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Anonymous donor offers $25 million challenge gift to support new Jacobs Medical Center

A steel beam—painted white and graced by a living evergreen tree, an American flag and dozens of signatures and messages—swung across a blue sky and into place atop the superstructure of UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center Thursday. The final beam marked the midpoint between groundbreaking and completion—and a huge milestone for UC San Diego. The special event was “topped out” with a surprise announcement from Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla.

“Just recently, an anonymous donor came to us and offered a $25 million challenge gift with the offer of a dollar for dollar match for every donation made to Jacobs Medical Center,” said Khosla. “This amazing gift will help us complete this building. Don’t look to your right or left. The donor is not here today, but will be here when we cut the ribbon in 2016.”

Kitchell is a design-build partner on the UC Jacobs San Diego Medical Center.

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hardison/downey construction, inc. completes Manzanita Hall remodel

hardison/downey construction inc. (h/dc) recently celebrated the completion of Arizona State University’s Manzanita Hall, a nearly three-year project that included a full gut and remodel of the historic 15-story building on University Drive.

Nicknamed “Manzy,” the dorm was originally constructed in 1967 to accommodate 1,000 female students, towering over other campus buildings. The remodeled, 218,000-square-foot building now offers a total of 241 two- and three-bedroom/one bathroom, and four-bedroom/two-bathroom units for 816 co-eds.

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