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News from January 2003

Montgomery Hospital Medical Center Plans Emergency Department Renovation

DATELINE Norristown, Pa.
Montgomery Hospital Medical Center is planning a 3,000-sf expansion of its emergency department and the renovation of 4,000 sf of existing space. The project, funded by a $1-million grant from the Abramson Family Foundation, will create a technologically ...
 1.31.03



MIT Constructs Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is constructing the Institute of Soldier Nanotechnologies on its Cambridge campus. The facility is funded by a $50-million grant from the U.S. Army. ...
 1.31.03



Pepsi Plans Canton Distribution Center

DATELINE Canton, Mass.
The Pepsi Bottling Group is planning to build a 58,000-sf distribution center in the Canton Commerce Center in Canton, Mass. Pepsi plans to relocate its operations to the new facility in fall 2003 from its Allston location, where it has leased space ...
 1.31.03



Loudoun Hospital Center Opens Birthing Inn

DATELINE Washington
Loudoun Hospital Center opened its new Birthing Inn in January 2003. The 30,000-sf facility, located at the rear of the hospital, took nine months to construct. The birth center houses nine labor/delivery/recovery rooms, 24 postpartum suites, two operatin...
 1.31.03



Johnston Memorial Hospital Builds Smithfield Medical Mall

DATELINE Smithfield, N.C.
Johnston Memorial Hospital is redeveloping a former Burlington Industries textile mill in Smithfield as a medical mall. Sited on 15 acres adjacent to the hospital, the 240,000-sf property will feature a 27,000-sf wellness center with two indoor pools and ...
 1.31.03



MeikleEMS Constructs Manufacturing Facility

DATELINE Sanford, N.C.
Sanford manufacturer MeikleEMS is building a 25,000-sf facility in Sanford for the production of automated assembly and test systems. The new building will allow the company to triple its existing workforce. MeikleEMS is a division of Meikle Automation of...
 1.31.03



NCSU Builds Partners Building III

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University has awarded Shelco Inc. the $17-million contract to construct the 80,000-sf Partners Building III. Located on the Centennial Campus, the three-story building will house offices for the College of Agricultural & Li...
 1.31.03



NARA Plans Morrow Records Center

DATELINE Morrow, Ga.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is planning to replace its existing East Point facility with a new 350,000-sf regional records center in Morrow, Ga. Annexes in Palmetto and Birmingham, Ala., will also be consolidated with the new f...
 1.31.03



Shipley Opens Marlborough Technology Center

DATELINE Marlborough, Mass.
Chip maker Shipley Co. LLC opened a new $30-million advanced technology R&D center in early February 2003. The 65,000-sf Marlborough, Mass. facility features a 5,000-sf cleanroom. The new facility will accommodate Shipley's microelectronics division,...
 1.31.03



Community Hospital of Los Gatos Plans Expansion

DATELINE Los Gatos, Calif.
Community Hospital of Los Gatos is planning an $85-million expansion that will include medical office space, an oncology radiology center, a new emergency department, and four additional operating rooms. The project will also feature a three-story inpatie...
 1.31.03



Clear Channel Leases Burbank Facilities

DATELINE Burbank, Calif.
Clear Channel Communications has leased 95,000 sf in The Pinnacle, a 235,000-sf, six-story, 4.4-acre office complex in Burbank, Calif. Clear Channel, based in San Antonio, will locate its eight Los Angeles-area radio stations in the facility. ...
 1.31.03



NT Techno Creates Oxford Manufacturing Plant

DATELINE Oxford, N.C.
NT Techno USA, a Japanese auto parts manufacturer, is planning to construct a 60,000-sf distribution facility in Oxford, N.C. The facility will be sited on 26-acres under contract for purchase and will employ 50 workers. ...
 1.24.03



NCI Information Systems Relocates Headquarters

DATELINE Reston, Va.
Federal IT and security contractor NCI Information Systems has relocated its corporate headquarters from Tysons Corner to Reston, Va. The company leased 76,716 sf of office space at Plaza America, a 1.2 million-sf development that is nearly 50% leased by ...
 1.24.03



D.C. Housing Authority Constructs Youth Services Center

DATELINE Washington, D.C.
The D.C. Housing Authority has awarded Hensel-Phelps Construction the design-build contract to construct the Youth Services Center in Washington. The 120,000-sf detention facility will be constructed with HOK as lead designer. The project is slated for co...
 1.24.03



Antigenics Relocates Labs and Offices to Lexington

DATELINE Lexington, Mass.
Newy York-based Antigenics will relocate in summer 2003 to 160,000 sf of office, R&D and lab space at Three Forbes Road in Lexington, Mass. The facility is part of a four-building, 315,000-sf campus owned by Needham real estate developer Bulfinch Cos...
 1.24.03



A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts Plans Headquarters and Distribution Center

DATELINE Winslow, Pa.
A.C. Moore Arts and Crafts is planning to build a 700,000-sf headquarters and distribution facility in Winslow Township, Pa. The building will consolidate operations from the retailer's 250,000-sf former headquarters in the Blackwood area of Glo...
 1.24.03



Altana AG Opens Waltham Research Facility

DATELINE Waltham, Mass.
Altana AG, a Konstanz, Germany-based drug maker, opened its 25,000-sf Waltham, Mass., research offices in late January 2003. Part of a collaboration with Munich-based GPC Biotech, Altana has committed $120 million to develop its U.S. Genomics Resear...
 1.24.03



Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Builds Carlsbad Manufacturing Facility

DATELINE Carlsbad, Calif.
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical is developing 6,400 sf of office and manufacturing space in Carlsbad, Calif. The facility, designed by JKE Design and Associates and built by Biostruct, will also house relocated tissue culture, biology and chemistry labs. ...
 1.20.03



High Tech High School Expands at Point Loma's Liberty Station

DATELINE Point Loma, Calif.
San Diego Unified School District's High Tech High School has purchased the 38,900-sf Building 49 at Liberty Station in Point Loma. Buildings 36, 37 and 51 will be acquired by summer of 2003, bringing the school's total square footage to 93,107. Located o...
 1.20.03



NCCU Plans Biotech Expansion

DATELINE Durham, N.C.
North Carolina Central University in Durham is considering an expansion of its 40,000-sf Biomedical/Biotechnology Research Institute. An additional facility, a mirror image of the existing building, would be sited on an adjacent parking lot. The expansion...
 1.17.03



Delaware Valley College Creates Biotechnology Research Complex

DATELINE Doylestown, Pa.
Delaware Valley College is partnering with the Hepatitis B Foundation to create a new biotechnology research complex on the college's Doylestown campus. The project, slated to open in fall 2004, will encompass two developments. A 28,000-sf addition to the...
 1.17.03



Texas A&M University Builds Performing Arts Center

DATELINE Corpus Christi, Texas
The state of Texas has selected Cadence McShane Corporation of Austin to construct Texas A&M University's new 52,000-sf Performing Arts Center in Corpus Christi. The 1,500-seat, three-level concert hall will feature a 50-foot glass wall faci...
 1.17.03



PPD Expands in Morrisville

DATELINE Morrisville, N.C.
PPD, a Wilmington-based pharmaceutical and biotech discovery and development firm, has leased an additional 25,000-sf in Morrisville. PPD currently occupies four buildings totaling 283,000-sf at its expanding Triangle campus. ...
 1.17.03



Ryder System To Open Austin Distribution Center

DATELINE Austin, Texas
Ryder System Inc. is opening a 90,000-sf distribution center in the Business Center @ TechRidge in Northeast Austin. Logistics company Ryder is providing supply chain management for Austin-based Applied Materials Inc., a maker of equipment used ...
 1.17.03



Frase Enterprises Relocates to Hayward Warehouse

DATELINE Hayward, Calif.
Frase Enterprises is relocating to 82,000 sf of warehouse and distribution space in Hayward's Davis Court Industrial Center. The electrical hardware company was previously based in San Francisco. The facility will provide space for manufacturing, offices ...
 1.17.03



Carnegie Mellon Initiates Moffet Field Historic Renovation

DATELINE Mountain View, Calif.
Carnegie Mellon University has selected Architectural Resources Group of San Francisco and Turner Construction of San Jose to renovate facilities on NASA's Moffett Field in Mountain View. The University will expand its West Coast campus with 19,000 sf in ...
 1.17.03



Northside Hospital Constructs Office Tower Atop Parking Structure

DATELINE Atlanta
Northside Hospital in Atlanta plans to begin construction on a five-story medical office facility in summer of 2003. The tower will be constructed atop an existing parking facility. Northside is also seeking state approval to build a $10.7-milli...
 1.17.03



Washington Hospital To Build Nursing Training Lab

DATELINE Fremont, Calif.
Washington Hospital has earmarked $150,000 to build a skills training laboratory for nursing students on the hospital's campus in Fremont. The facility will house 12 beds and feature leading-edge medical technology. ...
 1.17.03



Imagine It! Childrens's Museum To Open in Atlanta

DATELINE Atlanta
The 30,000-sf Imagine It! Children’s Museum will open March 1, 2003 next to Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta. Designed by Atlanta architectural firm Stang & Nedow, the $4.3-million facility will house 16,000-sf of interactive exhibits. ...
 1.17.03



Piedmont Hospital Relocates Administrative Operations

DATELINE Atlanta
The nonprofit Piedmont Hospital will relocate administrative operations including accounts payable, financial services, and materials management to 48,400 sf of leased space at the One and Two Paces West complex in Atlanta. ...
 1.17.03



Alameda County GSA Plans Headquarters

DATELINE Oakland, Calif.
The Alameda County General Services Agency has signed a 30-year lease for the planned Thomas L. Berkeley Square development in Oakland. The 101,000-sf facility will serve as the Social Services Agency's administrative headquarters and will conso...
 1.17.03



Basler Electric To Open Taylor Plant

DATELINE Taylor, Texas
Basler Electric Co., a Highland, Ill.-based electronic components manufacturer, will open an 18,000-sf plant in Taylor, Texas, to produce custom transformers, generator controls, and relay systems for the industrial, commercial, and electric utility ...
 1.17.03



Hewlett Packard Creates Israel Ink Factory

DATELINE Kiryat Gat, Israel
Palo Alto-based Hewlett Packard is planning to create a $25-million digital ink factory in the southern city of Kiryat Gat in Israel. Indigo NV, an Israel-based digital printing systems manufacturer, was recently acquired by Hewlett Packard. ...
 1.16.03



Medtronic Sofamor Danek Expands in Memphis

DATELINE Memphis, Tenn.
Medtronic Sofamor Danek, a developer and manufacturer of implantable cranium and spine treatment devices, will expand its Memphis, Tenn. facilities with the addition of 100,000-sf of office and R&D space. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, a subsidiary of Minne...
 1.16.03



Children's Hospital To Build Pittsburgh Research Facility

DATELINE Lawrenceville, Penn.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh is planning to construct a new $500-million hospital and pediatric research facility on the site of the now-closed St. Francis Medical Center campus in Lawrenceville, Penn. Designed by L.D. Astorino Cos., the project is s...
 1.16.03



Auburn University Develops Club Golf Course Facility

DATELINE Auburn, Ala.
Auburn University in Alabama has contracted Birmingham-based architecture and interior design firm The Garrison Barrett Group to design an 8,000-sf single-level facility to be sited next to the Club Golf Course practice range. The facility will house offi...
 1.16.03



Carolinas HealthCare System Expands Charlotte Medical Center

DATELINE Charlotte, N.C.
Carolinas HealthCare System is planning a $70-million expansion of Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, the system's flagship hospital. The project will add four floors to the top of the existing surgery tower and will include major expansion of the Sur...
 1.15.03



University at Buffalo Opens Ellicott Food Court

DATELINE Amherst, Mass.
The University at Buffalo has opened the renovated Ellicott Food Court at its North Campus in Amherst. The $5-million project creates a vital hub area for Ellicott Dormitory's 3,250 residents. ...
 1.15.03



Eisai To Open Andover R&D Center

DATELINE Andover, Mass.
Tokyo, Japan-based drugmaker Eisai Co. is planning to begin construction in early 2004 on a $65-million R&D center in Andover, Mass. The facility will enable Eisai to double its U.S. basic research staff to as many as 170 employees. Eisai will also sp...
 1.15.03



Florida Builds Biosafety Lab

DATELINE Kissimmee, Fla.
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Department broke ground in mid-January 2003 on a biosafety lab that will enable the department to test for and detect potential bio-terrorist materials to protect both state residents and their food supply. The 1...
 1.15.03



Ashland Specialty Chemical Completes Plant Expansion

DATELINE Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England
Ashland Specialty Chemical Co., a division of Covington, England-based Ashland Inc., has completed the expansion of its Kidderminster, Worcestershire, manufacturing facility. The plant can now produce specialized pressure-sensitive adhesives in addition t...
 1.14.03



Columbia St. Mary's Plans New Hospital

DATELINE Milwaukee, Wisc.
Columbia St. Mary's is planning to break ground on its new Lake Drive Campus hospital facility in Spring 2004. Sited where the present St. Mary's hospital now stands, the facility is slated for occupancy in 2009. Lead architect for the project is Hellmuth...
 1.14.03



University of Redlands Builds Student Housing

DATELINE Redlands, Calif.
The University of Redlands will initiate construction on an $8.4-million student housing project in January 2003. Built by general contractor Capstone Building Corp., the development is slated for completion in September 2003.  ...
 1.13.03



M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Tops Out Research Facility

DATELINE Houston, Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has topped out its new $221.9-million George and Cynthia Mitchell Basic Sciences Research Building. Slated for completion and initial occupancy in November, the 18-story, 500,000-sf facility is expected to be fully op...
 1.13.03



College of Oceaneering Opens Kearney Mesa Facility

DATELINE San Diego, Calif.
The College of Oceaneering, a commercial diving educational institution, has opened a satellite campus is San Diego that features a diving tank, a hyperbaric chamber, classrooms, and a nondestructive testing lab. The College of Oceaneering is...
 1.13.03



Grady Health Plans Spalding Children's Hospital Expansion

DATELINE Atlanta
Grady Health System is planning a $3.4-million expansion of its Hughes Spalding Children's Hospital in Atlanta. Pending state approval, the upgrade will redesign existing space, adding 8,000 sf to the central pediatric intensive care unit and urgent ...
 1.10.03



Caritas Norwood Hospital Designs Radiation Oncology Addition

DATELINE Foxborough, Mass.
Caritas Norwood Hospital's 12,000-sf outpatient radiation oncology expansion is being designed by TRO/The Ritchie Organization of Newton, Mass. Slated for completion in April 2003, the one-level addition will connect to the existing facility via a ne...
 1.10.03



The Medimmune Project Under Construction

DATELINE Gaithersburg, Md.
The 218,000-sf Medimmune Project is under construction in Gaithersburg. Construction began on the first $85-million phase in March 2002; completion is expected in June 2003 excluding tenant fit-outs and labs. Medimmune is the primary tenant for the facili...
 1.10.03



Southwest Regional Cancer Center To Relocate, Expand

DATELINE Austin, Texas
Southwest Regional Cancer Center will relocate its main clinic to 31,000 sf on one and a half floors of the new Midtown Medical Office building, now under construction in central Austin. The relocation will enable the center to double the size of its prim...
 1.10.03



Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to Occupy Rockville Development

DATELINE Rockville, Md.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will occupy a 140,000-sf facility under construction in the Redland Tech Center in Rockville. Slated for completion in March of 2003, the facil...
 1.10.03



Baptist Coosa Valley Medical Center Begins New Construction

DATELINE Sylacauga, Mass.
Baptist Health System  is beginning construction on the redesigned Baptist Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga, Mass. Part of a $44.3-million initiative that began in 1998 with the $11-million replacement of the hospital's em...
 1.10.03



DOD Acquires Columbia Facility

DATELINE Columbia, Md.
The Department of Defense will occupy a 150,000-sf facility in Columbia's Oak Ridge Industrial Park in Howard County. The building houses 50,000-sf of laboratory space and was the former North American headquarters of Bookham Technology. ...
 1.10.03



Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing Expands Swepsonville Factory

DATELINE Swepsonville, N.C.
Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing (HPE) is investing $30-million in an expansion of its Swepsonville factory. The project will add a third production line, implement facility improvements, and create an additional 200 full-time jobs. Slated for completi...
 1.10.03



Texas Pain Institute Breaks Ground on San Antonio Development

DATELINE San Antonio
The Texas Pain Institute has broken ground on a $1.5-million facility. The two-story, 14,000-sf facility is part of the planned La Hacienda de Salud medical subdivision sited on 5.92 acres in San Antonio's South Texas Medical Center. The develop...
 1.10.03



Dallas Independent School District Designs Stadium & Field House

DATELINE Dallas
The Dallas Independent School District has selected Dallas-based HKS Inc. to design a $30-million stadium and field house in southern Dallas. HKS has been awarded more than $76-million in projects with three Dallas-Fort Worth area school distric...
 1.10.03



USDA Modernizes Ames Research Facilities

DATELINE Ames, Iowa
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has contracted Flad & Associates to provide design services for the Ames Modernization Program, a five-year, $430-million upgrade of the USDA animal disease research facilities on a 480-acre site in Ames, Iowa...
 1.7.03



Miramar College Builds Science and Technology Centers

DATELINE San Diego, Calif.
Miramar College in San Diego is building the $2-million, 10,000-sf Advanced Transportation Technology Center. Housing two general purpose classrooms, seven interior auto bays, five faculty offices, three storage rooms, and over 10,000-sf of exterior work ...
 1.6.03



Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Opens Endoscopy Suite

DATELINE Melrose, Mass.
Melrose-Wakefield Hospital has opened a state-of-the-art, expanded endoscopy suite in Melrose, Mass.  The $2-million facility includes 5 procedure rooms and 14 admitting/recovery rooms. ...
 1.3.03



Seton Healthcare Plans Medical Offices

DATELINE Austin, Texas
Seton Healthcare Network is planning medical offices comprising over 100,000 sf to be constructed adjacent to its planned $70-million, 451,000-sf children's hospital in Northeast Austin. The offices, estimated to cost $30-million, will be financ...
 1.3.03



Andrx Purchases Morrisville Facility

DATELINE Morrisville, N.C.
Andrx Corp. paid a Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. affiliate company $28-million for a 500,000-sf manufacturing facility in Morrisville. Over the next five years Andrx will engage in a complete renovation and re-equipping of the building estimated to c...
 1.3.03



Pixar Doubles Planned Emeryville Campus

DATELINE Emeryville, Calif.
Pixar Animation Studios has doubled plans for its Emeryville, Calif., campus to include three new buildings and a two-story parking garage. In addition to its existing 215,000-sf building, each of the new facilities could comprise up to 160,000 ...
 1.3.03



State Farm Consolidates in Emeryville

DATELINE Emeryville, Calif.
State Farm Insurance is consolidating 66 California claims processing centers down to 20, closing centers in Pleasant Hill, Santa Rosa, Burlingame, San Francisco, Pacific, Marin and Richmond. State Farm will centralize operations in Emeryville, Calif., wi...
 1.2.03



GKN Aerospace Services Completes Headquarters

DATELINE St. Louis
GKN Aerospace has completed its $5.7-million corporate headquarters in St. Louis. The $5.7-million phased demolition and renovation project entailed major demo work of 38,000-sf of a former manufacturing structure, creating executive offices, confere...
 1.1.03



California Department of Health Services Project Nears Completion

DATELINE Richmond, Calif.
The California Department of Health Services is nearing completion of its Richmond, Calif., complex. Construction manager McCarthy has guided the project's two phases, totaling more than 475,000-sf of offices, life sciences laboratories, animal facilities...
 1.1.03



Sentara Careplex Hospital Under Construction

DATELINE Hampton, Va.
Sentara Healthcare is nearing completion of its $61-million, 5-story replacement hospital. The facility will contain 200 beds (194 licensed) spread over 338,000 sf of new construction, and is one of the first in the nation to include a wireless phone...
 1.1.03



Spring Valley Hospital Under Construction In Las Vegas

DATELINE Las Vegas, Nev.
Spring Valley Hospital is under construction in Las Vegas. The $45-million, 310,000-sf facility is being built by contractor McCarthy using a combination of pre-cast and cast-in-place concrete. Designed by architect HKS of Dallas, the 176-bed hospital fea...
 1.1.03



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