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Commercial Real Estate Awards 2018: Best Public Project

RANCHO LOS AMIGOS NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER –
DON KNABE WELLNESS CENTER AND PLAZA

Location: 7601 E Imperial Hwy Downey, CA 90242

Size: 13,000 sf

Developer: County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

Architect: Taylor Design/SmithGroupJJR

The Don Knabe Wellness Center and Plaza plays a critical role at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center, one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitative medicine. The new facility is equipped with a therapy swimming pool that has an underwater treadmill, weightlifting room, dance studio, cardio and yoga room. For patients, the 13,000 square foot space offers a bit of everything, even a meditative garden, where they can relax after a game of wheelchair basketball or a workout in the gym with equipment specially designed for people in wheelchairs. The integrated team of McCarthy, Taylor Design and SmithGroupJJR collaborated to create Rancho Los Amigos’ new wellness center with state-of-the-art design and construction in under one year. While all healthcare environments aim to create healing spaces, this project moves beyond soothing colors and soft contours to a space that celebrates the tenacity of the human spirit.

LOS ANGELES UNION STATION BIKE HUB

Location: 800 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Size: 7,000 sf

Developer: Morlin Asset Management, LP/Metro

Contractor: Swinerton Builders

Architect: Architectural Resources Group

The Union Station Hub features secure indoor bike parking and a small bike shop for repairs and gear along with rentals and hosts of seminar workshops along with bike tours. The facility will be the first ground up project at Union Station since 1920s. The general scope of work includes paving demolition, grading and soil preparation, structural and site concrete, custom fabricated steel beams and columns, perforated metal panels, MEP, and utilities traveling from the historic basement tunnels.

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