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The Crossing, a new luxury, transit-oriented apartment community in Anaheim, celebrates its Grand Opening. Developed by SARES-REGIS Group and designed by KTGY, The Crossing provides amenity-rich, pet and eco-friendly living adjacent the Metrolink.

Paragon at Old Town will celebrate the completion of the mixed-use apartment community with a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 2, 2010, in the historic Old Town district in Monrovia, CA.

Developed by Jamboree Housing Corporation and designed by KTGY Group, Inc., The Arbor at Woodbury Apartment Homes at 300 Regal Avenue in Irvine, Calif. will celebrate its Grand Opening on February 11.

KTGY principals David Senden and Manny Gonzalez, AIA, LEED AP have been invited to speak at the International Builders' Show (IBS) held January 19-22, 2010 in Las Vegas. Senden and Gonzalez will also provide some Architectural Plan Reviews at IBS.

KTGY designed and completed Habitat for Humanity of Orange County's first homes built in Yorba Linda, Calif. KTGY has been committed to working with Habitat for Humanity throughout California.

Casa del Maestro in Santa Clara, CA has received ULI's 2009 Jack Kemp Workforce Housing Models of Excellence Award. Casa del Maestro was developed by Thompson | Dorfman Partners and designed by KTGY Group.

KTGY Principal Damian Taitano, Architect, has been invited to speak at the 21st Annual Building Industry Association of Southern California's Building Industry Show (BIS) 2009 on November 19 at the Long Beach Convention Center.

KTGY’s Principal Manny Gonzalez, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, CAASH has been invited to speak at the MFE Conference, International Builders’ Show, and Big Builder’s pioneering virtual program.

Downtown Walnut Creek's first live-work-shop-play residences, 555YVR, are nearly completed. Developed by Thompson | Dorfman Partners with KTGY as the project architect, 555YVR is a modern, environmentally-friendly, transit-oriented development.

RCD is proposing to build Berrellesa Palms, a green, pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented, affordable apartment community for active seniors 55+ years in downtown Martinez, Calif. KTGY Group is the architect.

KTGY has earned 12 high honors in the prestigious 2009 Gold Nugget design and planning competition. Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) and The Glen at Hidden Hills both won Grand Awards.

KTGY Group, the architect for Stone Bridge at Higley Park in Gilbert, Arizona, reports that in less than three weeks, Highland Homes has sold 27 single-family homes at Stone Bridge.

Granite Court Apartment Homes in Irvine, Calif., designed by KTGY Group, will celebrate its Grand Opening in July, 2009. Granite Court provides safe, quality affordable housing to families earning between 30% and 60% of the area median income.

Developers Urban Housing Communities and Heritage Community Housing, and architectural firm KTGY have received national award for outstanding affordable senior housing community, Horizons at Indio.

KTGY has earned 12 Gold Nugget Merit Awards honoring the firm’s wide range of capabilities, excellence and innovation in addressing complex housing, community planning and TOD design/build issues.

KTGY's designs for three single-family homes in Yorba Linda for Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Orange County are under construction. In addition, KTGY recently received HFH's 2009 Dream Builder Award for the firm's substantial contribution.

NAHB awarded KTGY 2009 Best of 50+ Housing Gold Award "Best Multifamily Rental 50+ Community (Affordable) - On the Boards" for Echo Park, an affordable urban infill senior apartment community in Echo Park, Calif.

Diamond Apartment Homes in Anaheim, CA, an innovative, cost-effective solution in the fight to help end long-term homelessness in California, recently celebrated its grand opening. KTGY Group is the architect.

Designed by KTGY, 1818 Platinum Triangle is a vibrant and emerging pedestrian- and transit-friendly luxury, urban apartment community that provides the discriminating amenities of a boutique hotel and the comfort of a stylish modern home.

KTGY Group has received national recognition for the design of Nuevo Amanecer Apartments, an affordable, workforce housing community in Pajaro, CA developed and built by South County Community Builders of Gilroy, CA.

Designed by KTGY, The Courtyards at Old Town in Monrovia, CA is a development of 163 luxury apartments and 6,000 SF of commercial office and retail space. Completion is expected by mid 2010.

Villaggio at Route 66, a 166-unit mixed-income apartment community located in the heart of Rancho Cucamonga at Route 66 and Center Street, near Haven Avenue, has broken ground. KTGY is the architect.

KTGY principals Mike Flynn, AIA, LEED AP, Damian Taitano, David Senden & Chris Texter, AIA have been invited to speak at the 20th Annual Building Industry Show at the Long Beach Convention Center.

KTGY Principal David Obitz will be a speaker at the 2008 Multifamily Executive Conference’s session “Born Again: Cost-Effective Ways to Revive Stale Apartment Stock” on October 13 at The Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.

KTGY's head of the firm's Community Planning and Urban Design Studio Ken Ryan is speaking at ACRE Inland Empire Chapter’s program, "The Effects of Climate Change on Future Real Estate Development in California” in Ontario, CA on Oct. 15, 2008.

KTGY has added Michael Vickers to support Business Development efforts for the company’s Retail Studio in Denver, Colo.

KTGY won an award for its colorful and creative design "You’ve Been Soft Served" in Orange County's 1st annual CANstruction design/build competition at the South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, Calif.

KTGY Principal Ken Ryan will be a panelist at the 2008 California Chapter of the American Planning Association (CCAPA) Conference’s session, “What Council Members Really Want,” on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, from 4:30 - 5:45 pm in Hollywood, CA.

KTGY’s Stan Braden and Jirair Garabedian have been invited to speak at the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Mixed-Use Development Conference in San Francisco at the session on “Mixed-Use and the Design of Horizontal and Vertical Solutions."

Marinita Development plans to commence construction on Jefferson Square, a new $24.3 million, 90,440 sq. ft. supermarket/drug anchored shopping center in La Quinta, CA. Phase one will consist of a Fresh & Easy Market and CVS/pharmacy.

KTGY’s Principal Manny Gonzalez, AIA has been invited to speak at the Southeast Building Conference on August 1 on "Multifamily Design: Latest, Greatest, Most Efficient."

KTGY received the Pasadena Beautiful Foundation’s Redevelopment Award for the design of a two-story, 76,770 sq. ft. Whole Foods Market. The award honors the firm’s significant development incorporating an 80-year-old historic building.

The AIA Intern Development Program Advisory Committee has awarded KTGY with the 2008-2011 IDP Firm Award, honoring its commitment to providing its interns with mentoring, supervising and training.

KTGY has earned 3 Grand and 11 Merits in the Gold Nugget Awards design and planning competition. The prestigious awards recognize the firm’s diverse portfolio of design excellence.

KTGY earns 14 Awards of Merit in the 2008 Gold Nugget Awards prestigious competition. KTGY winners encompass recreational use facility, site planning, adaptive re-use and mixed-use categories. The winning projects are located throughout California.

KTGY received NAHB’s 50+ Housing Council 2008 Best of 50+ Housing Gold Award for Garden Grove Senior Apartments. Also, KTGY’s Principal Rob Williams, AIA will speak at the BIA/SC’s 50+ Housing Council program on June 19 in Newport Beach.

KTGY principals Ken Ryan and David Senden have been invited to speak at the PCBC 2008 show held June 24 - 27, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, Calif.

KTGY’s Principals Ken Ryan, Manny Gonzalez, AIA and Rob Williams, AIA have been invited to speak at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Building For Boomers & Beyond: 50+ Housing Symposium in New Orleans, LA.

KTGY GROUP has received two prestigious national accolades presented by NAHB including the highly coveted Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards for Best Affordable Apartment Community for College Vista in San Mateo, CA.

BIA of So. CA and HBA of No. CA have recognized KTGY as a finalist in six categories in the prestigious MAME Awards competition including Best Community, Best Attached Home & Best Architectural Design.

David Senden, principal at KTGY GROUP, has been selected to participate in an Urban Land Institute’s Technical Advisory Panel to assist the National City’s redevelopment agency in developing a master plan for a 25-acre area.

Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has named two new shareholders in the company’s Irvine office: Keith Labus, Principal of Studio 6; and Ken Ryan, Principal of the Community Planning and Urban Design Studio.

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) has recognized KTGY as a finalist for four NAHB Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Awards for four of its California projects.

KTGY’s Chairman / Principal Stan Braden, AIA is a panelist at Orange County Chapter’s BIA and HBC program: “New Development: For Sale or For Rent? How and When to Make The Right Decision” on March 10th at the Irvine Marriott at 5:00 pm.

Seven projects, designed by KTGY, received 10 prestigious national awards including 3 Gold Best In American Living Awards and 2 Gold and 5 Silver Awards in The Nationals plus a Regional Award.

KTGY is the Best of 2007 California Award Winner in the residential category for its design of Market Lofts at 9th and Flower, a new $70 million residential/retail urban community in downtown Los Angeles and anchored by Ralphs Fresh Fare supermarket.

Three KTGY Group principals have been invited to speak at the NAHB 50+ Housing Council 2008 International Builders’ Show in Orlando, Florida, from Feb. 13 - 16, 2008.

Award-winning KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning, has added Lalaine Tanaka as principal in the company’s Irvine office. She will lead KTGY’s Hospitality division.

KTGY’s Principals Greg Lyon and Manny Gonzalez, AIA will speak at the Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Mixed-Use Development Conference on Jan. 10 in Los Angeles. Wil Wong, AIA will be the keynote speaker at SMA meeting on Jan. 15 in Santa Ana.

KTGY GROUP, INC., Architecture and Planning received seven Silver Awards and a Regional Award in The Nationals 2008 Awards competition. KTGY is also a finalist for three prestigious Best In American Living Awards (BALA).