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News from August 2002

Northwestern Develops Phase One of Life Sciences Pavilion

DATELINE Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern University is developing Phase One of the Gladys & Arthur Pancoe Life Sciences Pavilion, a new 88,000-sf research facility housing the Center for Experimental Animal Research on the university's Evanston campus. The project will acco...
 8.30.02



Northwestern University Plans Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center

DATELINE Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern University has selected lead architect Davis Brody Bond to design its new 72,000-gsf Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center on the Evanston campus. The project team also includes engineers BR+A of New York and Chris ...
 8.30.02



Chester Renovates City Hall

DATELINE Chester, Pa.
The City of Chester is engaged in a 63,000-sf renovation of City Hall. The 20-year-old, two-story facility will be updated by A&E Construction with a new, open glass atrium lobby overlooked by the Council Chamber. Designed by Hillier Architecture, the...
 8.30.02



Digital Optics Occupies Charlotte Facility

DATELINE Charlotte, N.C.
Digital Optics Corp., maker of integrated micro-optical systems, recently occupied a 100,000-sf facility in Charlotte's University Research Park. Manufacturing operations will utilize 67,000 sf, with office space in the remaining 37,000 sf.   ...
 8.30.02



Lorton Arts Foundation Plans Prison Redevelopment

DATELINE Lorton, Va.
Fairfax-based Lorton Arts Foundation has submitted a proposal to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to redevelop the 41.4-acre former Lorton prison site as a community arts, education and cultural center. Centerbrook Architects of Centerbrook, C...
 8.30.02



Northwestern University Builds Internet Dormitory

DATELINE Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern University is building the Benjamin W. Slivka Residence Hall, a 141-bed suite style dormitory for the Science and Technology Residential College. The Evanston building features a cyber cafe, a coffeehouse-style gathering place with Internet c...
 8.30.02



Degussa Corp. Breaks Ground on Headquarters

DATELINE Philadelphia
Degussa Corp. recently broke ground on the 18,000-sf future headquarters of the company's fruit systems unit in Philadelphia. The division, which designs new products based on the interaction of fruit, flavors, and other ingredients, b...
 8.30.02



World Trade Center Research Development Proposed

DATELINE New York
A plan for the World Trade Center including healthcare and biotechnology research facilities has been proposed by KMD Architects, a San Francisco firm with offices in New York. The plan also features a research tower, a 70-story hotel/office tow...
 8.30.02



Texas Association of Counties Builds San Antonio Office

DATELINE San Antonio
The Texas Association of Counties is constructing a new eight-story, 82,000-sf office two blocks from the Texas Capitol in Austin. The nonprofit will occupy 70% of the facility and will lease out the remaining 26,000-sf. Designed ...
 8.30.02



Biogen Opens Teaching Laboratory

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
Biogen has opened the 1,100-sf Biogen Community Laboratory, a teaching lab located in one of the company's R&D facilities at its Cambridge headquarters. Featuring the most recent laboratory technology, the Community Laboratory will serve Cambridge pub...
 8.30.02



University of Michigan Medical School Builds Biomedical Science Research Facility

DATELINE Ann Arbor, Mich.
The University of Michigan Medical School is building the new $220-million, 472,000-gsf Biomedical  Science Research Building  on its Ann Arbor campus. Containing 240 lab modules, each accommodating up to four researchers, th...
 8.30.02



USDA Modernizes Ames Research Facility

DATELINE Ames, Iowa
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) of St. Louis contracts to oversee initial projects of the Ames Modernization Program, a five-year, $430-million upgrade of the USDA animal disease research facilities on a 48...
 8.30.02



Camden County College Develops Technology Center

DATELINE Camden, N.J.
Camden County College is building a 320,000-sf technology center and 200,000-sf, six-story parking garage. The $20-million facility will house 37,000-sf of classrooms, a technology center, laboratories, and 13,500-sf of retail including a bookstore. ...
 8.30.02



ACET Plans New R&D Lab

DATELINE Alameda, Calif.
Advancing California's Emerging Technologies (ACET), an Alameda incubator, will invest $6.44 million received from the Commerce Department in a new 35,000- to 40,000-sf office, lab, and R&D building. The facility will be able to accommodate up to...
 8.30.02



Northwestern Builds Broadcast Journalism Facility

DATELINE Evanston, Ill.
Northwestern University is building the The McCormick Tribune Center, a new broadcast journalism facility housing classrooms, an auditorium, faculty offices, and a broadcast studio. Designed by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott of New York, the ...
 8.30.02



Northwestern's Center for Nanofabrication Nears Completion

DATELINE Evanston, Ill.
Construction of Northwestern University’s $32,250,000 Center for Nanofabrication and Self Assembly is nearing completion. Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Los Angeles, the 43,800-sf Evanston campus facility will house research la...
 8.30.02



Hays County Designs Government Center

DATELINE San Marcos, Texas
Hays County has contracted the Austin office of Fort Worth-based Carter & Burgess to create the master plan and design for its consolidated courts and government center. Located on an eight acre county-owned site in central San Marcos, the complex wil...
 8.30.02



Rutgers University Plans Camden Expansion

DATELINE Camden, N.J.
Rutgers University is planning to expand its law school with the construction of a $20-million, 50,000-sf facility in the next three years. The building will be sited on a 2.2-acre surface parking lot adjacent to the existing 95,000-sf law school building...
 8.30.02



ACET Triples Alameda Facilities

DATELINE Alameda, Calif.
Advancing California's Emerging Technologies (ACET), an Alameda-based biotech incubator, will begin construction on a new 30,000-sf lab complex in December 2002. Funded by a $6.4-million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the complex will...
 8.30.02



University of Missouri Builds Life Sciences Center

DATELINE Columbia, Mo.
The University of Missouri Columbia is building a new 124,000-nsf Life Sciences Center (LSC). Construction began in December of 2001 on the $60-million project which will include a DNA research facility, five teaching/computer labs, a 250-seat auditorium,...
 8.30.02



U.C. Berkeley Builds CITRIS Research Hub

DATELINE Berkeley, Calif.
The University of California, Berkeley is planning to initiate construction on the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) in the first quarter of 2003. The $60-million, 130,000-sf facility will be sited on the engin...
 8.30.02



Cardinal and Magellan Laboratories Expand Operations

DATELINE Morrisville, N.C.
Magellan Pharmaceutical Development, recently acquired by Cardinal Laboratories, will increase its Morrisville operations from 210,000 sf to approximately 360,000 sf. The $15- to $20-million expansion will occur over the next two to three years. Mage...
 8.30.02



Eckerd Drug Expands Distribution Operations

DATELINE Fairless Hills, Pa.
Eckerd Drug is expanding its distribution operations with a move into a 415,000-sf facility in the Fairless Hills' Penn Warner Industrial Park. The building houses 14,000-sf of office space. Substantial renovations to the single-story building will be com...
 8.30.02



U.S. Navy Completes $2.7-Million Cleanroom

DATELINE San Diego
The U.S. Navy has completed a $2.7-million cleanroom used to repair and refurbish hydraulic components for reuse in naval aircraft. The 8,500-sf facility was designed by Architects Larson/Carpenter of San Diego and built by construction company Soltek Pac...
 8.26.02



CSU San Marcos Develops Master Plan

DATELINE San Marcos, Calif.
California State University at San Marcos has selected architectural firm Robbins Jorgensen Christopher of San Diego as master plan architects for its 304-acre campus, including $140-million in capital projects currently in design or construction....
 8.26.02



Toyota and Denso To Build Jackson County Plant

DATELINE Pendergrass, Ga.
Toyota Industries Corp. and automotive parts-maker Denso plan to build a 152-acre manufacturing plant near Pendergrass, Ga., comprised of between 200,000- to 400-000 sf. The facility will initially employ 150 workers when it opens in 2005. Toyota Ind...
 8.26.02



Millipore Breaks Ground on Manufacturing Facility

DATELINE Jaffrey, N.H.
Millipore Corp. has broken ground on its new 47,000-sf ultrafiltration membrane manufacturing facility in Jaffrey. Constructed adjacent to Millipore's existing plant, the facility includes multiple cleanroom spaces, RO water systems, and a wastewater...
 8.23.02



Assembly Square Development Planned in Somerville

DATELINE Somerville, Mass.
The proposed Assembly Square redevelopment project in Somerville will include approximately 2 million sf of R&D and office space, 1.8 million sf of residential space, 605,000 sf of retail, and 30 acres of open space. Sited on 126 acres,...
 8.23.02



Wyeth Expands Collegeville Headquarters

DATELINE Collegeville, Pa.
Pharmaceutical giant Wyeth is leasing two buildings adjacent to its existing Collegeville headquarters. A 100,000-sf building will provide office space, and a smaller 75,000-sf building will house a training center. Owned by Berwind Property Gro...
 8.23.02



USA Today Plans Emergency Publishing Center

DATELINE Washington
USA Today, a subsidiary of McLean, Va.-based Gannett, is planning to build an emergency publishing center outside of Washington, D.C. In addition to its alternate Silver Spring data center and publishing site, the project will enable publishing ...
 8.23.02



Google Expands in Mountain View

DATELINE Mountain View, Calif.
Google, looking to consolidate its work force in a single site, has signed a letter of intent to occupy 190,000-sf in Mountain View, Ca. The 4-year-old company could expand occupancy at the location to 300,000-sf in the future. According to industry sourc...
 8.23.02



Comanche County Memorial Hospital Builds Outpatient Center Addition

DATELINE Lawton, Okla.
Comanche County Memorial Hospital and Watkins Hamilton Ross have just begun construction on a four-story Outpatient Center addition to the existing hospital. The project is expected to complete construction in fall 2003. The 124,675-sf building will inclu...
 8.23.02



University of Denver Plans Sustainable College of Law Facility

DATELINE Denver
The University of Denver has completed the design of its new College of Law building. Designed by Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott of Boston, in association with H&L Architects of Denver, the 190,000-sf facility is the nation's first certified "...
 8.23.02



Hewlett Packard Executive Briefing Center Recognized

DATELINE Cupertino, Calif.
Hewlett Packard was recently awarded the Association of Briefing Program Managers 2002 trophy for best new or renovated center in the nation for its 400,000-sf Executive Briefing Center in Cupertino. Designed for all technology to be invisi...
 8.23.02



WallTech Consolidates, Expands with Austin Facility

DATELINE Austin, Texas
WallTech Inc., an Austin modular furniture refurbisher, has occupied 75,600 sf of warehouse and office space in the Hill Partners' Rutland 4 building. The facility consolidates 12,000 sf of office space and 40,000 sf of industrial space vacated by Wa...
 8.23.02



Xenobiotic Detection Systems Plans Expansion

DATELINE Durham, N.C.
Durham biotech Xenobiotic Detection Systems (XDS) has doubled its lab space to 3,000 sf in the last two years and is planning a 5,000-sf expansion by year-end. The European Union, which requires that all food and animal feed be tested,...
 8.23.02



Northwestern University Builds Medical Research Center

DATELINE Chicago
 Northwestern University began construction on the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on its Chicago campus in March, 2002. Designed by lead architect Davis Brody Bond, LLP of New York and engineer BR+A of Boston, the 12-story bui...
 8.23.02



Scios Relocates Headquarters to Fremont

DATELINE Fremont, Calif.
Scios Inc. is relocating its corporate headquarters to Ardenwood Corporate Center in Fremont, Calif. The new two-building location will allow the biopharmaceutical company to increase its operations by 70% to approximately 190,000 sf. The facility will ho...
 8.23.02



Washington Gas Renovates Operations Center

DATELINE Springfield, Va.
Washington Gas, a natural gas utility, began renovating its 500,000-sf Springfield Operations Center in October 2002. The project, designed by architectural firm McKissack & McKissack of Washington, D.C., will be the first renovation pe...
 8.23.02



National Semiconductor Builds China Plant

DATELINE Shanghai, China
National Semiconductor Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., will build a state-of-the-art computer chip assembly and test plant 40 miles west of Shanghai, China. The $200-million facility will be located on a 36-acre campus in the Suzhou Industrial Park and...
 8.23.02



ValleyCare Health System Expands Bay Area Facilities

DATELINE Livermore, Calif.
ValleyCare Health System, a Pleasanton and Livermore community hospital system, is engaged in 180,000 sf of new construction totalling almost $94 million. Adding 40 acute and intensive care beds to its 97-bed Pleasanton hospital, ValleyCare will...
 8.23.02



NCSU Builds Undergraduate Science Teaching Lab

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
Sitework began in April on phase one of North Carolina State University's Undergraduate Science Teaching Lab (USTL) located on the main campus. 70,700 gsf of instructional chemistry and physics labs and classrooms will be constructed, as well as 40,500 sf...
 8.22.02



North Carolina State University Develops Centennial Campus

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University is developing the 1,334-acre Centennial Campus in Raleigh, N.C., a mixed-use "technopolis" of university, corporate and government R&D facilities. With 1.3 million sf built in 16 major building modules, the Centennial C...
 8.22.02



Trimeris Seeks RTP Site

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Durham, N.C.-based Trimeris is considering the purchase of 40 acres of land in Research Triangle Park to consolidate its operations in a campus-like setting. Trimeris, developer of a potentially successful AIDS treatment, has already selected a devel...
 8.21.02



Concord EFS Plans Memphis World Headquarters

DATELINE Memphis, Tenn.
Concord EFS, a leading electronic commerce provider, has acquired 27 acres of land for a new, state-of-the-art world headquarters campus. Construction will begin immediately on the 285,000-sf campus and is scheduled for completion in spring 2004. Almost 1...
 8.20.02



Harvard Medical School Contracts UNICCO To Provide Facilities Management

DATELINE Boston
Harvard Medical School (HMS) has outsourced all engineering and trade functions for mechanical systems maintenance to UNICCO Service Company. Supported by an onsite 24x7 call center, the staff of almost 50, including electricians, mechanics, plumbers, car...
 8.20.02



University of Massachusetts Plans Student Housing Expansion

DATELINE Boston
The University of Massachusetts is planning a $222.5-million student housing project on its Boston campus. Construction of the first $91.5-million, 900-bed phase could begin as early as summer of 2003. An additional $131 million would fund ...
 8.20.02



State of Connecticut Renovates Biocontainment Lab

DATELINE Hartford, Conn.
The State of Connecticut has selected Flad & Associates to design a renovation to their emergency response laboratory facility in Hartford. Flad is providing full architectural design services including programming and planning for the renovation of 2...
 8.20.02



University of Denver Designs Green Law School

DATELINE Denver
The University of Denver has contracted Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott in association with H & L Architects of Denver to design the new College of Law building, the nation's first certified "green" law school. The 190,000-sf, $50-million facil...
 8.19.02



UCSD To Open Bioengineering Facility

DATELINE San Diego
The University of California, San Diego is opening the $37-million, 109,076-sf Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall on its La Jolla campus in November. The privately funded facility was made possible by individual gifts of $17.2-million, $8-million, and $12-m...
 8.19.02



Scios Relocates to Fremont's Ardenwood Center

DATELINE Fremont, Calif.
Scios Inc. is relocating to 200,000 sf in Fremont's Ardenwood Corporate Center from Sunnyvale, Calif. The move will begin in January 2003 and reach completion in September. The biotech's new two-building facility will house business operations, resea...
 8.16.02



Wake Forest University School of Medicine Expands

DATELINE Winston-Salem, N.C.
The Wake Forest University School of Medicine is planning to expand its Piedmont Triad Research Park by 180 acres. The expansion would increase the four-building, 600-worker park to ten times its current size. ...
 8.16.02



Cendant Mortgage Builds Mount Laurel Office

DATELINE Mount Laurel, N.J.
Cendant Mortgage is building a 175,000-sf office building in the Bishops Gate Business Center in Mount Laurel, N.J.  Developed by Liberty Property Trust of Malvern,N.J., the facility is Cendant's third building in Bishops Gate and will accommoda...
 8.16.02



Stanford University Develops Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering

DATELINE Palo Alto, Calif.
Stanford University's Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, currently under construction, is slated for completion in summer of 2003. The multi-disciplinary 225,000-sf facility will bring researchers from a variety of different fields toget...
 8.16.02



Westmont College Plans SF Dormitory Conversion

DATELINE San Francisco
Westmont   College of Santa Barbara is seeking San Francisco Planning Commission approval to create a college dormitory in San Francisco’s 6,300-sf Victorian Inn on the Park. The 18-room former inn would be converted to a 30-bed dorm for W...
 8.16.02



Sun Microsystems Awards Facilities Management Contract

DATELINE San Francisco
Network storage firm Sun Microsystems has awarded Cushman & Wakefield a three-year multimillion-dollar contract to provide facilities and cost management services for its 220 nationwide properties. Effective October 1, the contract comprises...
 8.16.02



Indiana University Builds Childcare Center

DATELINE Indianapolis
Indiana University is building the Center for Young Children on its Indianapolis campus. The 24,000-gsf (17,087-asf) center is part of a Presidential initiative to improve availability of childcare on college campuses by investing in facilities. Acco...
 8.15.02



Indiana University Develops Psychology Research Labs

DATELINE Bloomington, Ind.
Indiana University in Bloomington is building a $6.3-million addition to the Psychology department housing child development, biology, and behavioral research laboratories. The four-story, 45,748-gsf (22,962-asf) structure will contain two teaching l...
 8.15.02



Indiana University Constructs Research Institute II

DATELINE Indianapolis
Indiana University in Indianapolis is building Research Institute II, a companion building and mirror image of the nearby Cancer Research Institute. The 127,648-gsf (65,707-asf) building will provide modular flexible laboratories for consolidated res...
 8.15.02



Indiana University Builds African American Studies Center

DATELINE Bloomington, Ind.
Indiana University in Bloomington is developing the 33,000-sf Neal-Marshall Education Center, center for African-American studies, and the Department of Theatre and Drama (84,000-sf) in a 117,000-sf (70,200-asf) addition to the Auditorium building. E...
 8.15.02



Indiana University Builds South Bend Student Activities Center

DATELINE South Bend, Ind.
Indiana University is building the 92,387-gsf (57,280-asf) Student Activities Center on its South Bend campus. Designed by Architecture Design Group (ADG), the $16,651,000 project will house student government, organizational offices and meeting room...
 8.15.02



University of Memphis Builds FedEx Technology Institute

DATELINE Memphis, Tenn.
The planned $25-million FedEx Technology Institute at the University of Memphis is slated for completion in May 2003. Designed by a joint venture of The Crump Firm and Looney Ricks Kiss, the facility will house computer labs, a training room, hardware and...
 8.14.02



University of Memphis Renovates Student Center

DATELINE Memphis, Tenn.
The University of Memphis renovation of Wilder Tower is slated for completion in late August 2002. The building, designed by a joint venture of Allen and Hoshall and WPA, will house centralized student services including registration, financial ...
 8.14.02



University of Memphis Completes School of Hospitality and Resort Management

DATELINE Memphis, Tenn.
The University of Memphis has completed the $15-million Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management. The 82-suite building with meeting, ballroom, and service restaurant facilities was designed by Guy Payne and Associates and built by Mayer...
 8.14.02



Indiana University Develops Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology Education Center

DATELINE Bloomington, Ind.
The Indiana University in Bloomington is renovating Myers Hall, built in 1937, to house the Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology Education Center. The renovation will involve code-compliant infrastructure improvements, will add research space an...
 8.14.02



Indiana University Builds Graduate School of Business

DATELINE Bloomington, Ind.
Indiana University  is building the new 187,425-gsf (112,455-asf) Graduate School of Business building on its Bloomington campus. Designed by architect BSA Design, the $56-million facility will feature advanced instruction and research technology and...
 8.14.02



University of Memphis Renovates Biomedical Engineering Technology Laboratory

DATELINE Memphis, Tenn.
The University of Memphis awarded Wells Construction Corporation the contract to build specialized research laboratory rooms, designed by Ellers Oakley Chester and Rike, in the Biomedical Engineering Technology Laboratory. Construction of the $1,150,...
 8.14.02



University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Plans Education Building

DATELINE Albuquerque, N.M.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center plans to build the 129,100-sf Education Building to provide interdisciplinary learning for health care professionals. The facility will integrate research knowledge, flexibility in teaching environm...
 8.13.02



UNM Health Sciences Center Plans Cancer Research and Treatment Center

DATELINE Albuquerque, N.M.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HCS) is soliciting programming and architectural/engineering proposals for the Cancer Research and Treatment Center. Current plans for the potentially 180,000-sf facility, the second phase...
 8.13.02



MasterCard Builds St. Louis Headquarters

DATELINE St. Louis
MasterCard has built a new 550,000-sf global technology and operations headquarters in suburban St. Louis. To ensure that the three four-story office wings accommodate changes in MasterCard's technology and business, architect HOK designed 35,000-sf open ...
 8.13.02



UNM Health Sciences Center Designs Ambulatory Surgery and Imaging Center

DATELINE Albuquerque, N.M.
Responding to current and future outpatients demands, the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center will develop the Ambulatory Surgery and Imaging Center, a 36,000-sf facility with a single shared infrastructure for the two depa...
 8.13.02



UNM Health Sciences Center To Build Research Institute

DATELINE Albuquerque, N.M.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) will build its first integrated research facility, the three-story, 70,000-sf UNM HSC Research Institute. The Institute will perform collaborative, interdisciplinary research on issue...
 8.13.02



University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Plans Children's Pavilion

DATELINE Albuquerque, N.M.
The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center (UNM HSC) is planning the Children's Pavilion and Critical Care Wing, a nearly 400-sf facility integrating technology and research into a family and patient-centered environment. The proje...
 8.13.02



San Diego State University Plans Mixed-Use Development

DATELINE San Diego
San Diego State University is planning the Paseo, a mixed-use redevelopment of the campus's southeastern corner. Comprised of street-level retail and upper-floor offices and student/faculty housing, the project will include nine acres of undergr...
 8.12.02



FDA Builds Silver Spring Campus

DATELINE Silver Spring, Md,
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is building a 3,000,000-gsf campus on 130 acres in the 660-acre White Oak Federal Center in Silver Spring, Md. The General Services Administration's National Capital Region broke ground on the first 125,000-gsf build...
 8.9.02



George Washington University Upgrades Communications Network

DATELINE Washington
George Washington University is engaged in a $7.8-million project to upgrade its Foggy Bottom Campus communications network. Over 15,000 faculty, students, and administrators will use the network, which will be accompanied by the university's implementati...
 8.9.02



Western Research Campus Developed in Emeryville

DATELINE Richmond, Calif.
The second phase of the Western Research Campus in Richmond is currently being entitled. Simeon Commercial Properties will break ground on the 90,000-sf life science facility in the spring of 2003. ...
 8.9.02



Rockdale Hospital Expands Emergency Department

DATELINE Conyers, Ga.
Rockdale Hospital in Conyers, Ga., began construction in late September 2002 on a $9.7-million expansion and renovation of its emergency department. More than doubling the hospital's emergency facilities, the project includes the addition of 18,000 sf, tw...
 8.9.02



Nichols Institute Diagnostics Develops San Clemente Facility

DATELINE San Clemente, Calif.
Ware Malcomb has completed design services for Nichols Institute Diagnostics (NID), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. NID is a tenant the Talega Business Park in San Clemente, Calif., managed by Makena Proper...
 8.9.02



Chiron Expands in Emeryville

DATELINE Emeryville, Calif.
Chiron Corp. has contracted DPR Construction to perform a $200,000 interior demolition and seismic upgrade project at the former Emeryville headquarters of Rainin Instrument Corp., recently leased by Chiron. Chiron plans to occupy 71,120 sf, whi...
 8.9.02



Georgetown University Develops Southwest Quadrangle

DATELINE Washington
Georgetown University is developing the $168-million, three-building Southwest Quadrangle complex which began construction in September 2000. Slated for completion in spring of 2003, the project features a 1,200-seat dining hall, a 780-bed dormitory, an 8...
 8.9.02



Trinity College Develops Sports Center for Women and Girls

DATELINE Washington
Trinity College in Washington, D.C. is building the $20-million Trinity Center for Women and Girls in Sports.  Developed by Forrester Construction, the 58,000-sf sports complex consists of a fitness center, NCAA six-lane regulation swimming pool, six...
 8.9.02



DeWitt Army Hospital Plans Replacement Hospital

DATELINE Fort Belvoir, Va.
DeWitt Army Hospital is planning to replace its Fort Belvoir facility with a $110-million, 430,000-sf state-of-the-art hospital. Serving the 151,000 eligible uniformed services health care beneficiaries in Northern Virginia, the replacement hospital ...
 8.9.02



Emory University to House Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats

DATELINE Atlanta, Ga.
Emory University will house the new Southeastern Center for Emerging Biologic Threats, a collaboration of state and federal agencies and top researchers working together to combat bioterrorism. Partners in the center include Emory University's Robert W. W...
 8.9.02



Wilpak Consolidates with Clayton County Facility

DATELINE Clayton County, Ga.
Contract packaging company Wilpak Inc. is consolidating three smaller plants with the lease of 211,000-sf in AMB Property Corp.'s 370,000-sf Southfield Logistics Center. The Clayton County space, vacated by DSC Logistics, was slated for occupanc...
 8.9.02



Middlebury College Builds New Library

DATELINE Middlebury, Vt.
Middlebury College of Vermont is building a new 143,000-sf library featuring environmentally-friendly and locally produced materials. Lee Kennedy Co. of Boston provided pre-construction services, now complete, for the project and has now initiat...
 8.9.02



Catholic University Builds Student Center

DATELINE Washington
Catholic University of America is building the $26.5 million Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center, a three-story, 102,000-sf, T-shaped structure dubbed the “living room of the university." Housing a bookstore, student center, ballroom, six meet...
 8.9.02



Versicor Relocates Headquarters to Philadelphia

DATELINE Philadelphia
Versicor, a Fremont, Calif.-based drug developer, will relocate its headquarters to Philadelphia where its clinical development operations are based. Versicor develops drugs for the hospital market which fight difficult-to-treat infections. ...
 8.9.02



Transportation Security Administration Seeks Headquarters

DATELINE Washington
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an agency created last year to manage airline security, is seeking 400,000 sf of office space by the end of August 2002 for its headquarters. Sites under consideration are in D.C. and Northern Virgini...
 8.9.02



Lockheed Martin Builds Mississippi Space & Technology Center

DATELINE Stennis Space Center, Miss.
The $30-million Lockheed Martin Mississippi Space & Technology Center is being developed by a partnership of Bethesda-based Lockheed Martin, NASA, and the State of Mississippi. Located at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center in south Mississippi, the 2...
 8.9.02



U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Under Construction

DATELINE Washington
The $100-million contract for the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center's first construction sequence was awarded to Centex Construction. Located underground on the Capitol's east grounds, the center will be completed in several phases. The project team i...
 8.9.02



Pennsylvania Academy of the Arts Creates New Campus

DATELINE Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is involved in a renovation and expansion of the newly acquired Hamilton Building that will add 300,000 sf of studio and gallery space. The project will allow the Academy, the oldest art school in the country, to cons...
 8.9.02



University of Maryland Builds Comcast Center

DATELINE College Park, Md.
The University of Maryland is building the $130-million Comcast Center, a 17,000-seat basketball arena facility including a gymnasium, athletic training facilities, administrative offices, and a student athlete academic and career developme...
 8.9.02



George Mason University Develops Academic IV

DATELINE Fairfax, Va.
George Mason University is building the $14.5-million Academic IV. The four-story classroom building will accommodate a total of 560 students in two lecture halls and two classrooms. Developed by Costello Construction of Columbia, the project is expe...
 8.9.02



Rubbermaid Plans Greenville Expansion

DATELINE Greenville, Texas
Illinois-based Newell Rubbermaid's home products division is planning a $26.8-million internal expansion of its 1,200,000-sf Greenville plant. The plant will become the single-source manufacturer and distributor for a new product line launc...
 8.6.02



Southwestern College Develops Collaborative Projects

DATELINE Chula Vista, Calif.
Chula Vista's Southwestern College is developing the $22-million Education Village with San Diego State University where the schools will share classroom space. In Otay Mesa, Southwestern and Sweetwater Union High School are planning Project Syn...
 8.5.02



Knapp Medical Breaks Grounds on Emergency Center Addition

DATELINE Weslaco, Texas
Knapp Medical Center in Weslaco recently broke ground on a 25,000-sf emergency department addition and renovation project. As builder McCarthy constructs the new ER addition, renovation of the existing adjacent facilities will also be completed. A ne...
 8.5.02



NBC Builds San Francisco Facilities

DATELINE San Francisco
NBC is building a new street-level television studio and newsroom in 25,000 sf of leased space in San Francisco. National and local advertising sales staff will be housed in existing office space in the facility, where Bay Area broadcasts for MSNBC, Telem...
 8.5.02



UCSD Builds Eleanor Roosevelt College

DATELINE San Diego, Calif.
The University of California San Diego's $110-million Eleanor Roosevelt College, comprised of 373,033 sf of dormitory, apartment, dining, meeting, and common area space, is slated for completion in fall of 2003. Construction began on the project in Novemb...
 8.5.02



SDSU Constructs Underground Trolley Station

DATELINE San Diego, Calif.
San Diego State University is working with the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) to build an underground trolley station. A 5.9-mile extension tunnel from Mission Valley to La Mesa is included in the $435-million project, which is being f...
 8.5.02



UCSD Develops Cal-(IT)2

DATELINE San Diego, Calif.
The University of California, San Diego has selected Gilbane Co. of Phoenix as general contractor and construction manager for the $102.5-million California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology project, Cal-(IT)2. The 215,000-sf rese...
 8.5.02



NCSU Develops College of Engineering

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University has begun site work for the new College of Engineering on its Centennial Campus. Consolidating classrooms scattered in several buildings on the main campus, the facility will house Chemical Engineering and Materials Science...
 8.2.02



Sovereign Bancorp Opens New Philadelphia Headquarters

DATELINE Philadelphia
Sovereign Bancorp will open a new Centre Square headquarters and bank branch in Center City, Philadelphia. The 30,000-sf facility will include commercial loan and trust/wealth management operations in the branch. The building will open on August 12th...
 8.2.02



NCSU To Build Veterinary Medicine Research Addition

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University (NCSU) is planning a $31-million, 103,000-sf research addition to the School of Veterinary Medicine. Designed by Flad & Associates, the four-story building will house research labs, offices, and conference rooms. A...
 8.2.02



U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Developed in Washington

DATELINE Washington
Construction services for the first phase of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. will be provided by Centex Construction’s mid-Atlantic division. The center, located underground on the East Front of the Capitol, will require a 1...
 8.2.02



North Carolina Wildlife Resources To Build Raleigh Headquarters

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Program is planning to consolidate operations with the construction of a new 65,000-sf headquarters on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus. The $13.5-million facility will include an outdoor learning l...
 8.2.02



Avalon Pharmaceuticals Relocates Headquarters to Germantown

DATELINE Germantown, Md.
Avalon Pharmaceuticals, a genomics-based research company, has relocated its headquarters to a 55,000-sf facility in Germantown, Md., featuring expanded research and development capabilities. The headquarters, sited in the Seneca Meadows Corporate Ce...
 8.2.02



Episcopal Hospital Renovated for Psychiatric Care

DATELINE Philadelphia
Episcopal Hospital has been transformed by Temple University Health System into a 114-bed psychiatric-care facility. In the next 12 to 15 months the hospital's emergency department will be expanded and the waiting and registration...
 8.2.02



U.S. Department of Agriculture Expands Centennial Campus Facilities

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is planning to expand its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Eastern hub at North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus. The expansion will be housed in Venture Center IV, the final building mas...
 8.2.02



Nomaco Expands Youngsville Plant

DATELINE Youngsville, N.C.
Construction is nearly complete on the 75,000-sf addition to plastics manufacturer Nomaco Corp.'s existing 250,000-sf Youngsville plant. The Zebulon-based company will use the addition to manufacture foam and rubber insulation used for gask...
 8.2.02



Duke University Plans Fuqua Center for Innovation and Educational Technologies

DATELINE Durham, N.C.
The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University is in the process of raising $80 million for capital projects. A gift of $500,000 has been contributed by Cisco Systems to create Fuqua's Center for Innovation and Educational Technologies. ...
 8.2.02



Applied Biosystems Develops Pleasanton Campus

DATELINE Pleasanton, Calif.
Applied Biosystems Group of Foster City, Calif., began construction in January on its R&D, office, and manufacturing project sited on 80 acres in Pleasanton. Totalling just under 1,000,000-sf, the planned seven-building complex will be devel...
 8.2.02



Medline Plans RTP Expansion

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Medline Industries, a Mundelein, Ill.-based medical equipment manufacturer and distributor, is negotiating to move into the 323,000-sf Center Point 1 warehouse in Research Triangle Park. Built in 2000 by Panattoni Development, the empty bui...
 8.2.02



Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Opens Nutrition Genomics Center

DATELINE Oakland, Calif.
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), the research arm of Oakland's Children's Hospital, has opened the Nutrition Genomics Center. The research center was funded by an $8-million gift to renovate and equip 14,000 sf of off...
 8.2.02



Impax Opens Hayward Facility

DATELINE Hayward, Calif.
Impax, a pharmaceutical company engaged in reformulating generic versions of popular drugs, has opened a new 85,000-sf research and manufacturing facility in Hayward where the company is based. Impax will increase its employee base from 85 to 190 by ...
 8.2.02



Sysco Builds Redistribution Center

DATELINE Warren County, Va.
Construction of Sysco's $53-million, 800,000-sf food-service redistribution center in Warren County, Va., is slated to begin in September with completion expected in late 2003. ...
 8.2.02



Oxford Bioscience Partners Designs Corporate Headquarters

DATELINE Boston
The design of Oxford Bioscience Partners' new 15,000-sf Boston corporate headquarters has been completed by Margulies & Associates of Boston. Oxford Bioscience Partners is a Boston-based bioscience and healthcare venture capital firm. ...
 8.2.02



NCSU Builds for Nanotechnology on Centennial Campus

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University will begin construction on the Partners III building in October 2002. The $24-million, 80,000-sf facility will house nanotechnology laboratory and research facilities and is slated for completion in July 2004. ...
 8.2.02



Diosynth Plans RTP Manufacturing Facility

DATELINE Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Diosynth, a Netherlands-based pharmaceutical company, is planning to purchase 91.3 acres of land in Research Triangle Park (RTP) on which to build 300,000 sf of new manufacturing space. Diosynth currently has labs and offices in Cary, N.C., totalling...
 8.2.02



Illinois Wesleyan University Completes Ames Library

DATELINE Bloomington, Ill.
Illinois Wesleyan University (IWU) in Bloomington has recently completed the 103,000-sf Ames Library designed by Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott (SBRA). Felmley-Dickerson Co. of Bloomington was the contractor for the five-story library, which provi...
 8.1.02



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