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News from July 2001

Harvard University Develops Graduate Housing Tower

DATELINE Allston, Mass.
Harvard University is building an apartment style, 360-bed graduate student housing facility in Allston, Mass. The $85 million project, developed by Bond Bros. Inc., features a 15-story tower....
 7.31.01



Transkaryotic Therapies Builds Headquarters and Research Facility

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
Transkaryotic Therapies Inc. is building a 185,000-sf headquarters and state-of-the-art laboratory and research facility in an MIT-owned building in Cambridge. The $65 million project, developed by Barr & Barr Inc., involves renovating the existing bu...
 7.31.01



Harvard Medical School Develops New Research Building

DATELINE Boston
Harvard Medical School is building a 430,000-sf research facility in Boston. Developed by William A. Berry & Son, Inc., the $250 million project includes a 196,000-sf parking garage and will by used by Harvard Medical School and collaborative tenants....
 7.31.01



Opticom Occupies Andover Facility

DATELINE Andover, Mass.
Opticom Inc. has moved 95 employees into 33,000-sf at Brickstone Square in its home city of Andover, Mass. The software firm has an option on more space at the facility and plans to occupy up to an additional 15,000 to 20,000 sf by 2002. ...
 7.31.01



Worcester Polytechnic Campus Center Completed

DATELINE Worcester, Mass.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's 72,000-sf campus center was completed by Cutler Associates, a design-build firm based in Worcester. Boston-based Shepley, Bullfinch, Richardson and Abbott designed the project. ...
 7.31.01



Columbia River Maritime Museum Completes Phase I

DATELINE Astoria, Ore.
McCarthy Building Companies Inc. has completed the first phase of construction on the Columbia River Maritime Museum, the first nationally accredited maritime museum in the Northwest. Located in Astoria, Ore., the museum remained open during the...
 7.31.01



New Genzyme Plants in Framingham and Waterford

DATELINE Framingham, Ma.
Genzyme Corp. intends to build a recombinant protein manufacturing plant in Framingham, Ma. The 300,000-sf facility is estimated to be running by 2004. In Waterford, Ireland, Genzyme has purchased a 120,000-sf plant for manufacturing Renagel, with a multi...
 7.30.01



Notre Dame HS Develops San Jose Campus

DATELINE San Jose, Ca.
Notre Dame High School is building Manley Hall, a $14 million, 34,000-sf facility with fiber-optic technology housing physics, chemistry, biology and computer labs, classrooms, administrative space, and a library. Located in downtown San Jose, the&nb...
 7.30.01



Wyeth Office and Technical Center Completed

DATELINE Malvern, Pa.
Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories Inc. completed its Office and Technical Center in Malvern, Pa., in March 2001. The St. Davids, Pa.-based pharmaceutical firm contracted architect The Kling Lindquist Partnership of Philadelphia to design the three-...
 7.30.01



University of Pennsylvania Housing Renovation and Addition

DATELINE Philadelphia
The University of Pennsylvania is planning to build a new three to five-story, 1,000-student dorm in addition to renovation of 12 existing dorms. The $250 million project, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox of New York, involves internal restructuring of the r...
 7.30.01



Tularik Builds Dallas Lab

DATELINE Dallas
Tularik Texas, a subsidiary of South San Francisco-based biotech firm Tularik, is leasing and building out a laboratory space in Dallas. The 2,300-sf facility will focus on anti-fungal and anti-bacterial drug development and is due to ...
 7.27.01



Bayer Diagnostic Negotiates East Bay Expansion

DATELINE Berkeley, Ca.
Bayer Diagnostic, a separate entity within the German pharmaceutical firm, is negotiating occupation of 70,000 sf in a yet-to-be built biotech laboratory and office building in Berkeley. The two-story facility, slated for completion&nb...
 7.27.01



Hybrigen Doubles Dallas Facilities

DATELINE Dallas
Hybrigen Inc., a Dallas drug-targeting company, doubled its biotechnology facility's space to 8,000-sf in May. Hybrigen is one of several biotech-related companies located in Dallas' Stemmons Corridor area....
 7.27.01



KLA-Tencor Slows Livermore Development

DATELINE Livermore, Ca.
KLA-Tencor has put occupation of its new Livermore campus on hold until the end of the year. The San Jose-based semiconductor firm purchased 43 acres in the Shea Business Park in May 2000 for a 720,000-sf, six-building campus. Construction on the&nbs...
 7.27.01



Biogen Plans European Manufacturing Plant

DATELINE Hillerod, Denmark
Biogen Inc. is planning to build its first European manufacturing facility on 60 acres purchased in the Municipality of Hillerod, Denmark. With an option to buy an additional 36 acres, the Cambridge, Ma.-based firm has allotted $350 mi...
 7.27.01



Boston College Expansion and Renovation In Progress

DATELINE Boston
Boston College is undertaking several campus projects, including a $90 million renovation of the Higgins Science Building estimated to reach completion in fall of 2002. Construction has begun on a $36 million, 156,000-sf office facility on the lower campu...
 7.27.01



Emerson College Develops New Facilities

DATELINE Boston
Emerson College is planning several new developments, including a new residence hall and college center housing additional athletic and student activity space. Adjacent to the Majestic Theatre, Emerson has planned a $30 million, 11-story performance and p...
 7.27.01



Emmanuel College and Merck Plan New Research Center

DATELINE Boston
Emmanuel College in Boston has partnered with Merck & Co. Inc. on a planned 300,000-sf research center. The Merck-owned facility on Emmanuel's 16-acre campus will foster a relationship between the college's biology students and Mer...
 7.27.01



International Spy Museum Under Construction in D.C.

DATELINE Washington
The 58,000-sf International Spy Museum is under construction in Washington in a building that formerly housed the Communist Party of the United States. The first of its kind in the nation, the two-floor espionage museum is being developed by The...
 7.26.01



Astrolink Locates in Manassas

DATELINE Manassas, Va.
Astrolink will locate its new $205 million network operations center in the Prince William County-owned Innovation office park in Manassas, Va. The Bethesda-based wireless broadband company is also building a global telecommunications satellite network fo...
 7.26.01



AOL Develops Gainesville Campus

DATELINE Gainesville, Va.
AOL is investing $555 million in a new campus in Gainesville, Va. Ground was broken on the 37-acre Technology Center IV in November of 2000, the day after the investment was announced. The campus is expected to be fully operational by October of...
 7.26.01



U.S. Dataport Builds 188-Acre Campus in Virginia

DATELINE Prince William County, Va.
U.S. Dataport has invested $1.4 billion in a 188-acre Virginia campus co-developed by the Peterson Companies. Ground is being broken on the facility in summer of 2001 with the facility due to open in spring of 2002. As the nation's largest multi...
 7.26.01



George Mason University Develops Prince William Campus

DATELINE Manassas, Va.
George Mason University is planning several additions by 2007 to its 124-acre Prince William campus located in the Innovation @ Prince William Technology Park in Manassas, Va. Focussing on academic research in computer and information technology, pla...
 7.26.01



Cancer Therapy and Research Center Completes Facility

DATELINE San Antonio
The Cancer Therapy and Research Center has completed a 20,000-sf expansion of its Institute for Drug Development. Consolidating basic and translational research labs, the facility will focus on developing new cancer treatment therapies. The expansion is f...
 7.26.01



New Veterinary Facility at Fort Sam Houston

DATELINE San Antonio
A new 32,000-sf veterinary care facility costing between $5 million and $10 million will be built at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The building will house office, institutional and veterinary care, and animal handling and treatment spaces. &n...
 7.26.01



U.S. Dataport to Build Virginia Gateway Internet Campus

DATELINE Gainesville, Va.
San Jose-based developer U.S. Dataport is planning a 2,000,000-sf, $1.4-billion Internet data center campus at a 188-acre site in Gainesville, Va. The 188-acre site is slated to open in early 2002. ...
 7.26.01



Horizon Blue Cross Establishes Second Headquarters

DATELINE Mount Laurel, N.J.
Newark-based Horizon Blue Cross  Blue Shield has leased 87,460 sf in Mount Laurel for consolidation and expansion of its presence  in South Jersey. Employee relocation and closure of the Philadelphia and Evesham offices were sched...
 7.26.01



Microsoft Opens Silicon Valley Technology Center

DATELINE Mountain View, Ca.
Redmond, Wa.-based Microsoft has opened the new 26,000-sf Silicon Valley Technology Center in Mountain View, Ca., a 10-lab facility enabling businesses to try the company's suite of enterprise software prior to purchasing.  ...
 7.26.01



Community Education Partners Develops Philadelphia Facility

DATELINE Philadelphia
Community Education Partners Inc. has purchased a 167,000-sf structure in Philadelphia to convert into a modern educational facility housing approximately 1500 students. Purchased for $3.5 million from yarn maker and spinner Coren-Indik Inc., the for...
 7.22.01



Travelocity.com Opens Call Center in Southwest Virginia

DATELINE Clinton, Va.
Fort Worth, Texas-based Travelocity.com is opening a $2.27-million call center in Clinton, Va. Vacated by Nexus Communications, the facility will host employee training for the 500 available positions in June and open in July as T...
 7.22.01



University of Pennsylvania Riverview Plans Completed

DATELINE Philadelphia, Pa.
The University of Pennsylvania Riverview Campus master plan has been completed by Cambridge, Mass.-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates. The 20-acre Philadelphia Civic Center site will be transformed into a mixed-use healthcare and research center serving th...
 7.22.01



Biogen to Build Denmark Plant

DATELINE Hillerod, Denmark
Biogen Inc. of Cambridge, Mass., plans to build a $350-million factory in Denmark to produce cell cultures for proteins and process the multiple sclerosis drug Avonex. Construction is slated to begin in 2002. ...
 7.22.01



TestChip Expands Austin Operations

DATELINE Austin, Texas
TestChip Technologies is expanding from 4,000 sf to  30,000 sf in Austin as part of the company's drive to increase its R&D work. A developer of chips that test the semiconductor manufacturing process, the Plano-based fir...
 7.21.01



Alcon Laboratories Expands Fort Worth Operations

DATELINE Fort Worth, Texas
A subsidiary of Nestle SA, Alcon Laboratories Inc. is in the early stages of planning a 400,000-sf expansion of its Fort Worth R&D facility. Approval by Switzerland-based Nestle is pending for construction of the $20-million to $30-million expans...
 7.21.01



UGA to House Biomedical & Health Sciences Institute

DATELINE Atlanta
The Paul D. Coverdell Building at the University of Georgia will house the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, which will focus on public health, molecular medicine, and infectious disease and immunity. This new research institute will connect UGA r...
 7.21.01



Turner Develops Techwood Campus

DATELINE Atlanta
Turner Broadcasting System Inc. broke ground on its Techwood campus in Atlanta in March 2000.  Development of the campus network operations facility and office building is slated to move forward ahead of schedule, with the next phase o...
 7.21.01



J.P. Morgan Chase Builds Call Center in San Antonio

DATELINE San Antonio
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s credit card division is building a three-story, 152,000-sf call center in the Westover Hills on the north side of San Antonio. $24.9 million was expended on land purchase and construction costs for the new faci...
 7.20.01



Endicott College Expands

DATELINE Beverly, Mass.
Endicott College is planning a $15 million capital campaign to fund several campus improvement projects. Included are an $8 million, 53,000-sf, 230-bed dormitory and a 20,000-sf library addition housing 65,000 books and a new computer ...
 7.18.01



TherImmune Opens New Toxicology Lab

DATELINE Gaithersburg, Md.
Gaithersburg biotech firm TherImmune hosted the grand opening of a new 30,000-sf toxicology research lab on May 3. The development is an expansion of the current facility where TherImmune provides biotech firms with anal...
 7.18.01



McDonald's Consolidates Operations in Bethesda

DATELINE Bethesda, Md.
McDonald's is making downtown Bethesda the site of its regional corporate operations. Relocating 150 to 170 employees from Fairfax, Baltimore, and Herndon offices, the regional headquarters will also provide meeting and training space for more than 8...
 7.18.01



Tellabs Consolidates Operations in Massachusetts

DATELINE Chelmsford, Mass.
Lisle, Ill.-based Tellabs Inc. will be consolidating its Massachusetts operations into a new Chelmsford facility. A maker of telecommunications equipment, Tellabs has scaled back previous plans to occupy a total of 270,000 sf in two bu...
 7.17.01



Washington University Expands Olin Business School

DATELINE St. Louis
The John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis has selected Cambridge-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates to program and provide a conceptual design for an expansion project....
 7.17.01



Coagulation Diagnostics Expands in Rockville

DATELINE Rockville, MD
Bethesda-based Coagulation Diagnostics Inc. moved into a new lab facility at the Maryland Technology Development Center in Rockville on May 1.  The biotech firm, maker of commercialized diagnostic tests for cardiovascular disease, will retain&nb...
 7.10.01



UTSA Breaks Ground on Recreation and Childcare Facilities

DATELINE San Antonio
The University of Texas at San Antonio plans to break ground in summer 2001 on two new facilities, both designed by Garza/Bomberger & Associates. Students, faculty, and staff will be served by a 66,000-sf wellness/recreation center that will include a...
 7.6.01



Emory University Implements New Water Technologies

DATELINE Atlanta
Emory University has two buildings under construction that incorporate an innovative water recycling program. The system is designed to capture air-conditioning condensate for reuse by the cooling tower that provides air conditioning for a 325,000-sf medi...
 7.6.01



Georgia Tech Renovates Student Recreational Complex

DATELINE Atlanta
Georgia Tech has plans to renovate and expand its Student Recreational Complex. The existing 1996 Olympic outdoor pool and diving well will be part of the $43-million, 32,000-sf project being designed and built by Hastings & Chivetta Architects Inc. T...
 7.6.01



University of San Diego Completes Institute for Peace and Justice

DATELINE San Diego
The University of San Diego has completed construction of the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice. The $30-million center is designed to accommodate both research on the topics of peace, conflict, and social justice as well as actual international n...
 7.2.01



San Jose State Plans New Athletic Facility

DATELINE SAN JOSE, Calif.
San Jose State University has plans for a new 17,000-sf building for the school's athletes devoted to physical conditioning, strength-building, and rehabilitation. Thanks to a $1 million grant from the Koret Foundation, the Koret Building is scheduled to ...
 7.2.01



Wittenberg University Plans Kuss Science Center

DATELINE SPRINGFIELD, Ohio
Wittenberg University has selected Holabird & Root of Chicago to design the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center and renovate the existing building. The first phase of a two phase project includes a 47,000-sf expansion of the original 96,000-sf facility t...
 7.2.01



College of St. Catherine Plans New Student Center

DATELINE ST. PAUL, Minn.
The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul has selected Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbot to renovate and design a new Student Center and Learning Commons. The 100,000-sf Student Center will be documented and constructed by Opus A&E Northwest of Min...
 7.2.01



ASU Completes Restoration of Historic Old Main

DATELINE TEMPE, Ariz.
Arizona State University (ASU) completed in November 2000 the $5.7 million restoration of Old Main, a cherished 30,000-sf landmark building constructed in 1895 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Old Main now serves as the activity hub...
 7.2.01



Heinz Nat'l Wildlife Refuge Completes Education Center

DATELINE TINICUM, Del.
  The Cusano Environmental Education Center has just been completed at the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. The 18,000-sf 'green'structure was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm Susan Maxman & Partners. It incorporates such envir...
 7.2.01



Monmouth University Plans New Athletic Center

DATELINE WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J.
Monmouth University has commissioned Philadelphia-based Ewing Cole Cherry Brott to design a new athletic center and mulitpurpose activity facility that will include a 5,000-seat multipurpose gymnasium, a 200-meter indoor track, a new university bookstore,...
 7.2.01



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