Parking Garage.

LOEB & LOEB ADDS

Laroche To Real Estate Department

Loeb & Loeb has welcomed Chrystal Dyer LaRoche to the firm’s New York office as a partner in the real estate department. LaRoche works with real estate investment firms as well as Fortune 500 and midmarket companies on matters ranging from complex leasing transactions and the purchase and sale of real properties to mortgage portfolios, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and related financings.

“Chrystal’s broad-based real estate experience complements our diverse and robust real estate capabilities. Her addition will help us deepen the range of services we offer to our clients and further boost the strength of our market-leading real estate leasing practice,” said Raymond Sanseverino, chair of Loeb & Loeb’s real estate department.

LaRoche represents clients on matters involving commercial leasing, sponsored private real estate investment funds, distressed investments and lender negotiations, among other types of complex transactions. She has advised several high-profile real estate investment firms and banks on a range of matters involving all core real estate asset classes.

She earned her B.A. from the University of Virginia and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. She joins Loeb & Loeb from law firm Ropes & Gray.