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Dallas-based HKS Inc. is architect for 999 Sepulveda, a renovation and three-story, 15,0000-sq.-ft. addition to an eight-story El Segundo, Calif., office building constructed in 1962. Kilroy Realty Corp. is the owner, and the general contractor is Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. of Los Angeles. The project signifies a strong office market in El Segundo, which is adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport. The renovation cost of more than $250 per square foot is equal to the typical cost of new construction.

Michael Stanton Architecture of San Francisco is architect for the adaptive reuse of an 1830s building that was originally the post office for Washington, D.C. The four-story Tariff Building is being converted by San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotel & Restaurant Group into The Hotel Monaco, a 184-room property. Washington-based Tompkins Builders is general contractor for the project.

Omaha-based DLR Group is architect for a 240,000-sq.-ft. convention center and a 412-room Sheraton Hotel for the City of Overland Park, Kan. Turner Construction Co. was awarded two contracts totaling $101 million for the facilities, which are scheduled for completion in late 2002.

Baltimore-based RTKL Associates is architect for an 11-story office building in Rosemont, Ill. McShane Construction Corp. of Rosemont is the general contractor for the 263,000-sq.-ft. building, which is being developed by Chicago-based ORIX Real Estate Equities.

Perkins Eastman Architects of New York City is architect for Avalon Riverview, a high-rise luxury apartment community on the Queens waterfront in New York City. Bovis Lend Lease is the construction manager, and Alexandria, Va.-based AvalonBay Communities is the developer.

Dallas-based HKS Inc. is architect for 999 Sepulveda, a renovation and three-story, 15,000-sq.-ft. addition to an eight-story El Segundo, Calif., office building constructed in 1962. Kilroy Realty Corp. is the owner, and the general contractor is Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co. of Los Angeles. The project signifies a strong office market in El Segundo, which is adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport. The renovation cost of more than $250 per square foot is equal to the typical cost of new construction.

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