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News from May 2002

Highland Hospital Designs Critical Care Facility

DATELINE Oakland, Calif.
Highland Hospital has selected RBB Architects Inc. to design a five-story critical care building. The Oakland facility, which will be built by Bellevue, Wa.-based MA Mortenson Co., includes a six-story parking structure. The $63-million, 325,000-sf buildi...
 5.31.02



Delta Search Develops Supercomputer Lab

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
Delta Search Labs may sign a lease for a 50,000 sf facility in Cambridge's Kendall Square, adjacent to its present 15,000-sf basement location. Delta's current operations include office space, a supercomputer, and a visualization cave. ...
 5.31.02



Stanford Plans Book Storage Facility

DATELINE Livermore, Calif.
Stanford University is planning to build a state-of-the-art book storage facility on 5.8 acres recently purchased in the National Business Park in Livermore. ...
 5.31.02



Shire Laboratories Plans Montgomery County Expansion

DATELINE Rockville, Md.
Shire Laboratories is seeking a Montgomery County location for a planned large-scale manufacturing facility. The expansion may also include lab and office space. Currently operating out of 45,000 sf in Rockville, Shire Laboratories is an advanced pha...
 5.31.02



University of Maryland Breaks Ground on Dental School

DATELINE Baltimore
The University of Maryland has broken ground on its $124-million, 360,000-sf Baltimore dental school. The building is slated for occupancy in 2005. ...
 5.31.02



Zhone Technologies Builds Corporate Headquarters

DATELINE Oakland, Calif.
Zhone Technologies has selected architects Fee Munson Ebert and Ibsen/Senty Architecture to design its corporate headquarters and R&D facility in Oakland, Calif.   SRM Associates of Oakland will act as general contractor and project manager ...
 5.31.02



Sun Microsystems Expands Newark Campus

DATELINE Newark, Calif.
Sun Microsystems Inc. has selected architect Bottom Duvivier and project manager Kaplan McLauglin Diaz to complete Phase III of its Newark campus expansion. Six two- and three-story office buildings will be constructed by DPR Construction of San Jose. The...
 5.31.02



Indiana University Plans Multidisciplinary Science Facility

DATELINE Bloomington, Ind.
Indiana University has selected Flad & Associates to design a new 142,000-sf multidisciplinary science facility for their Bloomington campus. The new scientific research building, currently in the early stages of programming, will bring together several a...
 5.31.02



Bayer Develops Warehouse and Packaging Facility

DATELINE Berkeley, Calif.
Bayer Corp. is developing Buildings 80 and 82, a $35-million warehouse and pharmaceutical packaging facility. Developed on a 14.5-acre brownfield site in Berkeley, the 150,000-sf project will be built by DPR Construction of Redwood City. Ar...
 5.31.02



Dean College Completes Lucey Center for Technology

DATELINE Franklin, Mass.
Dean College dedicated the new Robert F. Lucey Center for Technology & Training in February 2002. Formerly an under-utilized library study space, the Center contains a multimedia instructor teaching station and two classrooms each housing 20 full...
 5.31.02



Corporate Express Develops Regional Headquarters and Distribution Centers

DATELINE Hanover, Md.
Corporate Express, a Denver-based, Dutch-owned office supplies firm, is building new distribution centers including a 200,000-sf regional headquarters and warehouse in Hanover, Md. Located near Baltimore/Washington and Dulles international airpo...
 5.31.02



CPU Technologies Expands Pleasanton Operations

DATELINE Pleasanton, Calif.
CPU Technologies Inc. has leased 41,447-sf in the Hacienda Business Park in Pleasanton to house its primary engineering and manufacturing operations. The site, which will employ 130, is in addition to CPU’s existing R&D facility in Pleasanton. ...
 5.31.02



Diosynth Plans Manufacturing Expansion

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company Diosynth is planning a two-phase purchase of 91.3 acres in Research Triangle Park (RTP) with plans to add over 300,000 sf of new manufacturing space. Diosynth's purchase of the first 40 acres will be...
 5.31.02



Computer Sciences Corp. Develops New Carrollton Facility

DATELINE Prince George County, Md.
Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) will occupy a new build-to-suit facility in Prince George's County, financed for $25-million by commercial real estate investment firm John B. Levy & Co.  Located in New Carrollton across from the IRS headquarters, t...
 5.31.02



Cell Genesys Builds Production Facility

DATELINE Hayward, Calif.
Cell Genesys is building a $60-million clinical and commercial launch production facility in Hayward. Designed by Dowler-Gruman Architects, the 69,000-sf facility will be capable of handling multiple 500-liter bioreactor lines. Built by DPR Construct...
 5.31.02



Trimeris Considers RTP Location

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Durham-based Trimeris is considering consolidating operations with a campus in Research Triangle Park. Although other sites are in the running, Trimeris is eyeing 40 acres owned by JDS Uniphase of California as a possible corporate headquarters location. ...
 5.31.02



Nortel Opens Santa Clara Campus

DATELINE Santa Clara, Calif.
Brampton, Ontario-based Nortel Networks opened its new 14-acre office and lab campus in Santa Clara on May 29, 2002. Ground was broken on the two-story, 760,000-sf facility in September 2000 with buildings reaching completion in March and April 2002. Cons...
 5.31.02



Saint Mary's College Breaks Ground on Performing Arts Center

DATELINE Moraga, Calif.
Ground was broken on Saint Mary's College's new Syufy Performing Arts Center in May. The 7,000-sf building will house programs in dance and music in addition to providing space for individual and group instrument practice. A scene design and storage facil...
 5.30.02



Temple University To Build Ambulatory Healthcare Center in Philadelphia

DATELINE Philadelphia
Temple University is planning to build a new ambulatory healthcare center in Philadelphia next to its main hospital. The building, designed with the flexibility to potentially grow to 10 floors, will initially consist of two stories and a basement. C...
 5.30.02



Novartis Plans Worldwide Research HQ in Cambridge

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
Novartis AG will lease the entire 255,000-sf Technology Square building and 150,000 sf nearby to establish the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant, Europe's third-largest drug manufacturer, will inv...
 5.30.02



Ilex Oncology Aquires Cambridge Lab Space

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
San Antonio-based pharmaceutical company Ilex Oncology expected to close in late May 2002 on a lease of 32,000 sf of newly refurbished Cambridge lab space. Ilex, currently leasing a smaller Boston space, plans to relocate in late fall to the Cam...
 5.30.02



Clark University Designs Athletic Facilities

DATELINE Worcester, Mass.
Clark University has selected Waltham-based Genesis Planners to design a new 30,000-sf field house and athletic fields at Granger Field in Worcester. Including locker rooms and training facilities for outdoor athletic teams and recreational sports, t...
 5.30.02



Cuyamaca College Completes Child Development Center

DATELINE El Cajon, Calif.
Cuyamaca College in El Cajon has completed its new 10,500-sf, $3.5-million child development center. Designed by San Diego-based NTD Architects, the facility was built by La Mesa, Calif., contractor Kvaas Construction Co. ...
 5.29.02



National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities Seek New Space

DATELINE Washington
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) are seeking approximately 200,000 sf, housed together in preferably a historic building. This arrangement, pending congressional approval, is leading the NE...
 5.29.02



Franklin Square North Developed in D.C.

DATELINE Washington
Franklin Square North is being developed in Washington by Monument Realty. The freestanding 269,000-sf building will cost $70- to $75-million to build and will be marketed to both government and private sectors. Housing 16,000-sf of retail space, the 12-s...
 5.29.02



Genesis Health System Builds New Heart Institute

DATELINE Davenport, Iowa
Genesis Health System has simultaneously expansionded inpatient care in Davenport, Iowa, with four additional cath labs and a new freestanding Heart Institute. The new building features a three-story lobby and joins the hospital via a glass-walled wa...
 5.29.02



Southern Catholic College Master Plan Developed

DATELINE Dawsonville, Ga.
New liberal arts institution Southern Catholic College contracted the HOK Planning Group, a landscape architectural and urban design firm based in Atlanta, to develop the master plan for a mixed-use pedestrian-oriented campus. A subsidiary of...
 5.29.02



Pentagon Physical Fitness and Readiness Facility Renovated

DATELINE Washington
The 58-year old Pentagon Physical Fitness and Readiness Facility will undergo a $39.6-million modification of the design-build construction, to be completed by Turner Construction of Arlington by December of 2004. ...
 5.29.02



Southwestern College Develops Education Village

DATELINE National City, Calif.
Southwestern College is building a $22-million project referred to as Education Village on  3.3 acres purchased from the Community Development Commission. The National City project is part of a collaboration of Southwestern and San Diego St...
 5.29.02



Eli Lilly Plans Virginia Plant

DATELINE Prince William County, Va.
Eli Lilly & Co. is prepared to invest as much as $1 billion in its planned synthetic insulin and drug manufacturing plant in Virginia. The pharmaceutical giant will employ up to 700 people at the new 600,000-sf Prince William County plant. ...
 5.29.02



City of Atlanta Builds New Courthouse

DATELINE Atlanta
The City Court of Atlanta has selected the Atlanta office of Turner Construction Company to build a new $55-million courthouse. Construction of the six-story, 200,000-sf facility is slated for completion in August 2003. The project is being developed by A...
 5.29.02



General Services Administration Builds San Francisco Office

DATELINE San Francisco
The General Services Administration has awarded lead contractor Dick Corp. of Pittsburgh and local joint partner Nibbi Bros. the $141.5-million contract to build a 600,000-sf office building in San Francisco. Construction of the 18-story facility wil...
 5.29.02



Raleigh Community Hospital Installs Web-based HVAC System

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
Raleigh Community Hospital has awarded a $140,000 contract to Commercial Mechanical Inc. to install a web-based heating and cooling system. Commercial Mechanical, based in Raleigh, installs a system designed by Canadian Circon Systems Corp. ...
 5.28.02



UTSA Develops Student Housing

DATELINE San Antonio
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is planning a new student housing project. Phase one, a $16-million, 500-bed complex, will be built in summer of 2002. Phase two consists of a $25-million, 750-room project. Phase three includes an additional ...
 5.28.02



Landmark Medical Center Completes Cardiac Catheterization Lab

DATELINE Woonsocket, R.I.
Landmark Medical Center’s new 5,215-sf cardiac catheterization lab has been completed by Columbia Construction Co. of North Reading, Pa.  The project was conceived and developed in partnership with Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical C...
 5.28.02



WGBH-TV Plans Brighton Landing Relocation

DATELINE Boston
Public-broadcasting station WGBH-TV is expected to close in early May on Brighton Landing’s 181,000-sf west building. Acquisition of the seven-story facility will allow the 50-year-old station to expand its radio, television, interactive and educati...
 5.28.02



LexisNexis Renovates Boston Headquarters

DATELINE Boston
LexisNexis Group, the legal and information division of Reed Elsevier PLC, has completed renovation of its 38,000-sf Boston headquarters. Construction management and general contracting for the renovation was provided by Spaulding & Slye Construction,...
 5.28.02



Eli Lilly To Build Insulin Plant in Prince William County

DATELINE Fairfax, Va.
Eli Lilly decided in May to locate its $425-million insulin manufacturing facility at the 124-acre Innovation@ Prince William business park in northern Virginia. The Innovation is focused on attracting biotechnology, bioinformatic...
 5.28.02



UPS To Relocate New Commodity Trading Division

DATELINE Atlanta
United Parcel Service  (UPS) is searching for a new site for Fritz, its new commodity trading division which provides logistics support and freight service support worldwide. Currently located in 180,000-sf of warehouse and office space in the S...
 5.28.02



EPA Relocation Prompts Renovation

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
The Environmental Protection Agency's new 1.2 million-sf campus will be ready for occupancy in summer 2002. The largest facility ever built for the EPA, the campus can house 2,200 employees and 10,000 research animals, and will include 400 indiv...
 5.28.02



Law School Admissions Council To Build Newton Headquarters

DATELINE Newtown, Penn.
The Law School Admissions Council (LSAT) will break ground on its new 85,000-sf headquarters in late summer of 2002. Located on seven company-owned acres in Newton, Penn., adjacent to its current 48,000-sf operations, the facility will feature 54 undergro...
 5.28.02



Sybase Opens On-Site Childcare Facility

DATELINE Dublin, Calif.
Enterprise software firm Sybase Inc. opened its new 4,000-sf SyberKids Center in March. Managed by the Children’s Creative Learning Center, the on-site child-care facility in Sybase’s new Dublin headquarters has kitchen and bathroom facilities...
 5.28.02



Biogen Dedicates New RTP Facilities

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Biogen formally dedicated a 250,000-sf large-scale manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park in early May. With 120,000 liters of bioreactor capacity, the $173-million facility will give Biogen one of the world's largest biologic man...
 5.28.02



Perrier Develops South San Francisco Distribution Hub

DATELINE San Francisco
Perrier Group of America will consolidate its San Francisco operations with the development of a new 10,000-sf office building and a 16,000-sf distribution center. Formerly home to an industrial gas supplier, the three-acre site will also provide warehous...
 5.28.02



Elan Expands South San Francisco Research Facilities

DATELINE San Francisco
Ireland-based biotech firm Elan is investing $20.2-million in the expansion and redevelopment of its four-building neurology research campus in South San Francisco. The project includes construction of a $13-million lab complex in a newly leased 66,000-sf...
 5.28.02



Montgomery College Develops Master Plan

DATELINE Rockville, Md.
Montgomery College of Rockville has selected Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering PC, a firm with local offices in Boston, to provide comprehensive master planning for the college’s Rockville, Takoma Park, and Germantown campuses....
 5.28.02



Georgia Tech Builds LEED-Certified DuPree College of Management

DATELINE Atlanta
Georgia Tech has selected Holder Construction Co. and Hardin Construction Co. of Atlanta to build the new DuPree College of Management to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards as established by the U.S. Gre...
 5.28.02



South Fulton Medical Center Renovation Under Way

DATELINE East Point, Ga.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. has acquired East Point’s South Fulton Medical Center and plans to spend $30-million on capital improvement projects and staffing for the 369-bed hospital. Renovation will occur on every floor, including a new $5- to $10-milli...
 5.28.02



Indianapolis Airport Authority Plans New Terminal

DATELINE Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Airport Authority has selected Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) as Master Designer for a new $939-million terminal at Indianapolis International Airport. The new terminal will be built in the midfield of the airport between the two main ...
 5.28.02



National Weather Service Seeks Build-to-Suit Office Space

DATELINE Camp Springs, Md.
The National Weather Service's parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  (NOAA) is seeking a 200,000-sf build-to-suit office site and a developer to replace the weather service's offices at the older 126.500-sf Wor...
 5.24.02



University of Iowa Restores Old Capital Building

DATELINE Iowa City, Iowa
The University of Iowa, Iowa City has selected Boston-based Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering PC in conjunction with OPN Architects of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to engineer restoration of the university's historic Old Capitol Building...
 5.24.02



Boston Tech Center Lab Retrofit Under Way

DATELINE Brighton, Mass.
The 444,000-sf Boston Tech Center is being retrofitted as a lab building by Cabot, Cabot & Forbes of New England. Originally designed as a telecommunications hotel, the facility will finish construction as a shell biomedical building and is projected ...
 5.24.02



New Premium Distributors Headquarters in D.C.

DATELINE Washington
Premium Distributors, a D.C. beer distributor, has built a new 154,000-sf headquarters in Washington. The one-story office building contains a partially submerged section where approximately one million cases of beer are refrigerated.  The $11-millio...
 5.23.02



Crawford Long Builds New State-of-the-Art Hospital

DATELINE Atlanta
Crawford Long Hospital’s new $270-million hospital and headquarters features a new medical office tower and state-of-the-art facilities. Having received approval from the state two years ago to redevelop its aging campus, Crawford Long and Cousins P...
 5.23.02



Inova Fairfax Hospital Breaks Ground on Heart Institute

DATELINE Falls Church, Va.
Ground was broken on Inova Fairfax Hospital's new heart institute in earlly April. The $122-million, 280,000-sf Falls Church facility will be the first center devoted to treating cardiac disease in the Washington area. The four-story facility will be buil...
 5.23.02



Avalon Pharmaceuticals Site Selection Under Way

DATELINE Gaithersburg, Md.
Gaithersburg, Md.-based Avalon Pharmaceuticals is seeking a 44,000- to 55,000-sf Montgomery County facility to house its R&D and administrative departments. Programming and design has begun for the planned analytical and organic chemistry laboratories...
 5.23.02



Gannett Occupies New McLean Headquarters

DATELINE McLean, Va.
Gannett’s new 880,000-sf McLean headquarters was completed in October of 2001. Located on 25 acres, the $300-million project, including $160-million in construction costs, features an additional 750,000-sf mostly underground parking garage. Architec...
 5.23.02



American University Develops Upscale Student Housing

DATELINE Bethesda, Md.
American University is building the Park Bethesda Apartments, a student housing complex at the site of the former National Institutes of Health offices in Bethesda. Planned as a luxury apartment complex, the upscale development now under construction will...
 5.23.02



CDC To Build Emergency Response Center

DATELINE Atlanta
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a new state-of-the-art emergency anthrax response center on its main Atlanta campus. Funded in part by a $3.9-million grant from the foundation of The Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, the cen...
 5.23.02



Institute for International Economics Headquarters Completed

DATELINE Washington
The Institute for International Economics’ 37,000-gsf headquarters was completed in 14 months by Sigal Construction of Washington, D.C.  New York-based architectural firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates designed the $15-million facility, the inter...
 5.23.02



Environmental Defense Relocates to 'Green' Office Facility

DATELINE Washington
Environmental Defense, a nonprofit headquartered in New York, has relocated its consolidated Washington staff to a 19,000-sf “green” office in Washington. The consolidation project team included Staubach, architects Envision Design and Rand Co...
 5.23.02



Siebel Systems Consolidates Atlanta Offices

DATELINE Atlanta
Siebel Systems Inc. is consolidating two Atlanta offices with a move to a new office tower, the One Glenlake. Siebel provides commerce applications software enabling automation of sales and customer service operations for large companies. Siebel has ...
 5.23.02



Georgia State Develops Policy Studies Center

DATELINE Atlanta
Georgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies will invest $10 million to renovate the Wachovia building in downtown Atlanta. The building will house the Center for Urban Policy Studies, the school's new nonprofit center, four resea...
 5.17.02



Atlantic Southeast Airlines Plans Macon Training Center

DATELINE Macon, Ga.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) is planning to build a 7,500-sf aviation maintenance training center on land adjacent to its 60,000-sf Middle Georgia Regional Airport maintenance headquarters in Macon. The training center will feature a 3,000-...
 5.17.02



Johns Hopkins Expands in Rockville

Johns Hopkins University, located in Baltimore, plans to expand its Shady Grove satellite campus in Rockville with a 130,000-sf building, the third at the 35-acre site. The facility is to house classrooms, administrative offices, and computer labs, as wel...
 5.17.02



ATCC Expands in Prince William County

DATELINE Manassas, Va.
American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), a nonprofit bioproducts resource center, is planning a $5-million expansion of its Prince William County facilities. Currently housed in 100,000 sf at Innovation Technology Park, ATCC will expand with 19,000 sf of ...
 5.17.02



University of Texas Proposes Sports Science Institute

The University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) has proposed the construction of the University of Texas Sports Science Institute, a world-class, multi-disciplinary research center for sports science. In addition to UTHSC, the project would be spons...
 5.17.02



Northrop Grumman Expands in Maryland

Northrop Grumman, based in Los Angeles, is expanding its operations in Maryland near the Baltimore/Washington International Airport. A new 100,000-sf facility will be built to consolidate its regional operations and to provide swing space while the compan...
 5.16.02



GSA Plans Southeast Federal Center Redevelopment

DATELINE Washington
The General Services Administration is developing plans for the Southeast Federal Center, a 3 million-sf office, retail, residential and cultural complex. The GSA has issued a request for qualifications outlining criteria for sele...
 5.14.02



UCSD Builds New Research Facility

DATELINE San Diego
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) has awarded the San Diego office of McCarthy Building Cos. a $42.4-million contract to build a new School of Medicine research facility. McCarthy, based in Newport Beach, Calif., began construction in Feb...
 5.13.02



Slough Estates Develops for Biotech in South SF

DATELINE South San Francisco, Calif.
Slough Estates USA is awaiting final approval to build the Britannia East Grand, a 783,533-sf biotech lab campus planned for the site of the former ICI paint factory in South San Francisco. The project, which would take the British firm’s South San ...
 5.13.02



Teleplan Regional Headquarters Fit-out Contract Awarded

Teleplan International awarded general contractor B2BilT of Boston the fit-out contract for its new  regional headquarters. The $1.5-million project includes mechanical, electrical and plumbing for 200,000 sf of production space as well as fit-out of...
 5.13.02



University of Maryland Designs LEED Inn and Conference Center Addition

DATELINE Adelphi, Md.
The University of Maryland has selected D.C. architectural firm OP-X to design an addition to its Inn & Conference Center in Adelphi, Md., compliant with the Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) program coordinated by the U.S. Green ...
 5.13.02



Schepens Eye Institute Renovates Boston Facilities

Schepens Eye Institute of Boston’s extensive renovation of its main entrance and lobby area was recently completed by Wise Construction Corp. of Winchester, Mass. Payette Associates provided design services for the project. ...
 5.13.02



Guava Technologies Expands with New Hayward Location

DATELINE Hayward, Calif.
Biotech test equipment startup Guava Technologies is moving from 10,000 sf in Burlingame, Calif., to 40,000-sf in Hayward, Calif. ...
 5.13.02



Advanced Micro Devices Seeks Austin Office Space

Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices Inc., based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is seeking 90,000 sf of office space in Austin to house Alchemy Semiconductor, which AMD recently purchased. The facility will be home to Personal Connectivity Solutions, a newly f...
 5.13.02



Advanced Micro Devices To Renovate Austin Fab 25

DATELINE Austin, Texas
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will invest $350 million in the next two years to convert its Fab 25 processor chip plant in Austin into a flash memory plant. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chip manufacturer hopes to equip the plant to last through the next two ...
 5.13.02



Sacred Heart Medical Center To Build Springfield Replacement Hospital

Sacred Heart Medical Center, part of the PeaceHealth network, has awarded the Portland office of Turner Construction Company the contract to provide pre-construction and general contracting services for a $280-million replacement hospital in Springfield, ...
 5.13.02



Verizon New Jersey Builds Customer Call Center

Verizon New Jersey’s new customer call center is being built in Hamilton by Cranford-based real estate investment trust Mack-Cali Realty Corp. The $10.7 million, 95,000-sf facility is located in Mack-Cali’s Horizon Center Business Park. Constr...
 5.13.02



Redundant Networks Outfits Raleigh Data Center

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
Redundant Networks of Reno has selected the Keystone Office Park in Raleigh as the site of its East Coast data center. The Internet hosting and management start-up selected Raleigh because the city is located on a wide Internet pipeline. Fit-out of the 10...
 5.13.02



University of Texas Health Science Center Builds New Student Services Facility

DATELINE San Antonio
The University of Texas Health Science Center has selected the team of Centex Construction Co. of Dallas and Zachry Construction Corp. of San Antonio to provide construction management services for its new academic administration and student ser...
 5.13.02



J&W Seligman To Open Data Center in Portland, Maine

Investment firm J.W. Seligman & Co. of New York has decided to locate a new $7-million data center and customer service center in 60,000 sf of Class A office space in Portland, Maine. ...
 5.13.02



Austin Community College Builds Health Sciences Center

DATELINE Austin, Texas
Austin Community College (ACC) broke ground in April on its new 146,000-sf Health Careers Building. The $29-million health sciences center will be located at ACC’s Eastview campus in East Austin and will house up to 600 students. The facility will b...
 5.13.02



SDSU Plans Environmental Laboratory

DATELINE San Diego
San Diego State University has contracted San Diego-based Ninyo & Moore to perform a geotechnical design evaluation of its proposed environmental laboratory. The $3-million, 48,000-sf facility will be built on the site of the former Naval Training Cen...
 5.9.02



University of Texas Medical Branch Establishes Telehealth Research Center

DATELINE Galveston, Texas
The University of Texas Medical Branch is establishing a Galveston telehealth research center slated to open in late April. The SBC Foundation, part of SBC Communications, awarded the medical complex a $1-million donation. The facility is the first o...
 5.9.02



Meredith College Master Plan Developed

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
Meredith College, a four-year private women's college, has selected Boston-based Shepley Richardson and Abbott to develop a master plan for its Raleigh campus. ...
 5.9.02



Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Breaks Ground on New HQ

DATELINE Washington
The General Services Administration broke ground on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms' 422,000-sf Northeast Washington headquarters on April 10. Slated for completion in 2004, the $103-million project is aimed to revitalize the eastern corridor ...
 5.9.02



Dental Benefits Providers Relocates HQ to Rockville

DATELINE Rockville, Md.
In October, Bethesda-based Dental Benefits Providers is relocating its headquarters and approximately 300 workers to 75,000 sf in Rockville's new King Farm Development. The health care company is a division of United Healthcare of Minneapolis, one of...
 5.9.02



ViroPharma Expands Exton Facilities

DATELINE Exton, Pa.
Pharmaceutical company ViroPharma Inc. is expanding its 70,000-sf Exton office complex with the addition of 16,000 sf. The facility is located in Hankin Group's Eagleview corporate center.  ...
 5.9.02



UCSD Builds New School of Medicine Facilities

DATELINE San Diego
The University of California San Diego is planning to build new facilities for the School of Medicine totalling 300,000 sf. Ninyo and Moore of San Diego will provide special inspection services and materials testing during construction of the $20-mil...
 5.9.02



University of San Diego Builds Science & Technology Center

DATELINE San Diego
The University of San Diego  is nearing completion of the reinforcing steel work for the new Center for Science and Technology, performed by San Diego-based Pacific Coast Steel Inc. Three million pounds of rebar are required for the 150,000...
 5.9.02



Freddie Mac Plans Herndon Data Center

DATELINE Herndon, Va.
Freddie Mac is planning a new 100,000-sf data center on the site of the former Exodus-Global Center in Herndon. Design of interior improvements and architecture, engineering, and commissioning of the building's mechanical and electrical infrastructure wil...
 5.9.02



Georgia Aquarium to Open in 2005

DATELINE Atlanta
The Georgia Aquarium has selected Heery International Inc. of Atlanta as construction manager for building the world's largest aquarium. Heery's role will be the oversight and management of all project stages. Slated to open in 2005, t...
 5.8.02



Goucher College Completes Residence and Renovation Project

DATELINE Towson, Md.
Goucher College of Towson, Md., has completed construction of a new 21,000-sf residence hall, as well as expansion and renovation and of the 74,350-sf Heubeck Hall. Both projects were designed and built by the Boston offices of Einhorn Yaffee Prescot...
 5.8.02



University of Phoenix Atlanta Campus Relocated

DATELINE Atlanta, Ga.
The University of Phoenix, a subsidiary of Phoenix-based Apollo Group Inc., will relocate its Atlanta campus to a permanent North Fulton County location on April 19th. The new 26,000-sf facility is comprised of 16 classrooms, each accommodating&...
 5.8.02



Center for Emerging Technologies Developed in St. Louis

DATELINE St. Louis
The Center for Emerging Technologies (Building II), a new 50,000-sf incubator facility designed by architect Mackey Mitchell Associates, houses high-growth, advanced technology companies. The building, originally built in 1907 for the Dorris Mot...
 5.8.02



Washington University Completes Student Housing Project

DATELINE St. Louis
Washington University's Small Group Housing project was recently completed by McCarthy. The $44-million fast track project, designed by architect Mackey Mitchell Associates of St. Louis, totals 218,000 sf in four separate buildings. Included in the struct...
 5.8.02



Ford Builds Nationwide Distribution Centers

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
Ford Motor Company, based in Dearborn, Mich.  is considering existing structures or possible development of a new facility to house a 200,000-sf distribution facility, possibly in North Carolina, slated to open within the next year. Due to a maj...
 5.8.02



Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hosptial Expands

DATELINE Roanoke, Va.
A new 143,000-sf addition to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, will expand the hospital's surgery and cardiovascular services while helping to organize existing floors more efficiently. The expansion to the facility's 10-story South...
 5.7.02



Huawei Technologies Builds Corporate Data and Command Center

DATELINE Shenzhen, China
The Huawei Technologies Corporate Data and Command Center, a 130,000-sf facility designed by RTKL’s Applied Technology Group in Baltimore, Md., is now under construction in Shenzhen, China.  Huawei is a leading supplier of telephone switching e...
 5.7.02



Ford Considers Mebane Distribution Site

DATELINE Mebane, N.C.
Ford Motor Co. is considering building a parts distribution center in Mebane, N.C.  Ford's preferred site is the North Carolina Industrial Center, a 550-acre Alamance County business park developed by Samet Corp. Ford plans to lease a minim...
 5.5.02



Catellus To Redevelop Robert Mueller Municipal Airport

DATELINE Austin, Texas
Catellus Development Corp. of San Francisco has preliminary approval from the Austin City Council to redevelop the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. The 709-acre site will house a massive mixed-use project including office, retail, residential, and civic ...
 5.5.02



Kinetic Concepts Relocates Call Center to University Park Tech Center IV

DATELINE San Antonio
Kinetic Concepts Inc. (KCI) has relocated its national call center, credit, billing, accounts receivable and third-party payer operations to the 58,000-sf KCI Advantage Center at the University Park Tech Center IV in San Antonio. The health care products ...
 5.5.02



Guadalupe Valley Electric Develops Lineman Training Facility

DATELINE Gonzales, Texas
The Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative Inc. (GVEC) is building a Lineman's Training Facility on 11 acres of company-owned land in Gonzales. The Texas Electric Cooperatives, an Austin trade association, has partnered with GVEC to share building cos...
 5.5.02



DreamWorks Considers Redwood City Expansion

DATELINE Redwood City, Calif.
Glendale-based media/entertainment company DreamWorks SKG is planning to lease over 100,000 sf in Redwood City's Pacific Shores for PDI, the company's Palo Alto-based computer animation division. PDI currently occupies 65,000 sf i...
 5.5.02



Genencor Manufacturing Facility Planned

DATELINE Palo Alto, Calif.
Industrial biotech company Genencor is planning a 22,000-sf manufacturing facility in one of the following cities: Palo Alto, Calif., Belois, Wis., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Elkhart, Ind., or Rochester, N.Y. Based in Palo Alto, Genencor currently has 1,300...
 5.5.02



Siemens Moves Enterprise Network Division to Skyport Plaza

DATELINE San Jose, Calif.
Siemens Inc. has moved its Enterprise Network Division into 325,000 sf at San Jose's Skyport Plaza. The first phase of the 38-acre mixed use Skyport Plaza development consists of three eight-story buildings, two four-level parking gara...
 5.5.02



Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center Expands Brockton Hospital

DATELINE Brockton, Mass.
Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center has selected RDK Engineers of Andover and Boston to expand and renovate its Brockton hospital. The $10-million, 50,945-sf project will include a two-story, 8,720-sf addition in front of the hospital and extensive...
 5.5.02



Suffolk University Plans Beacon Hill Dormitory

DATELINE Boston
Having received approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Suffolk University will begin building a new 386-bed dormitory adjacent to its Beacon Hill campus in late spring of 2002.  ...
 5.5.02



National Center for Children's Rehabilitation Opens in Washington

DATELINE Washington
The National Center for Children's Rehabilitation, created in partnership by the Children's National Medical Center and the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH), is scheduled to open July 1 in Washington. The top floor of NRH's three-story northwes...
 5.3.02



EMC Corp. Builds New Engineering/Office Facility

DATELINE Hopkinton, Mass.
EMC Corp.'s new 650,000-sf engineering and office facility is currently under construction in Hopkinton.  Gorman Richardson Architects, based in Hopkinton, designed the facility and an additional parking garage planned on the camp...
 5.3.02



FedEx Contract Approved

DATELINE Greensboro, N.C.
The $503,000-million contract for FedEx's Greensboro hub was recently approved by the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority. Included on the project team is engineering firm Baker & Associates, based in Pittsburgh, Pa. with an offi...
 5.3.02



Brown University of R.I. Plans Biotech Projects

DATELINE Providence, R.I.
Brown University of Rhode Island selected Hopkinton, Mass.-based Gorman Richardson Architects to design several projects on the school's Bio-Medical Campus. ...
 5.3.02



UC Davis Builds Performing Arts Center

DATELINE Davis, Calif.
The University of California-Davis is building the new Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, a $60.9-million facility named in honor of the Napa Valley vintner who targeted $10 million for the center. State-of-the-art technology and a...
 5.1.02



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