| Contact: Lisa Porter For Immediate Release (949) 752-7599 November 29, 2002 |
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R.D. Olson Construction Completes "Spa in the Mall" |
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In providing pre construction and general contracting services, Irvine-based Olson renovated the existing space into a 14,000-square-foot luxury spa with twenty-one treatment rooms including 14 massage areas, five facial suites, men’s and women’s locker rooms, two Roman baths, two steam rooms, and a total of eight manicure and pedicure stations. Project costs totaled $2.3 million. “Building a spa in a mall is a new concept that is catching on quickly,” said Dennis Reyling, president, R.D. Olson Construction. “We are pleased to work on a project, which will set the standards for this new trend.” The Glen Ivy Day Spa is an offshoot of its parent company, Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa in Corona. Originally dating back to the 1870s, Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa was re-built in the 1980s and has since been rated as one of the country’s finest. Much like the Corona spa, the Glen Ivy Day Spa at Brea Mall will offer peaceful garden settings with trickling waterfalls and as much lush foliage as the indoor setting will allow. A large greenhouse room including a fireplace encased by bookshelves will serve as a retreat where guests can lift their feet and relax, or enjoy a beverage, snack or lunch. The Glen Ivy Day Spa also will be home to a Spa Lifestyle Store, a retail innovation especially designed for the Brea Mall location. Just outside the spa’s entrance is an elaborate copper fountain. The spa’s only connection to the mall’s interior is the one large show window offering a hint of the many luxuries within. Irvine-based T. S. Voelker Architecture designed the spa, using a palette of natural finishes in an effort to replicate the unpretentious natural luxury of the original Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa. Stone flooring, patina copper roof elements, and natural woods are used to achieve an earthly flavor. R.D. Olson Construction was founded in 1979 by Robert Olson. The company has since built such well-known establishments as the El Niguel Country Club, Laguna Niguel and Benihana in Golden Valley, Mn. Current projects in California include Casa de Amma, San Juan Capistrano; Lawry’s Carvery at South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa; and Chapman University Dance Center, Orange. R.D. Olson Construction is the twelfth largest company of its kind in Orange County with its corporate office in Irvine, Calif. |