NEWPORT BEACH, CA—C.W. Driver, a leading builder serving the Western U.S., has completed construction of the Civic Center and Park Project for the City of Newport Beach.

Located at 100 Civic Center Drive, next to the Newport Beach Central Library, the 117,000-SF project, which has been under construction since May 2010, adds 17,000 SF to the two-story library, a new 450-space parking structure, an 88,000-square-foot office building, and a community room and city council chambers totaling a combined 12,000 SF, and creates the city's fifth-largest park at 14 acres, with its first-ever dog park. Construction costs totaled approximately $110 million. The new civic center, which officially opens in May, is currently slated for LEED Silver certification, with the possibility of LEED Gold.

“The completed Newport Beach Civic Center creates a centralized location for all of Newport Beach's residents,” said William Hahn, the project manager for C.W. Driver. “The connection of the library to the City Hall and park unifies the entire project, and the positioning of the new civic center and parking structure capitalizes on the location near the ocean.”