Here are winners in the Gold Nuggets-Best in the West competition for San Diego County projects; all are merit awards except where indicated as a grand or top winner.
Public or private special-use project: Chula Vista Fire Station No. 8; builder, Rudolph and Sletten; developer, city of Chula Vista; design architect, R. Douglas Mansfield Architect; executive architect, Jeff Katz Architecture.
Office or professional building: Centerpoint in San Diego; builder, Reno Contracting; developer, Beckman Properties; architect, Austin Veum Robbins Partners.
Retail project: Shops at San Miguel Ranch (grand), Chula Vista; builder, Centre Builders; developer, McMillin Commercial; architect, Benson & Bohl Architects.
Village Walk at Eastlake, Chula Vista; builder/developer, Sudberry Development; architect, Fehlman LaBarre.
Specialty project: The Grand Del Mar Hotel in Carmel Valley; builder, Manchester Construction; developer, Manchester Resorts; architect, Altevers Associates Architecture & Planning.
Mixed-use project: Smart Corner, East Village in downtown San Diego; builder, Hensel Phelps Construction; developers, Lankford & Associates, Canyon Johnson-Urban Fund, and Urban Housing Partners; architect, Austin Veum Robbins Partners.
East Village Market in downtown San Diego; builder, EV; developer, SRM Development; architect, Runberg Architecture Group.
Affordable housing project under 30 units per acre: Solara in Poway (grand); builder, Sun Country Builders; developer, Community HousingWorks; architect, Rodriguez Associates Architects & Planners.
Coronado Senior Housing in Coronado; builder, Sun Country Builder; developer, San Diego Interfaith Housing; architect, Studio E Architects.
Affordable housing project, 30 units per acre or more: Auburn Park in San Diego; builder, Wermers Multifamily Corp.; developer, Affirmed Housing Group; architect, Studio E Architects.
Apartment project, four or more stories of housing: Current in Little Italy in downtown San Diego; builder-developer, Hanover Co.; architect, Carrier Johnson.
Infill, redevelopment or rehabilitation site plan: Smart Corner (grand).
On-the-boards site plan: Fanita Ranch in Santee; developer: Barratt American; planner, FORMA Design.
Single-family detached home on a small lot under 3,200 square feet: Tapestry at Lomas Verdes-Plan 3 in Otay Ranch; builder-developer, Shea Homes; architect, Dahlin Group Architecture Planning.
Single-family detached home, 4,001-4,500 square feet: Claybourne at the Lakes-Residence 1 in Rancho Santa Fe; builder, Lennar, San Diego division; architect, Bassenian/Lagoni Architects.
Single-family detached home over 4,500 square feet: Claybourne at the Lakes-Residence 2 (grand).
Attached for-sale housing project of eight stories or more: Icon in East Village in downtown San Diego; builder, Ledcor Builders; developer, Icon LLC; architect, TannerHecht Architecture.
Also winning a merit award in this category was Smart Corner.
Sustainable residential neighborhood (attaching housing): Solara.
Sustainable residential neighborhood (detached housing): Pacific Highlands Ranch in Carmel Valley; builder-developer, Pardee Homes; architect, Bassenian/Lagoni Architects.
Sustainable commercial or industrial project: Ranch House at Del Sur in the State Route 56 Corridor (grand); builder, Standard Pacific Homes; developer, Black Mountain Ranch; architect, Fullerton Architecture.
B.L.D.G in Logan Heights; developer, Paperstreet; architect, Blue Motif Architecture.
Sustainable green home: Casa Familia in Point Loma (grand); builder-architect: Kevin deFreitas Architects.
Attached urban residential project of the year: Current.
All of the grand and merit awards can be seen at goldnuggetawards.com.