San Diego Business Journal

2 days ago | sdbj.com | Brad Graves

SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Navy awarded General Dynamics NASSCO a $199 million firm-fixed-price contract action for maintenance, modernization and repair of the amphibious assault ship USS America. This deal includes options which, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $209.2 million. The work, called a fiscal 2026 Docking Selected Restricted Availability, will be performed in San Diego and is expected to be completed by July 2027.

3 days ago | sdbj.com | Brad Graves

SOLANA BEACH – Personalized medical technology, smart devices and high-growth companies are all familiar territory for Quentin Blackford. A longtime CFO, COO and numbers person, Blackford has been a member of San Diego’s medtech community for close to two decades. The San Diego County-based executive currently serves as chief executive of iRhythm Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: IRTC), a business specializing in personalized, next-generation heart monitoring.

3 days ago | sdbj.com | Ray Huard

DEL MAR – Refuge Vault Company has broken ground on a 1,200-square-foot Del Mar project that will provide safe deposit boxes in a variety of sizes and secure storage rooms for affluent and high-net-worth individuals. Due to open this summer, the private storage company’s services are meant to replace those formerly provided by banks.

3 days ago | sdbj.com | Ray Huard

RANCHO SANTA FE – A Rancho Santa Fe house designed for the horse-riding set – so fancy that it has a barn with three chandeliers and a caretaker’s apartment on the second floor -- was sold for $17.5 million in May, the highest price paid for a San Diego County home so far this year. “It’s a crazy barn, I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Linda Sansone of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, who was the listing agent for the sale.

4 days ago | sdbj.com | Ray Huard

SAN DIEGO – Architect/developer Jeff Svitak has finished building a North Park apartment building, Fora, with 34 apartments, and is wrapping up construction of a much larger apartment building in Bankers Hill, Kaya, with 78 apartments. Kaya takes its name partly from a Bob Marley record album of the same name that appealed to Svitak. “I like that laid back, sort of relaxed lifestyle, just enjoying the day type of feeling,” Svitak said.