Industry News

Network Appliance Inc. moved into its new 206,000-sf headquarters in summer 1999, with two buildings at the site still under construction. Late April is the scheduled completion date for all three buildings, which will total 360,000 sf.

Now the company is seeking approval for an additional 215,000 sf across the street, where Network would remodel one existing building, demolish a second and build a new one. Network manufactures network file servers.

Canon U.S.A. Inc. opened its new 166,000-sf regional headquarters in November 1999. The facility houses 160 employees for Canon's regional R&D headquarters, as well as its national headquarters for the semiconductor equipment divions, which includes a cleanroom for R&D on new products.

Architect on the project was C.A.S. Architects Inc. based in Mountain View, Calif. The Milpitas, Calif., firm of Devcon Construction Inc. built the facility. Canon is based in Lake Success, NY.

American Nevada is working with general contractor McCarthy’s Las Vegas office for the construction of two office buildings on eight acres at the company’s Green Valley Corporate Center. Tilt-up construction is being used for the $4.3-million project to complete the buildings by April 2001. The 45,000-sf structures will feature finished lobbies, high performace reflective glass, and aluminum clad exterior balconies. McCarthy is also constructing surface parking at the site. The project architect is Howard F. Thompson Architects of Irvine, Calif.

Cisco Systems, based in San Jose, Calif., recently began construction at its nine-building campus on three 200,000-sf buildings: buildings 10, 11, and 12. These buildings were designed by O’Brien/Atkins Associates of Durham, N.C. Bovis/Lend Lease, based in Raleigh, N.C., is the general contractor. When the buildings are completed in 2001, construction will begin on three more buildings—buildings 13, 14, and 15—which will total 500,000 sf. Cisco currently houses 3,000 employees at the site. The additional six buildings will accommodate 3,500 employees.

Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute has plans to expand with a new 226,000-sf, $56 million comprehensive cancer facility. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2000.