Commercial Scene : Hawthorne Medical Center Construction Launched

Construction has started on the $15-million, 64,000-square-foot Century Medical Center at 116th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard in Hawthorne. Completion is expected next year, according to a spokeswoman for the developer, Century Freeway Medical Associates Inc., an affiliate of Tandam Builders Inc., Santa Monica.

Widom Wein Cohen, Santa Monica, is the architect of the six-story building, which will serve Centinela Hospital, Robert F. Kennedy Hospital and Daniel Freeman Hospital. Tandam Builders Inc. is the Construction Co.’s Sabre Springs Business Park, San Diego, for $2,587,000. Coldwell Banker represented the seller, and Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer.

The buyer plans to build a $10-million, 108,000-square-foot manufacturing facility on the site.