New Riverside Office Tower Completed

Construction was recently completed on Regency Tower, a 250k-sf.-ft. office building in Riverside. The 10-story build-to-suit structure was constructed over a three-level underground garage and will be occupied by the County of Riverside. The property is located at 3960 Orange Street in Riverside’s downtown area, near 10th St.
Snyder Langston served as the general contractor on the project on behalf of the developer, Silagi Development & Management Inc, who is based in Thousand Oaks. Irvine-based Langdon Wilson was the project architect.
Three County of Riverside departments, consolidating from multiple older buildings in the area, began moving into the property last month. The district attorney will occupy eight floors, and the Probation Department and County Counsel will each occupy one floor.
The building is targeted to be LEED Certified with sustainable features that include water efficient landscaping with a 50 percent reduction in normal water usage; water efficient plumbing fixtures; optimized energy performance of the building’s heating and cooling systems (HVAC) and use of CFC-free refrigerant in the HVAC system.
The building features exterior Turkish Travertine stone that was fabricated in Italy over precast concrete on the bottom two levels. The interior main lobby includes beautiful Roman Travertine stone columns and granite floors with cherry millwork. There is an exterior plaza called the “Victims Memorial Plaza” that includes a black granite stone wall with more than 1,500 names etched onto it similar to the Vietnam Memorial in Washington.
Other features include a three-level underground garage with 325 parking stalls, extensive security system, and an exterior dome that extends 42 feet above the roof that is 56 feet in diameter. The top of the dome is 184 feet above the street making it the tallest building in downtown Riverside.
According to Jason Rich, LEED AP, with Snyder Langston and project manager for Regency Tower, the County of Riverside made the decision to purchase the property during the middle of the construction phase, changing the original speculative project into a build-to-suit.