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News from March 2003

Northrop Grumman Develops Florida Facilities

DATELINE St. Augustine, Fla.
Global defense contractor Northrop Grumman is constructing two new Florida facilities to support a Navy contract for additional aircraft. A $2.5-million office facility is under construction at the company's St. Augustine site. The 45,000-sf building will...
 3.31.03



ZymoGenetics Breaks Ground on Seattle Addition

DATELINE Seattle
Biotech company ZymoGenetics broke ground in early April 2003 on a 70,000-sf addition to its Seattle complex, bringing the company's presence up to 228,000sf. Designed by MBT Architecture, the $26-million project is designed for future growth and will hou...
 3.31.03



Memec Group Relocates Corporate Headquarters

DATELINE San Diego, Calif.
Memec Group, a global distributor of semiconductor equipment, has relocated its corporate headquarters to Carmel Valley in San Diego. Previously sited outside of London, Memec Group has leased 92,000 sf in a new 115,000-sf facility, one of five previously...
 3.31.03



City of San Antonio Breaks Ground on Guerra Library

DATELINE San Antonio
The City of San Antonio broke ground in late March 2003 on the new 15,000-sf Henry A. Guerra Jr. Branch Library. Construction is slated for completion later this year. Architect for the $2,799,000 project is Sprinkle-Robley. The project cost includes $400...
 3.28.03



Chief Container Corp. Expands in Bartow County

DATELINE Bartow County, Ga.
Chief Container Corp., a maker and distributor of corrugated cardboard boxes, is nearing completion of a 260,000-sf facility north of Atlanta in Bartow County. Chief Container plans to relocate from its current location, a 144,000-sf bulk warehouse i...
 3.28.03



International Museum of Women Plans San Francisco Location

DATELINE San Francisco
The International Museum of Women is planning to build a $100-million facility on a 120,000-sf site at historic Pier 26 in San Francisco. Pending the necessary approvals, construction could begin in 2006 with completion expected in 2008. The museum would ...
 3.28.03



NCSU Builds University Apartments

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University is engaged in constructing the $65-million University Apartments project in Raleigh. Consisting of 460,000 sf in eight buildings and a chiller plant, the development is designed by architect Hanbury Evans Newill Vlattas & C...
 3.28.03



University of North Carolina Constructs Ramshead Student Facility

DATELINE Chapel Hill, N.C.
The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill is constructing the $50-million Ramshead facility. Designed by architectural firm Ayers Saint Gross, the project consists of a 278,000-gsf, 700-space, three-story parking deck, a two-story, 45...
 3.28.03



North Carolina State University Develops Science Building

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University is building a $27-million Science Building in Raleigh. The 125,000-sf facility, designed by The Freelon Group, is expected to reach completion in February 2005. Centex is the construction manager; projec...
 3.28.03



Therion Biologics Constructs Production Facility

DATELINE Cambridge, Mass.
Therion Biologics of Cambridge, Mass. is constructing a $5-million, 10,000-sf production facility for two cancer vaccines which are in Phase II clinical trials. ...
 3.28.03



Virtua West Jersey Hospital Completes Stretch Center Project

DATELINE Marlton, N.J.
Virtua West Jersey Hospital has completed the $230,000 expansion and renovation of its Stretch Center for Musculoskeletal Treatment in Marlton, N.J. The project includes a 32-bed unit designed to care for the special needs of orthopedic and neurosurgical ...
 3.28.03



Jacksonville Federal Building Modernization in Progress

DATELINE Jacksonville, Fla.
The Charles E. Bennett Federal Building in Jacksonville is undergoing a $24-million modernization. Housing the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Labor and Housing, and Urban Development offices, the 11-story, 298,000-sf facility is slated for c...
 3.27.03



Memorial Herman City Hospital Opens Technical Education Center

DATELINE Houston
Memorial Hermann City Hospital in Houston opened the 18,000-sf Technical Education Center on March 28. The facility centralizes training programs that were previously sited at other hospital system locations. Housing three classro...
 3.27.03



Medical Center of Arlington Opens Women's Center

DATELINE Arlington, Texas
Medical Center of Arlington opened the first phase of its $70-million expansion project on March 29, 2003. Part of a three-year development plan begun in January 2002, the expansion includes a new main entrance and a three-story Women's Center and birthin...
 3.26.03



Baylor Medical Center of Plano Breaks Ground

DATELINE Plano, Texas
Baylor Medical Center of Plano officially broke ground on its new $135-million hospital on March 31, 2003, although work on the facility actually began earlier in the year. Slated to open in mid-to-late 2004, the facility will house 96 inpatient beds, 32 ...
 3.26.03



University of Missouri Constructs Basketball Arena

DATELINE Columbia, Miss.
The University of Missouri has selected J.E. Dunn Construction Co. as general contractor for its $59-million basketball arena in Columbia. Designed by CDFM2 Architecture, the 380,000-sf arena will contain over 15,000 seats, 25 box suites, a player develop...
 3.25.03



Janssen Pharmaceuticals Develops Facility in Ireland

DATELINE Little Island, Ireland
Janssen Pharmaceuticals has selected a subsidiary of Pasadena-based Jacobs Engineering Group to provide engineering services for a new active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) manufacturing plant at Janssen's existing Little Island site in Ireland. Th...
 3.25.03



Carltas Develops Agricultural Biotech Park in Encinitas

DATELINE Encinitas, Calif.
Carltas Development Co. of Carlsbad is planning to construct a 125,000-sf master-planned biotechnology business park on a 10-acre site in the Paul Ecke Ranch in Encinitas, Calif. Designed by McGraw/Baldwin Architects of San Diego, the project will ho...
 3.24.03



Kaiser Santa Clara Leases Medical Office Space

DATELINE Cupertino, Calif.
Kaiser Permanente of Santa Clara, Calif., will house outpatient behavioral medicine, chemical dependency services and administrative functions in 100,000 sf of recently leased space in Cupertino. Located near Kaiser's new $800-million hospital in Santa Cl...
 3.21.03



UCSF Leases Office Near Mission Bay

DATELINE San Francisco
The University of California, San Francisco has leased 66,000 sf of office space in San Francisco for its Medical Center finance and strategy group. UCSF is consolidating Medical Center finance operations at the new location, chosen for its proximity to t...
 3.21.03



URS Consolidates in Atlanta

DATELINE Atlanta
Facilities and transportation engineering firm URS Corp. has leased 36,000 sf at Northpark Town Center in Atlanta. URS is vacating space at Corporate Campus in Alpharetta, at Peachtree Center North Tower, and at a small office in Tucker to consolidate ope...
 3.21.03



Sutter Health Plans Memorial Medical Center Addition in Modesto

DATELINE Modesto, Calif.
Sutter Health awarded Skanska USA Building the pre-construction services assignment for the Memorial Medical Center north tower addition, scheduled to be built in Modesto, Calif. The pre-construction phase will begin in the first quarter of 2003. If ...
 3.18.03



Zomax Opens Center in Juarez

DATELINE Juarez, Mexico
Plymouth-based software duplication and distribution company Zomax Inc. has opened a new 46,000-sf assembly and fulfillment center in Juarez, Mexico. Warehousing and distributing operations are slated to begin in late March 2003 at the facility, which is ...
 3.18.03



United Technical Industries Consolidates Missouri Facilities

DATELINE Lee's Summit, Mo.
United Technical Industries is relocating tool-and-die manufacturing subsidiaries Advanced Coatings and Unitech  from two Northeast Kansas City plants to a new facility in Lee's Summit, Mo. The companies will be housed in a new 40,000-sf building whi...
 3.17.03



Battelle Opens Harford County Research Facility

DATELINE Aberdeen, Ohio
Battelle, an Ohio-based technology research company, opened its $20-million Harford County research facility in early March 2003. Sited on 89 acres at the Higher Education and Applied Technology (HEAT) Center in Aberdeen, Ohio, the facility...
 3.17.03



BioFilm Constructs Vista Headquarters

DATELINE Vista, Calif.
Vista-based BioFilm Inc.'s new headquarters will be built on 3.52 acres in the Palomar Corporate Center in Vista, Calif. The 60,860-sf leased facility, developed by Moxie Pacific Palomar LLC, will be ready for occupancy by Jan. 1, 2004. ...
 3.17.03



Kaiser Family Foundation Opens Public Affairs Center

DATELINE Washington
The Kaiser Family Foundation, based in Menlo Park, Calif., opens its new Washington, D.C., public affairs center on March 27, 2003. The facility features a technologically equipped conference center, a broadcast studio, and a lobby with interactive displa...
 3.14.03



Boeing Develops St. Louis Test Facility

DATELINE St. Louis
The Boeing Co. is constructing a 140,000-sf complex in St. Louis where it will fuel, install avionics and prepare for test flights T-45s (Navy jet trainers), F-15s and F/A-18s. The $104-million complex will include a hangar, painting facilities, "hush hou...
 3.14.03



National Archives Renovation Under Way

DATELINE Washington
The National Archives Building, built in 1935, is undergoing a $110-million renovation that will restore the facility's rotunda and install fiber-optic lighting systems and high-security vaults. Mechanical and electrical systems will be upgraded, and head...
 3.14.03



KellyUSA Plans Billy Mitchell Business Center

DATELINE San Antonio
The Greater Kelly Development Authority (GKDA) will develop six office/warehouse buildings on 40 acres at KellyUSA in San Antonio as the Billy Mitchell Business Center. The $28-million, 513,600-sf project aims to attract industrial firms includi...
 3.14.03



Texas Lutheran University Constructs College of Professional Studies Complex

DATELINE Seguin, Texas
Texas Lutheran University in Seguin is developing a 30,000-sf complex to house the College of Professional studies. Serving the departments of education, business administration and kinesiology, the facility will include a large tiered classroom, a confer...
 3.14.03



Network Appliance Builds Self-Generating Power Plant

DATELINE San Jose
Network Appliance is constructing a $2.4-million on-site natural gas fired power plant on the roof of its San Jose research and development building. The plant will supply 80% of the data storage manufacturer's electricity needs when it becomes operationa...
 3.14.03



Centocor Expands in Radnor

DATELINE Radnor, Pa.
Biopharmaceutical company Centocor has leased an additional 46,000 sf in Radnor, Pa., bringing its total site operations up to 204,000 sf. Centocor is a subsidiary of New Jersey-based Johnson and Johnson. The facility, owned by The Rubenstein Co., was vac...
 3.14.03



Medtronic Opens Netherlands Distribution Center

DATELINE Heerlen, The Netherlands
Medtronic Inc. opened its $32.1-million distribution center in Heerlen, the Netherlands, in early March 2003. The 322,900-sf center, Medtronic's largest distribution facility, will employ 700 workers and will send over 30,000 medical devices worldwide eve...
 3.14.03



Smithville Hospital Authority Plans Bastrop and Smithville Facilities

DATELINE Bastrop, Texas
The Smithville Hospital Authority is involved in a $21-million project to build a hospital in Bastrop, Texas, and expand its Smithville hospital. The 50,000-sf Bastrop short-stay hospital will house obstetrics, a maternity ward, an imaging center, pharmac...
 3.14.03



Alamo Heights Builds New City Hall

DATELINE Alamo Heights, Texas
The Alamo Heights City Council has approved plans to renovate and expand City Hall. Designed by architectural firm Bartholomew & Co., the $4.5-million project will be developed in five phases over three years, expanding the existing 9,000-sf complex to 20...
 3.14.03



Alameda County Health Service Agency Develops San Leandro Facility

DATELINE San Leandro, Calif.
The Alameda County Health Service Agency will break ground in late March 2003 on the second of three planned buildings at the Creekside Plaza office park in San Leandro. Developed by Creekside Associates LLC, a subsidiary of The Innisfree Companies of Sau...
 3.14.03



Hynix Upgrades Eugene Wafer Fabrication Plant

DATELINE Eugene, Ore.
Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America is initiating a $100-million upgrade of its Eugene, Ore., wafer fabrication facility. Hynix has already invested over $1.6-billion in the facility, which will remain in operation throughout the project. Increasing...
 3.13.03



Canada Plans National Institute for Nanotechnology Facility

DATELINE Edmonton, AB
The National Research Council (NRC) is planning the permanent home of the new National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) in Edmonton, Alberta. The $40-million facility will be created by a partnership between the Government of Canada through the NRC, th...
 3.13.03



Vincennes University Completes Red Skelton Museum and Performing Arts Center Design

DATELINE Vincennes, Ind.
Vincennes University has completed the design of the Red Skelton Museum and Performing Arts Center on the university's campus in Vincennes, Ind. Dedicated to the memory of Vincennes-born comedian Red Skelton, the 98,000-sf building will replace the univer...
 3.11.03



Slippery Rock University Plans Expansion

DATELINE Slippery Rock, Pa.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is seeking to raise a total of $33-million to fund the construction of a science and technology facility, a performing arts center, and a building housing computer labs, study areas, food facilities, and lounges. ...
 3.11.03



UCSD Plans Graduate School of Management

DATELINE San Diego
The University of California, San Diego is planning to construct a new $50-million facility to house the Graduate Management School. The building is expected to open in autumn 2005. ...
 3.10.03



University of Pittsburgh Creates Center for Micro and Nano Systems

DATELINE Pittsburgh, Pa.
The University of Pittsburgh is creating the John A. Swanson Center for Micro and Nano Systems with a gift of $1.4-million from the center's namesake. The center will be housed in the recently established four-laboratory John A. Swanson Institute for Tech...
 3.10.03



University of Cincinnati to Build Varsity Village

DATELINE Cincinnati
The University of Cincinnati will begin construction in April on Varsity Village. Funded by a $10.2-million gift, the project will house competition and training facilities for UC's 18 varsity sports. Highlights of the Richard E. Lindner Varsity Vill...
 3.10.03



Cardinal Health Expands San Diego Manufacturing Facility

DATELINE San Diego
More than doubling its West Coast capacity, Cardinal Health will expand its San Diego sterile manufacturing facility by 70,000 sf. The expansion will enable Cardinal to increase its production of freeze-dried pharmaceuticals and liquid products. The ...
 3.10.03



GSA Plans Center for Drug Evaluation and Research

DATELINE Silver Spring, Md.
The GSA, National Capital Region, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA, has awarded the mid-Atlantic division of Centex Construction the $55-million contract for Phase 2A of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Re...
 3.10.03



Leeman Architectural Woodwork Builds Powder Springs Facility

DATELINE Powder Springs, Ga.
Atlanta-based Leeman Architectural Woodwork, a maker of custom displays and counters, will consolidate three separate Fulton County facilities with a move to a planned 350,000-sf manufacturing distribution facility in Powder Springs. Total building c...
 3.7.03



NCSU Breaks Ground on Centennial Biomedical Campus Facility

DATELINE Raleigh, N.C.
North Carolina State University has broken ground on a $35-million, 100,000-sf research facility, the first structure of the Centennial Biomedical Campus at the College of Veterinary Medicine. ...
 3.7.03



UC Berkeley To Begin Construction on Stanley Hall

DATELINE Berkeley, Calif.
UC Berkeley began construction in March 2003 on the new $162.3-million Stanley Hall. Part of the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3), the facility will provide 275,000 sf on eight floors above ground and three floors below grou...
 3.7.03



FlightSafety Boeing Training Int'l to Build Atlanta Aviation Training Center

DATELINE Atlanta
FlightSafety Boeing Training International will construct a $60-million aviation training center in Atlanta. The 52,000-sf facility is expected to begin operations in January 2004 and will house six full-flight simulators and associated training activitie...
 3.7.03



Grady Memorial Hospital Opens Cancer Center of Excellence

DATELINE Atlanta
Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta dedicated its new $32-million Cancer Center of Excellence on March 3, 2003. Built using $28.4-million in tobacco lawsuit settlement funds and a $3.3-million gift from the Avon Foundation, the center is the first to open ...
 3.7.03



Loomis Chaffee School Plans Performing Arts Center

DATELINE Windsor, Conn.
Loomis Chaffee School has selected Boston-based William Rawn Associates Architects to design a new performing arts center and 18-classroom building in Windsor, Conn. The final design will be completed by year-end 2003 with construction slated to begin in ...
 3.7.03



EMD Pharmaceuticals To Build German Biomanufacturing Plant

DATELINE Jena, Germany
EMD Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. subsidiary of Darmstadt, Germany-based Merck KGaA, will construct a $300-million biomanufacturing plant in Jena, Germany. The 200,000-sf facility will manufacture cancer drugs. ...
 3.7.03



Elon University Plans Koury Business Center

DATELINE Elon, N.C.
Elon University is planning to construct the $12-million Ernest A. Koury Sr. Business Center on its Elon, N.C. campus. The three-story facility, slated to open in 2005, will house classrooms, a trading room, a digital multimedia theater, the school's MBA ...
 3.7.03



Actel Corp. Relocated Headquarters to Mountain View

DATELINE Mountain View, Calif.
Chip maker Actel Corp. is planning to move its corporate headquarters from Sunnyvale to Mountain View in fall 2003. Increasing square footage by over 20,000-sf, the 160,000-sf lease with Equity Office Properties will provide space to hire an additional 80...
 3.7.03



Agilent Opens Singapore Facility

DATELINE Singapore
Agilent Technologies, a Palo Alto-based test and measuring equipment developer, has opened a new $92-million business and technology facility in Singapore. ...
 3.5.03



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