FPD Portfolios

Rex’s Roar

FPBA worked with Swinerton, Snipes Dye Associates and Coffman Engineers to coordinate the installation of this formidable bronze sculpture that commemorates Rex, the lion who inspired the creation of the Zoo in 1916. Standing only on one paw and more than 27 feet tall, Rex welcomes visitors at the Zoo’s entrance. Rex’s imposing stance was… Read more »

Navigate BioPharma NAV-2

Navigate BioPharma is a biopharmaceutical company and subsidiary of Novartis focused on providing and meeting the increasing demand for specialized services in oncology clinical trials. FPBA was brought in for a 25,000-square-foot lab-office tenant improvement for NAV-2 adjacent to the NAV-1 building in Carlsbad to accommodate the growing needs of the company. Navigate needed to… Read more »

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals

Bellicum Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing cellular immunotherapies for hematological cancers and solid tumors. The company sought to consolidate its cGMP manufacturing operations into one facility, requiring an expansion within its existing facility. Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects and Houston-based Kirksey Architecture teamed up to provide design services for… Read more »

NuVasive Ohio Manufacturing Facility

NuVasive, Inc. is a leading medical device company focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally-integrated solutions. The company selected a site in West Carrollton, Ohio as the location for the build-out of a new medical device facility dedicated to spinal implant and instrument manufacturing. This new facility supports the company’s efforts to increase… Read more »

Healthpeak Sorrento Gateway Campus Repositioning

FPBA executed the design through construction administration of a repositioning project at HCP’s Sorrento Gateway Campus in Sorrento Valley. The project comprised renovations to 33,000 square feet of lab, office, lobby and amenity space as well as a new 1,700-square-foot fitness center. FPBA renovated two floors of an existing building as speculative work, prioritizing adaptability… Read more »

Inhibrx Renovation, Torrey Pines Science Park

FPBA provided schematic design through construction administration services for a creative office and lab space located in Torrey Pines Science Park for Inhibrx. A clinical stage biologic therapeutic company, Inhibrx recently won an award of up to $6 million to advance production of its biotherapeutic drug, INBRX-111. The design incorporates elements of nature throughout, blurring the… Read more »

Coachella Valley Water District

FPBA CVWD Critical Support Services Building

FPBA was hired to design the new 24,000-square-foot facility consisting of water quality testing laboratories, information systems deployment room, SCADA control room, emergency operations center and administrative offices. The building meets Immediate Occupancy Performance Standards for a Probable Earthquake, supporting the Coachella Valley Water District in providing domestic water, wastewater, recycled water, irrigation/drainage, regional storm… Read more »

Healthpeak Torreyana Road Tenant Improvement

FPBA recently completed the design through construction administration of tenant improvements for Healthpeak at 11085 Torreyana Road. The scope included new building amenities on the first level, laboratory and office renovations for San Diego biotech company BioAtla on the second level, and speculative office improvements on the third level. The first level of the building… Read more »

Texas A&M Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing

The Texas A&M Center for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing (CIADM) was founded on a $285 million public-private partnership between HHS and collaborating academic, commercial and State of Texas stakeholders. It is one of three national centers for innovation supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The 12.5-acre site encompasses the… Read more »

NuVasive Surgeon Experience Center and Campus Upgrades

NuVasive Experience Center

 NuVasive, Inc., a leading medical device company focused on transforming spine surgery with minimally disruptive, procedurally integrated solutions, tasked FPBA with assisting in the expansion of its San Diego global headquarters. The new three-story, ground-up building houses the NuVasive Surgeon Experience Center, product display, offices and large meeting space. A 30-foot folding door opens… Read more »