Contractor

Jim has been a California licensed General Contractor since 1980 (License No. 604279) and has over 40 years’ experience in commercial and residential construction. 

 

Since 1986, Jim has been the president of Wildwood Development Corporation in San Diego.  Wildwood Development Corporation has built multi-million dollar projects including multi-family buildings, single family homes, remodels and reconstruction, tenant improvement, fire and flood restoration, and high-end residential, commercial and mixed use buildings. 

 

Jim is also an expert in all aspects of wood framed buildings, and has long been recognized for his special expertise in difficult terrain and hillside sites.  Jim has served as an expert witness in various construction litigation disputes from 1998 through the present. 

 

Jim’s projects have been featured in the following magazines: Fine Homebuilding, Ranch and Coast, Dream Homes, and South Coast Style.

 

Jim’s project experience also includes the following:

 

Commercial Projects:

 

· House of Honda, 4909 El Cajon Blvd., El Cajon, CA – 4,200 sf new building

 

· Pitney Bowes Management, Pit Stop Copying Center, San Diego State University               Campus, La Mesa, CA  - new construction, 2,400 sf

 

· Studio Veneto, 7427 Girard Ave., La Jolla, CA – addition and renovation, 2,000 sf

 

· Liaghat Office Building, 828 Prospect St., La Jolla, CA- major renovation, 6,000 sf

 

· Direct TV, 1055 Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA – major renovation, 4,000 sf

 

· Orange Julius, Grossmont Shopping Center, La Mesa, CA – new construction, 1,200 sf

 

· Suisse Chalet Hotels (built 4 total)-  Leominster, MA., Portland, ME.,  Bangor, ME., New     Haven, CT  - each two story type 1 hotel, new construction, 48 units, 14,400 sf, each         $12 million         

 

Residential Projects:

 

New Multi-Family Construction:

 

· 7342 and 7346 La Jolla Blvd., La Jolla, CA and 475 Marine St, La Jolla, CA – 8,400 sf,       $2.1 million

 

· 2153 and 2155 Manchester Ave., Cardiff, CA - 5,500 sqft

 

· 2509 and 2510 Manchester Ave., Cardiff, CA – 5,500 sf

                               

· 2149 and 2151 Edinburgh Dr., Cardiff, CA – 5,600 sf

 

· 2047 and 2051 MacKinnon Ave., Cardiff, CA – 5,600 sf, $5.5 million         

 

New Single Family Residential:

 

· 2116 Balboa Ave., Del Mar, CA – 7,000 sf, $3.6 million

                                                             

· 1620 Crespo Dr., La Jolla, CA- 3,000 sf, $1 million

                                                                                      

· Grand Ave., Del Mar, CA – 6,500 sf, $2.275 million                                                                                                                                  

· 1819 Crespo Dr., La Jolla, CA – 3,000 sf, $2.1 million 

 

Please see Jim's featured projects HERE.