The acclaimed developer of San José and owner of the construction company Swenson Builders, Barron “Barry” Swenson, died on Saturday at the age of 85 years after a lifetime to build many of the iconic buildings of South Bay Must.
Swenson’s legacy is linked to the San José horizon, where he built and renewed some of his most emblematic buildings, including the San José City Council, the Civic Center, the headquarters of San José Mercury News and the Anza Standard hotel, the company, the company, the company, the company, the company, the company. THE COMPANARD THE COMPANARD THE COMPANARD THE COMPANARD THE COMPANARD THE COMPANY
“I am one of those guys who can make a bar of soap last year. I don’t waste anything,” Swenson said frequently in his life, according to the company’s website.
Swenson’s family could not be contacted immediately to comment on Sunday.
On the basis of work based on his father’s construction company in the first half of the twentieth century, Swenson forged his own company, Barry Swenson Builders, in 1977, where he grew up to prominence along with the buildings that adorn adorned. These efforts were part of a larger Swenson plan to shape San José as an attractive destination for companies and the community, according to the Swenson Builders website.
Jesse L. Nickell III, former senior vice president of Barry Swenson Builders, said Swenson was a judicious entrepreneur, a loyal leader and a “man on earth.” Nickell and Swenson worked together rebuilding boxes from Santa Cruz houses after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, because both believed that Santa Cruz would return better than before.
“I worked with Barry for 34 years, and I would say that, as a leader, his optimism was contagious. He was giving, generous and was a loyalty with all those around him,” Nickell told Bay News Group Area on Sunday. “It saddens me to see Barry leaving us and going to the other side.”
The Swenson portfolio covers residential condominiums and apartments for the elderly, commercial buildings for the main urban mixed companies and centers. In the 2000s, Swenson developed a new design approach for concrete structural buildings in the Bay area with the introduction of Landmaker. He recovered the patent for this approach in 2016.
“He loved to hunt and take vegetables from the garden and eat fresh and unusual things. He loved the good Irish whiskey and was the salt of the earth.” Nickell said. “It’s a brother I will miss.”
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