Over the past several months, we’ve been actively engaging across the region—sharing ideas at conferences, breaking ground on new and exciting projects, and reaching key milestones that reflect the impact of our work. We’ve also continued building meaningful connections within the communities we serve, collaborating with partners and neighbors to shape places that respond to local needs and long-term growth. Learn more about how we’re making an impact across our region through our people, our projects, and our ongoing community involvement.
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Saddleback College Ribbon Cutting
Saddleback College celebrated the ribbon cutting and grand opening of its new Math and Computer Science Building, marking a major investment in STEM education, student success, and future-ready learning environments designed to support collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and hands-on exploration in emerging technologies.
Bisnow’s Southern California Life Sciences & Biotech Summit
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San Diego in Focus
Hear from HGA’s San Diego team as they share what is shaping their work, how they are thinking about the future of design, and what keeps them inspired. Explore the full Market Spotlight to hear directly from the team.
ECC Theatre Reaches 50% Construction Milestone
HGA’s work on the historic Educational Cultural Complex Theatre Renovation was featured by the San Diego Community College District as the project reached its 50 percent construction milestone. Read how the renovation is restoring and modernizing this landmark arts, education, and community hub in Southeastern San Diego.
CSUSM Integrated Science and Engineering Building Steel Topping
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Our San Diego Office is Moving!
HGA’s San Diego team is preparing for an exciting Q3 move as we outgrow our current office and continue investing in the region. The new downtown location reinforces our commitment to San Diego, placing our growing team closer to downtown, surrounded by transit, dining, and cultural destinations. Additional details to be shared out later this summer.
Healthcare in Focus
This month’s Market Spotlight asks a simple question with complex answers: “What challenge in your market excites you most right now?” Inspired by our HGA Quick Takes series, we invited multiple voices from across our LA Healthcare team to respond, revealing different perspectives on evolving client needs, industry shifts, and the opportunities shaping the future of their market.
With more than 28 years of healthcare planning and programming experience, Jennifer Ries brings a strategic lens to helping clients navigate complexity, improve operations, and create environments that support healing and the human experience.
My answer would be “doing more with less,” but for me, that is less about constraint and more about innovation. Our clients are asking us to be sharper, more strategic, and more thoughtful stewards of their resources. The opportunity is in using planning to unlock greater value: more efficient operations, better experiences for patients and staff, and spaces that can adapt as care continues to evolve. We differentiate ourselves through a deeply collaborative process that brings the right expertise together early, challenges assumptions, and pushes design beyond what is expected. I find the challenge exciting because it forces us to think differently, plan smarter, and continue testing the boundaries of what healthcare environments can become.
Jennifer Ries
Healthcare Planning Principal
Read the full post here.
San Diego Symphony Jacobs Music Center at AIA26
At the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2026 in San Diego, HGA joined fellow architects, designers, and industry leaders from across the country to exchange ideas on the future of the built environment. As part of the conference programming, AIA featured a video spotlighting HGA’s renovation of Jacobs Music Center, home of the San Diego Symphony, while HGA’s John Frane and Jim Moore helped lead project tours for attendees.
The tours gave participants a closer look at the beautifully complex renovation of a 1929 movie palace into a 21st-century concert hall, highlighting the balance of historic preservation, acoustic performance, accessibility, technical coordination, and renewed experiences for artists and audiences.
Reimagined as a world-class symphony hall, Jacobs Music Center reflects how adaptive reuse can support the future of civic and cultural spaces while honoring the legacy of an iconic San Diego landmark.
Video courtesy of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) | Wisdom Capture | MOTV Films