The development team includes professionals and organizations who are instrumental in the successful completion of Comm22.

McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
With offices in Irvine, Oakland and Honolulu, MVE is a national architecture, planning and interiors firm with a portfolio spanning over thirty years. MVE's award-winning projects extend across the United States as well as internationally. Learn more about MVE and their work here.

Public Architects
Public is an established, award-winning architectural firm working in San Diego since 1989. The firm is noted for its innovative approach to design and has received numerous national and local awards, including two AIA San Diego Design Awards, a Citation Award for the UCSD Original Student Center Phase 1, and a Merit Award for the Rankin Creek House. Public has successfully worked with a wide variety of clients and project types to develop challenging, creative design within budgetary constraints. They have long been an advocate and practitioner of sustainable design. Learn more about Public and their work here.

Ivy Landscape Architects
Ivy was founded in 1994 by Harry Mestyanek. The firm specializes in a full range of landscape architectural and site-planning services that serve the goals of the community at large. Ivy successfully integrates art, culture and land into the design process for projects that range from municipal urban design and streetscape to low-income housing and public facilities. From site-specific analysis and community participation to computer visualization, regional planning and design, Ivy provides the highest quality service to local, national and international clientele. Learn more about Ivy and their work here.

San Diego Unified School District
SDUSD serves nearly 133,000 students. It is the second largest district in California and the eighth largest urban district in the United States. Since its founding on July 1, 1854, the district has grown from a small, rented school building with one teacher to its current state-more than 250 educational facilities. The historic school book depository and the four acres of land on which Comm22 is being developed is owned by SDUSD and leased to the COMM22, LLC. Learn more about SDUSD here.

• Caltrans: Environmental Justice Grant; Community-Based Transit Planning Grant
• Caltrans / SANDAG: Transportation Enhancement Grant
• California Recycle Underutilized Sites (CalReUSE)
• Bank of America - Recoverable Grant