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CARLSBAD

Park Hyatt Aviara Resort Completes Makeover

Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad has completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of its 329 guest rooms and its casual dining restaurant, California Bistro. Operators did not disclose the cost of the refurbishing.

Design services firm BAMO Inc. of San Francisco oversaw the renovation, which included repainting, re-carpeting and updating of furniture, lighting, artwork and window treatments. The restaurant’s renovation included adding a new lounge area.

The 200-acre property, which includes a spa and an 18-hole golf course, is in Carlsbad’s master-planned Aviara neighborhood. Formerly known as Four Seasons Aviara Resort before a 2010 management changeover, the resort was built in 1997 and renovated in 2006.

— Lou Hirsh

SAN DIEGO

Contractor Puts Aircraft Systems Through Paces

Northrop Grumman Corp. recently reported milestones on two unmanned aircraft programs.

The company, which bases its unmanned programs in Rancho Bernardo, said it started ground testing and engine runs on the U.S. Navy’s first MQ-8C Fire Scout helicopter. Tests are taking place at Naval Base Ventura County at Point Mugu.

During the initial engine runs, engineers collect data to ensure the aircraft’s systems are working and communicating properly prior to its first flight.

The MQ-8C is a larger version of an earlier helicopter called Fire Scout.

Separately, Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) reported more than 25 test flights for the specialized radar it intends to put on its Triton unmanned aircraft, another U.S. Navy project.

Northrop used a manned Gulfstream II jet to test the radar off the coast of California. The electronics are known as the multifunction active sensor.

The Triton is the Navy’s version of the U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawk aircraft.

— Brad Graves

IMPERIAL BEACH

Replacement Library Planned for South Bay

San Diego County plans to build a new branch library, doubling the size of this community’s current library at 810 Imperial Beach Blvd.

San Diego County Library officials said they will take a design-build approach to the project and issue a request for qualifications in early 2014. The three firms with the highest-ranking submittals will be asked for proposals. County officials say they are looking for the best value.

The county-funded, 14,000-square-foot project will take in the existing, 2,000-square-foot community room.

County officials hope to break ground in late 2014 or early 2015 and open the building as early as winter 2016.

— Brad Graves

CARLSBAD

Fast-baked Pizza Restaurant Debuting at Outlet Mall

Pasadena-based Blaze Pizza LLC, which operates restaurants where customers choose their own toppings for fast-baked pies, plans to open its first San Diego County location by year’s end at Carlsbad Premium Outlets.

The company said the 59-seat eatery, featuring an outdoor patio, will open at 5620 Paseo Del Norte, Suite 126A. The Carlsbad restaurant will be operated by AP Franchise Group LLC, led by Imran Ahmad and Tyler Phelps.

Blaze Pizza deploys an assembly-line format, similar to Chipotle Mexican Grill, where customers choose toppings before the thin-crust pizzas are cooked in a high-temperature, open-hearth oven in less than three minutes.

The company has three locations operating in Southern California, with several more set to be opened nationwide in coming months by franchisees.

Blaze Pizza is led by Elise and Rick Wetzel, founders of Wetzel’s Pretzels, also with headquarters in Pasadena. The company said the pizza concept’s celebrity investors include Maria Shriver, movie producer John Davis and Boston Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner.

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