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SAN DIEGO BUSINESS JOURNAL

April 21, 2014

Local Rehabilitation Effort Aims to Find Beauty Beneath the Blight

Three major
community
organizations came
together recently
to announce a
much needed
rehabilitation effort
in City Heights.
KUDOS/GIVING
With a
grant of more
Stephanie R. Glidden
than $163,000
UrbanLIFT Community Grant
from Wells Fargo in San Diego,
Community HousingWorks and San
Diego Canyonlands will embark on
a renovation of Bandar Salaam, an
affordable-rental community owned
and operated by CHW, as well as the
restoration of the natural habitat of
the Auburn Creek area in Fox Canyon.
The financial assistance will help
transform the blighted area into a place
for families to enjoy and a safe area for
children to walk to and from school.
Additionally, nearby Bandar Salaam
Apartments will also get new lighting,
resealing and restriping of the parking
area, a community monument and
landscaping. The renovation project
is scheduled to be completed by mid2015.
DPR Foundation, the charitable
arm of DPR Construction, and the
Carpenters Union sponsored a $3,000
fundraiser to benefit the Wounded
Warrior Project recently. DPR Project
Manager Ian Pyka expressed gratitude
for all our servicemen and women do.

Photo courtesy of Perette Godwin

A San Diego Canyonlands volunteer helps a girl during a recent cleanup of Bandar Salaam,
a Community HousingWorks affordable-rental community.

Union Bank, partnered with the San

Diego Chargers to raise funds for local
nonprofit organizations over the course
of the Chargers 2013 regular season.
Titled Game Changers, the
fundraising program culminated with a
donation presentation at Chargers Park
where the San Diego Chargers joined
Union Bank Senior Vice President and
Regional Executive Lawrence Henry to
present $15,000 ($5,000 each) to Boys
& Girls Clubs of Greater San Diego,
San Diego Armed Services YMCA and
San Diego Center for Children.
Henry said that Union Bank and
the Chargers worked together to help
children, families and members of the
armed forces.
Chargers Executive Vice President

INDEX

These indexes list the people, businesses, associations, organizations,

etc., that are named in this weeks issue. The numbers refer to the page
on which the name is found.

PEOPLE
Darin Andersen.............................. 9
Doug Arthur................................. 29
Steve Avoyer................................ 29
Carolyn Beaver............................. 13

ORGANIZATIONS
A
Accelrys Software Inc.................. 13
ACT Today for Military Families.... 38
Alphatec Holdings Inc.................. 15
American Assets Trust Inc........... 12
AMN Healthcare Inc..................... 30
Analytics Ventures......................... 9
Aragon Pharmaceuticals Inc........ 39
Arbys............................................. 8
Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc........... 13
Ariosa Diagnostics Inc................. 13
Arizona Tile.................................. 29
Atlas Ventures................................ 3
B
Big Brothers Big Sisters of
San Diego County.......................... 3
BioMed Realty LP........................... 3
BioMed Realty Trust Inc........... 3, 12
Block Financial............................. 10
BofI Federal Bank......................... 10
BofI Holding Inc........................... 10
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
San Diego.................................... 38
C
Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc...... 13
California Health Care Foundation.33
California Republic Bank.............. 10
Callaway Golf Co.......................... 15
Capital Bank................................. 10
Cardinal Health............................. 15
CareFusion Corp.......................... 15
Carnegie Mellon University............ 9
Carpenters Union......................... 38
Charles L. Nichols Trust............... 29
Chipin B.V...................................... 9
Churchs Chicken........................... 8
Clayton Wall & Ceiling

Scott Blackmun............................ 32
Rita Brandin................................... 8
Sarah Brightwood.......................... 6
Ann Spira Campbell..................... 32
Ian Campbell................................ 32
Marco Carosi.................................. 4

Systems Inc................................. 29
Coley Inc........................................ 8
Community HousingWorks.......... 38
Corky McMillin Cos........................ 8
CoStar Group............................... 29
Covered California.......................... 1
Cups Frozen Yogurt........................ 8
CyberHive....................................... 9
D
Dean Runyan Associates.............. 39
Department of Defense.................. 9
DexCom Inc................................. 15
Digirad Corp................................. 30
DPR Construction........................ 38
DPR Foundation........................... 38
E
E3 Civic High School...................... 9
El Al.............................................. 30
Enterprise Car Rental................... 29
Entropic Communications Inc...... 30
Excel Trust Inc............................. 12
F
Facebook........................................ 4
Fairbanks Trail LLC....................... 29
First General Bank........................ 10
Flocke & Avoyer Commercial
Real Estate................................... 29
Foneclay......................................... 4
42nd Street Apartments LLC........ 29
G
GDCI Proctor Valley LP................ 29
Genstar Development Co............. 29
Getty Images.................................. 4
Go-Biz.......................................... 39
Green Street Advisors.................. 12
H
Halozyme Therapeutics Inc.......... 30
Hoehn Motors.............................. 38

Kyle Clark..................................... 29
Deanna Coley................................. 8
Steve Coley.................................... 8
Elizabeth Courtier........................... 6
Charles Crain................................ 11
Louis Cumming............................ 32
Eric DeMarco............................... 30
Isaac Eteminan............................... 4
Mick Farrell.................................. 15
Peter Farrell.................................. 15
Kevin Faulconer........................ 3, 39
Scott Forrest.................................. 3
Todd Galarneau.............................. 8

Hoover High School....................... 3

HP Investors LLC......................... 29
H&R Bank.................................... 10
Hyatt Regency La Jolla
at Aventine..................................... 3
I
iHive............................................... 9
Illumina Inc.................................. 13
International Data Corp.................. 9
Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc.............. 13
J
Jack in the Box............................... 8
Janssen Labs............................... 39
JetBlue......................................... 30
Johnson & Johnson....................... 3
Junior Achievement....................... 3
K
Kearny Mesa Bowl....................... 38
Kilroy Realty Corp........................ 39
Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions Inc................................ 30
L
Ligand Pharmeuticals Inc............. 30
Lights Out Holdings LLC.............. 33
Little Caesars................................. 8
LRAD Corp............................... 9, 30
M
Mandala Research........................ 39
Marcus & Millichap Inc................ 29
Marlu Investment Group................ 8
MaxLinear Inc.............................. 30
McDonalds.................................. 29
McKinsey & Co.............................. 9
Microsoft Corp................... 4, 10, 30
MIT Enterprise Forum.................... 3
Moodys Investors Service....... 3, 12

and CEO A.G. Spanos said, Its great

how something as simple as loose
change can make a difference.
YMCA of San Diego County 2014
Annual Campaign raised $5.9 million
to support thousands of families. More
than 2,600 fundraising volunteers from
14 Y branches and YMCA Youth and
Family Services participated in the
campaign designed to help make sure
that YMCA programs are affordable
and available to all people in San Diego
County. The YMCA gave special
thanks to Hoehn Motors for supporting
the campaign through the Hoehn
Challenge Grant.
Qualcomm Inc.s philanthropic
arm, the Qualcomm Foundation,
recently donated $75,000 to Veterans

Village of San Diego. Since Jan. 1,

the donation has helped provide
lunches for homeless veterans at the
Veteran Emergency Shelter, as well as
provide hygiene kits, for veterans who
seek support for drug treatment and
potential job training.
The Spirit Of Sharing, a small
nonprofit in Oceanside assists military
families during the holiday season and
in emergency situations throughout
the year. The organization attempts to
tailor solutions to each familys need
and provide emergency assistance.
Spirit Of Sharing focuses on those
families with children who have a
parent deployed or about to deploy.
They also place special emphasis
on those military families who have
experienced an injury or death, combat
related or not. The mission is to assist
any active duty military family in
need in SoCal from San Diego Naval
Base to Edwards Air Force Base. For
information visit spiritofsharing.org.
In honor of National Autism
Awareness month, visit these San
Diego-based nonprofits: The Autism
Tree Project at autismtreeproject.
org; The Autism Society San Diego
at autismsocietysandiego.org; Re
Spectrum Community at respectrum.
org; Autism Care and Treatment
Today at act-today.org; and ACT
Today for Military Families at
acttodayformilitaryfamilies.org.
Please email kudos/giving items to
sglidden@sdbj.com.

Greg Garrabrants......................... 10
Alan Gold..................................... 12
Kipp Gstettenbauer...................... 29
Jim Hamilton................................ 29
Faheem Hasnain........................... 11
Roger Hawley............................... 11
Lawrence Henry........................... 38
Harry Hixson................................ 13
Paul Jacobs.................................. 30
Natasha Jen................................... 4
Peter Lee...................................... 33
Peter Leparulo.............................. 30
Gary Levitt..................................... 8

Tony Lutfi....................................... 8
Shawne Merriman........................ 33
Yuri Milner................................... 13
Diego Miralles.............................. 39
Steve Mollenkopf......................... 30
Kerri Mowen.................................. 3
Vincent Mudd............................... 32
James Myers.................................. 3
Sumeet Parekh............................. 29
Matt Peckham.............................. 29
Spencer Plumb............................ 12
Robert Price................................. 12
Ian Pyka....................................... 38

Gary Rotto..................................... 1
Mark Scorca................................. 32
A.G. Spanos................................. 38
Chris Stephens............................. 32
Brook Taylor................................. 39
Paul Thompson.............................. 3
Dave Titus...................................... 3
Dirk van den Boom...................... 13
William Welch.............................. 13
Stewart Weston............................ 29
Jason White................................. 12
Brad Williams............................... 29
Christopher Zorbas...................... 29

N
National Register of Historic Places.. 6
National Trust for Historic
Preservation................................... 6
Navy Federal Credit Union............ 10
Newland Communities................... 8
Nike Inc........................................ 33
Novatel Wireless Inc................ 9, 30
NuVasive Inc................................ 15

S
Salix Pharmaceuticals Inc............ 13
San Diego Armed Services
YMCA........................................... 38
San Diego Business Journal.......... 1
San Diego Canyonlands............... 38
San Diego Center for Children...... 38
San Diego Chargers............... 33, 38
San Diego Council on Literacy....... 3
San Diego County Credit Union.... 10
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.......... 9
San Diego Historical
Resources Board............................ 6
San Diego Opera............................ 1
San Diegos Council of
Community Clinics......................... 1
San Diego Symphony................... 32
San Diego Venture Group.............. 3
Scripps Advance............................ 3
Scripps Translational Science
Institute.......................................... 3
Sea Breeze Properties LLC............. 8
Sears Appliance &
Hardware Stores............................ 8
Sears Holdings Corp...................... 8
Sears Home Appliance
Showrooms................................... 8
Sears Hometown and
Outlet Stores Inc............................ 8
Sears Outlet Store.......................... 8
Sempra Energy........................ 9, 15
Senomyx Inc................................ 30
Sentre Partners............................ 29
Sequenom Inc.............................. 13
ServiceNow Inc............................ 30
Silicon Valley Bank....................... 13
Sizzler............................................ 8
SNL Financial............................... 10
SpinMedia...................................... 4
Spirit of Sharing........................... 38

SST Properties LLC...................... 29

Standard & Poors Rating
Services......................................... 3
SynFast Oil Change...................... 29

O
Opera America............................. 32
Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc....... 13
Overland Storage......................... 30
P
Pacific Marine Credit Union.......... 29
Pacific Premier Bank.................... 10
Padlock Therapeutics Inc............... 3
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp.... 30
Petco Animal Supplies Inc............. 3
Pinnacle International
Development Inc.......................... 29
PriceSmart Inc............................. 12
Q
Qualcomm Foundation................. 38
Qualcomm Inc................ 1, 4, 15, 38
Quidel Corp.................................. 13
R
Ramos Properties Ltd.................. 29
Realty Income Corp..................... 12
Receptos Inc................................ 11
Regulus Pharmaceuticals Inc....... 30
Republic Bank & Trust Co............ 10
ResMed Inc.................................. 15
Re Spectrum Community............. 38
Retail Opportunity
Investments Corp......................... 12
RF Industries Ltd......................... 30
RMJB Inc..................................... 29

T
The Autism Society San Diego..... 38
The Autism Tree Project............... 38
The Control Group......................... 3
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc........ 13
The Scripps Research Institute...... 3
Tourism Economics..................... 39
Twitter............................................ 4
U
Union Bank.................................. 38
United Airlines.............................. 30
University of Arizona...................... 9
University of California, Riverside.. 9
University of California,
San Diego.................................. 3, 9
University of San Diego.................. 9
V
Veterans Village of San Diego...... 38
ViaSat Inc....................................... 1
Virtu Forest Glen Associates LLC.29
Visit California.............................. 39
Volcano Corp............................... 15
W
WD-40 Co.................................... 15
Wells Fargo............................ 29, 38
Wexford Science &
Technology LLC........................... 12
Willis Allen Real Estate................... 6
Wounded Warrior Project............ 38
Y
YMCA of San Diego County......... 38
Z
Zogenix Inc............................ 11, 30