Abgenix Inc. is expanding with a new $50 million, 200,000-sf complex at Ardenwood Corporate Park in Fremont. The interior of an existing 100,000-sf shell building will be customized and a new 100,000-sf structure will be built on adjacent property. Abgenix will use its existing nearby facility for R&D, shifting the corporate headquarters, offices, and labs to the new complex. Construction is scheduled to begin in summer 2000, with completion in approximately 14 months. The general contractor is Sobrato Development Cos. of Cupertino, Calif. The building exterior was designed by the Santa Clara, Calif., office of Artec, headquartered in Phoenix. Interior design will be carried out by Dowler Gruman of Mountain View, Calif. Abgenix, a biopharmaceutical company, develops antibody therapeutic products.
