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Connect All Procopio Procopio expanded its downtown San Diego location, a 22-story office tower known as the Procopio Tower. Previously occupying five floors as the building’s largest tenant, the firm now occupies a sixth floor. The build-out resulted in 22 percent growth to 107,957 square feet of office space. The new floor underwent a custom renovation prior to occupancy and includes a state-of- the-art conference and training center. square feet. As with the firm’s downtown office, both floors of the Del Mar Heights office underwent a significant remodel before occupancy. Along with modern office and event space, the office features custom skylights and access to multiple open-air balconies. The expansion also allowed Procopio to dedicate several hundred feet of office space to startup entrepreneurs in its ongoing LaunchPad incubator program. Significant expansion also occurred at Procopio’s Del Mar Heights office. Previously occupying an entire floor, Procopio now occupies two. The result was a 39 percent increase in space to more than 40,000 What’s Next for KCM Group? The City of San Diego, Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation and CONNECT have launched CONNECT ALL @ the Jacobs Center, the region’s first diversity focused business accelerator program. KCM Group is providing construction management to renovate a portion of the existing Joe & Vi Jacobs Center facilities to serve as the onsite co- working offices for diverse and financially disadvantaged founders of San Diego- based startups. The new accelerator and business resource center are slated to open this spring. This program is funded in whole or in part with Community Development Block Grant program funds provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to the City of San Diego. www.kcmgroup.net PROUDLY HONORING Ernest Rady BUSINESSMAN, ENTREPRENEUR & PHILANTHROPIST PATRIOT AWARDEE Gary Sinise FOUNDER OF THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION CO CHAIRS: HÉLÈNE & GEORGE GOULD REENA & SAM HOROWITZ ARLENE & RICHARD ESGATE JEANNE JONES & DON BREITENBERG STEPHANIE BROWN RSVP at USOSanDiego.org or 619.235.6503 FEBRUARY 2019 | GBSAN.COM 63