New Building in the West . . .

Construction of the first building in one of the country's most unusual "town centers" will begin this month at Santa Fe Springs.

First phase of the $S-million Sherwood Manor regional shopping center in Stockton is scheduled to start this month.

Del Mar-A new horse show arena costing nearly $4Q000 will be built on the San Diego County Fairgrounds to be ready by |une 24. Johnson Construction Co. of Chula Vista is the contractor.

Desert Hot Srprings-Foxdale Development, Inc., of Los Angeles plans to start a $200,000, 3Groom motel here this month.

Construction has started on a two-story, $65Q0O0 bank, store and office building in Los Angeles at Lincoln and Manchester boulevards.

The foundation of the Z2-story, $15 million skyscraper for Travelers Insurance Co. in Los Angeles has been completed. George A. Fuller Co. is contractor for the new building at Wilshire Boulevard between Harvard and Kingsley streets.

Port Hueneme-Construction has begun on a new $88,118 warehouse at the Port Hueneme Harbor by Pasco Steel Corp. of Pomona.

Construction has started on a $225,000 Faculty Club building on the SC campus in Los Angeles.

Stanton-Construction of initial units of the Esther Luchner Walter School is scheduled to start this month.

Construction has begun on Mount Vernon Plaza, a new 34-store shopping center in San Bernardino by developer Teitler-Paris.

Ground will be broken this month for a new $550,000 executive office building for Lear, Inc., in Santa Monica. Design and construction is iby Sheldon L. Pollack Construction Corp.

The Security-First National Bank has begun construction of two new branches in Torrance. one in the downtown area and the other at l09th and Anza streets.

Chino-Expansion of hospital facilities at the California Institution for Men will start this month. L. P. Scherer Co. of Redlands is the general contractor on the $1,22,,140 project.

Shop-Around shopping center is now under construction in Covin-a. Developer of the $350000 project is Al W. Smiley.

Pomona-Ground has been broken at the Grove street Bible School for a new chapel and educational unit.

Fresno-Farmer-owned co-operatives will spend $1.5 million on construction of six new cotton gins this year. Included are the West Valley Co-operative gin near Riverdale, $300,000; the Coalinga Farmers Co-operative in Coalinga, $275,000; the Semi-Tropic Cooperative near Wasco, $300,00O; the Earlimart Co-operative in Alpaugh, $185,000; the Sequoia Co-operative, Visalia, $160,00Q and the Raisin City Co-operative gin number 2, $254,W, in Raisin City. Remodeling of two other gin plants will cost an additional $100,000, and at least two :other gins may be built this season in the San Joaquin Valley.

Upland-A million-dollar industrial park is under construction on a l0-acre site at W. Ninth street and Mountain avenue. Plans call for a 24-building development.

The first phase of Panorama Towers, a $20-million office building development in the San Fernando valley, is set for August, according to William H. Brownyard, developer. The Panorama City project will consist of two l3-story structures and a 2O-story tower building.

Ground has been broken Scripps College campus at Owens.

for an $800,000 residence hall on Claremont. Contractor is Stephen

Immediate construction is set for the $100,000 Peasley Chapel Center at Whittier College in Whittier.

Construction will start in June on a multimillion-dollar medical center in the Crenshaw shopping area of Los Angeles, reports S. Jon Kreedman & Co., Beverly Hills.

Montclair-Final tract map for 15 single-residence lots west of Central avenue and north of Kingsley street has been approved.

Ontario-Construction of a $260,000 building in the central business district will begin this rnonth for the California Bank by Armstrong Nurseries, Inc., owners of the land.

Construction of over 5,000 homes for military personnel at bases from Little Rock, Ark., to Pearl Harbor will represent a construction volume of approximatelv $75 million by Louis Lesser Enterprises, Ltd., developer. Construction includes 250 units at White Sands Proving Grounds in New Mexico in partnership with L & L Construction:600 units at Pearl Hanbor Naval Base. 300 units at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas; and 500 units at Luke Field, Phoenix, Ariz., in partnership with Phil Yousem. The homes will be built under the provisions of the Capehart Housing Act.

Solvang-The Santa Barbara County Park Commission has approved plans by Don Baker, Lynnwood manufacturer, to construct a motel and restaurant in the Lake Cachuma recreation area.