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Freedom Tower to Break Ground at World Trade Center Site
Ground will be broken on the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site in New York on July 4, 2004. Slated for completion in 2009, the tower could be the world’s tallest building. It will include a spire meant to evoke images of the Statue of Liberty. It will be located on the northwest part of the trade center site, not on the footprint of the former twin towers.
Aldrich Chemical Consolidates in Milwaukee
Aldrich Chemical Co. is consolidating three citywide locations with a move to an 800,000-sf plant in Milwaukee. Slated to begin in fall and continue through June 2005, the relocation was prompted by a need to make room for the reconstruction of the Marquette interchange where Aldrich’s main site was located. The sale of the site will fund the $65-million expansion and renovation of the new plant. Aldrich Chemical is a subsidiary of Sigma-Aldrich Corp. of St. Louis, a producer of biochemical and organic chemical products.
Memorial Hermann Builds Fort Bend County Replacement Hospital
Memorial Hermann Health Care System is planning to construct a new $93-million replacement hospital in the Sugar Land area of Fort Bend County, Texas. Tripling the footprint of the current Missouri City facility, the project will add ten inpatient beds for a total of 75 private rooms. Renamed the Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital, the facility will be accompanied by a professional office building; both will open in 2006.
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Expands in Houston
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center broke ground on a new $9-million expansion project in Houston on May 11, 2004. Adding a 12-bed intensive care unit in a newly constructed 27,000-sf, two-story building, the facility will have the capacity for 24 additional medical/surgical beds on the second floor. Upon completion, Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center will have approximately 180 licensed beds and 22 ICU beds; the existing ten-bed ICU will remain operational. Over 300 parking spaces will be added.
New Oklahoma City Federal Building Dedicated
A new Oklahoma City Federal Building was dedicated on May 3, 2004. Adjacent to the site where the Murrah building once stood, the facility’s security features include a steel-plated main entrance, shatterproof glass, and bollards, which are concrete plugs preventing vehicles from getting too close. The $33-million horseshoe-shaped building began construction in October 2001, with federal agencies beginning occupancy in December 2003.