Gaf Archives - Gafcon

Pacific San Diego

What’s happening with Seaport San Diego, the $2.5B redo of downtown’s Central Embarcadero?

Pacific By Jennifer Van Grove 01/11/21 - Developer 1HWY1 has spent four years and $18 million refining a 2 million square-foot project that includes multiple hotels, shops, an event center and a blue-tech campus After spending more than four years refining a now $2.5 billion project, the developer picked to completely redo the existing 70... read more

San Diego Business Journal

Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen Chosen for Top 500 Influential Leaders

11/30/20 – SD Business Journal : 2020 SD500 • Special Edition • The Most Influential People in San Diego Congratulations to Gafcon, Inc. 's CEO, Yehudi "Gaf" Gaffen, for his inclusion on the San Diego Business Journal’s list of the 500 most influential San Diego community leaders in its SD500 special edition released today. Those selected represent deep knowledge of their industries as well as charisma and... read more

Urban Land Institute

Leadership During Uncertainty

5/11/2020 – An interview series from ULI San Diego-Tijuana While none of us can predict the future, what are you doing now in anticipation of business and/or markets coming back online? “Gaf” Gaffen, CEO & Founder, Gafcon, Inc. Thanks to our early and robust adoption of online collaboration technology and a move to the Cloud, our systems are strong and secure. Most of our... read more

The Construction Leading Edge Podcast

Why Mega Projects Fail

1/3/2020 – The Construction Leading Edge Podcast with Todd Dawalt Why Mega Projects Fail Founder and CEO, Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen was recently featured on “The Construction Leading Edge with Todd Dawalt”. Together, they discuss why megaprojects fail and how that affects you, regardless of what project size you’re working on. Listen on Apple Podcasts

San Diego Business Journal

The Most Influential People in San Diego

12/17/2019 – SD Business Journal: SD500 - Special Edition - The Most Influential People in San Diego Yehudi Gaffen CEO, Gafcon Inc. Yehudi "Gaf" Gaffen is leading the $1.2 billion Seaport Village redevelopment, a 70-acre site on the Embarcadero. He is the project manager and co-developer along with Protea Waterfront Properties partners jeffrey Essakow and... read more

SD Metro

SD Metro Men of Influence

11/2019 – SD Metro: 2019 Men of Influence Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen founded Gafcon Inc. in 1987, a globally respected program/construction management consulting firm. As CEO, Gaffen has worked with owners on hundreds of projects including the $12 billion Shanghai Zizhu Purple Bay master plan; the $135 million AltaSea project at the Port of Los Angeles;... read more

San Diego Business Journal

Top 500 Influentials

12/18 – SD Business Journal: 2019 San Diego Top 500 Influentials Yehudi Gaffen CEO, Gafcon, Inc. Yehudi “Gaf” Gaffen is leading the $1.2 billion Seaport Village redevelopment, a 70-acre site on the Embarcadero. He is the project manager and co-developer along with Protea Waterfront Properties partners Jeffrey Essakow and Jeff Jacobs. Gafcon also is a... read more

San Diego Business Journal

Keynote at Investment Forum

8/12/18 – SD Business Journal: Keynote Speakers at SD Global Investment Forum Yehudi Gaffen and Mary Walshok are among the keynote speakers at the 2018 San Diego Global Investment Forum on Sept. 19-20 at the Omni San Diego Hotel. They will be among the four keynotes and answering the question: “Why Southern California?” for foreign... read more