Industry News

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Advanced Micro Devices is planning to construct an 825,000-sf campus on 59 acres in Austin, Texas. General contractor Austin Commercial LLP of Dallas will build the project, which is currently awaiting the approval from the City of Austin. The campus has an estimated construction cost of $200-million. Construction is expected to begin in early 2006 with completion slated for mid-2007. Employee occupancy will begin in early 2007.

Cobey Inc., a Clarence-based manufacturer of industrial pump systems, will build a 90,000-sf headquarters and manufacturing plant on 12 acres in the Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park in Buffalo, N.Y. The $10-million facility will consist of 72,000-sf of manufacturing operations and 18,000 sf of office and administrative space. Construction is slated to begin in late 2005 or early 2006.

McMaster University opened the $71-million Michael G. DeGroote Centre of Learning and Discovery on Sept. 22, 2005. Housing over 250 scientists that will work collaboratively to discover new gene-based medicines, the facility includes a specialized robotic microscope, one of three in the world. Featuring primarily open laboratories, the facility houses the Centre for Functional Genomics; the Centre for Gene Therapeutics; the Institute for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Research; the Robert E.

BD Medical Pharmaceutical Systems , a maker of medical technology products, will broke ground on a $33.5-million addition to its Columbus, Ohio, manufacturing plant October 13, 2005. The project is comprised of a 15,000-sf sterilization addition to the existing 230,000-sf facility and equipment to increase manufacturing and production capacity for glass drug containers. One-third of the new production capacity will be functional in one year. The sterilization facility is slated for completion in two years.

The University of Virginia will begin construction in fall 2005 on the $71-million Carter-Harrison Medical Research Building (MRB) at its main Charlottesville campus. Housing approximately 300 scientists and laboratory staff grouped in 60 research teams, the 189,000-gsf facility was designed by HDR Engineering of Alexandria, Va.