Two Orange County homebuilders have begun work on new communities 15 miles apart in San Bernardino County.
NUVO Parkside, a 303-home community in Ontario, will begin sales this spring with prices starting at $500,000, according to The New Home Company in Irvine.
Set on 20 acres at the intersection of South Archibald Avenue and Eucalyptus Avenue, NUVO will feature multi-story detached homes spread across four neighborhoods.
Sizes will range from 1,019 to 1,830 square feet with up to four bedrooms and three and- one-half baths. The four neighborhoods will include adaptive Mediterranean, contemporary and adaptive farmhouse styles, according to New Home.
Smart-home technology also will be available.
For more information, go to NUVOParkside.com.
Nearly 500 homes coming to Fontana
Landsea Homes has broken ground on 489 new homes at its new master-planned community Narra Hills in Fontana.
The community on 100 acres backs up to the San Bernardino National Forest. Narra Hills will include five home types including single-family homes, cluster homes and townhomes all within gates. Prices, to date, have not been set.
“Landsea Homes is thrilled to officially begin construction on Narra Hills, our first community in Fontana,” said Tom Baine, Southern California division president of Newport Beach-based Landsea Homes.
The community will have 233 detached single-family homes, with 155 on 10,000-square-foot lots and 78 on 5,000-square-foot lots. Homes will range from one to two stories, up to five bedrooms, four-and-a-half bathrooms, and range from 1,316 to 4,100 square feet.
Homebuyers will be able to “flex” space options with dens, bonus rooms, lofts or LiveGen suites — separate living spaces within the home for multi-generational families.
Narrra Hills will also include 127 cluster homes, each of which will feature its own outdoor space. They will be two stories ranging from 2,000 to 2,500 square feet with four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The 129 traditional townhomes will range from 1,300 to 1,800 square feet with options for two or three bedrooms and two to three bathrooms.
The community is slated to open in the fall.
Get a job offer, get a gas card
Agua Caliente Casinos in Rancho Mirage is hosting a job fair from 1-4 p.m. Thursday, April 14.
The casino needs to fill more than 100 open positions, including cashiers, food service, stewards, guest room attendants, security officers and facility engineers.
Applicants who get a job offer that day will also get a $50 gas card for the Agua Caliente Fuel Station on the first day of their new job.
Location: Cahuilla Ballroom inside of Agua Caliente Casino Rancho Mirage
Two-day hiring, career event begins today at Yaamava’
Yaamava’ Resort & Casino is hosting a virtual career event Monday and Tuesday, April 4-5, with panels discussions on consumer trends, recruitment and dining experience.
The company says its Next Level Casino Careers event is aimed at networking job candidates interested in the casino and hospitality industry.
For more information and to register, go to nextlevelcasinocareers.com/en/registration
New science facility coming to St. Jacinto campus
Construction has begun on the $37 million STEM Science & Technology facility at the Mt. San Jacinto Community College District’s San Jacinto campus.
C.W. Driver Cos. in Pasadena is building the complex in partnership with Irvine-based LPA Architects.
The three-story, 57,374-square-foot building will centralize science classes currently spread across campus. The facility will include labs, lecture rooms, general classrooms, math and general studies labs and faculty offices.
“Our goal at MSJC is to provide our students with the best possible education to prepare them for their future endeavors,” said Todd Franco, dean of Facilities Planning, District Construction & Support Services at Mt. San Jacinto Community College. “This new centralized hub for our math and science departments will allow our teams to collaborate in a permanent space that will contribute greatly to the STEM education and research at MSJC.”
The facility should be done by fall 2023.
Circle K property in Redlands sells for $8.5 million
The Grove, a Circle K-anchored retail center at 1542-1598 Orange St. in Redlands, has sold for $8.5 million to a Riverside County investor.
The 39,339-square-foot property is at the intersection of Orange Street and San Bernardino Avenue.
The buyer was represented by Melody Waltz with Realty Executives Riverside. The Los Angeles County-based seller was represented by Progressive Real Estate Partners.
Logistics company iDC coming to Fontana warehouse
iDC, a third-party logistics company, has leased a 189,523-square-feet warehouse in Fontana from property owner Chartwell Real Estate.
The property at 10840 Cherry Ave. is new Class A construction and will be fully occupied by iDC, according to CBRE.
“We are excited to expand our presence in key port markets across the U.S.,” said iDC Logistics CEO Elton Chung.
The company expects to be up and running in the facility in the first half of the year.
Jeff Vertun and Lauren Peddicord of CBRE represented iDC in the lease transaction.
Hospitality House getting a new kitchen
Salvation Army supporters Skip and Cathy Chappell have donated money to update bedroom furniture and replace the 30-year-old kitchen at the Hospitality House, a homeless shelter for families and single women, in Redlands.
“The Chappell’s were eager to provide funding for a new kitchen when I described the need,” said Scott Carlson, The Salvation Army’s donor relations director.
The Hospitality House said it provided 31,534 nights of shelter to families and children experiencing homelessness. Other services include meals, laundry, hot showers, tutoring and case management.
Judicial appointments
Two Riverside County residents have been tapped as new judges at Riverside County Superior Court.
Eastvale resident Valerie A. Navarro, 40, has served as a deputy public defender at Riverside County Public Defender since 2007. She also was a paralegal at Community Legal Aid SoCal in 2007. Navarro, a Democrat, fills the vacancy created when Judge Bambi J. Moyer retired.
La Quinta resident Manuel Bustamante Jr., 41, has been a trial attorney at the Walter Clark Legal Group since 2019 and an adjunct professor at Cal State San Bernardino since 2009, according to the governor’s office. Bustamonte also served as a deputy district attorney at the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office from 2006 to 2019. He fills a vacancy created when Judge David A. Gunn retired. Bustamonte is a Democrat.
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