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The Arizona State University Foundation is working with contractor McCarthy to construct its signature facility on a 3.4-acre site at ASU’s Tempe c ampus. The project includes a six-story, 140,000-sf office building; a 1,200-space parking structure; and a 15,000-sf, two-story annex for retail tenants. LEED™ certification will be sought for the building. Sustainable design features include opaque glazing, CO2 monitoring, sub-grade parking, and a 25% use of construction materials that include recycled content.

OSF St. Joseph Medical Center , located in Bloomington , Illinois , has completed its $20.4-million, 88,000-sf cardiac and intensive care addition. Including 32 universal patient rooms which comprise the ICU and PICU, the three-level facility also houses family support spaces, cardiac diagnostic and treatment areas, and physician clinics. Additionally, the project entailed the relocation and expansion of the hospital’s emergency department. The facility was designed by Christner Inc. of Clayton , Mo. , and was built by contractor McCarthy.

Presbyterian Hospital of Plano has initiated construction on a third, 261,000-sf bed tower in Plano , Texas . In addition to the new construction, the project will include the renovation of 108,000 sf of existing space. The $120-million project will expand the hospital by 40% and marks the second major expansion of the hospital since it opened in 1991. When completed in late fall of 2005, the eight-story tower will provide 93 acute care beds, 30 intensive care (ICU) beds, 54 neonatal intensive care beds (NICU), 72 newborn nursery bassinets, and an expanded emergency department.

Lucasfilm is developing the $300-million Letterman Digital Arts Center at the Presidio in San Francisco . Housing Industrial Light & Magic, LucasArts, and Lucas Online , the 23-acre site will accommodate 865,000 sf of office space in four buildings upon completion, including the renovated Letterman hospital.

The de Young Museum is constructing a new $200-million privately funded museum and educational tower in San Francisco ’s Golden Gate Park . The 293,000-sf facility more than doubles the footprint of the previous museum, which was damaged in the 1989 earthquake. Construction began in July 2002, with completion expected in January 2005. The museum, which will be connected to the new $370-million California Academy of Sciences facility by an 800-space parking garage, will open in early fall 2005.