Industry News

Clear Lake Regional Medical Center in Webster, Texas is planning a $10 million expansion of its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Slated to begin construction in summer 2004 and reach completion in fall 2005, the project will quadruple the existing unit’s size from 5,000-sf to 20,000-sf.

The Art Academy of Cincinnati initiated construction on June 7, 2004 on its new campus in Over-the-Rhine in Cincinnati, Ohio. Slated for occupancy in less than 500 days, the $12.5 million project involves the transformation of an 80,000-sf industrial building and an adjacent 40,000-sf warehouse into one 120,000-sf facility. The new campus will consolidate the Academy’s two outdated, separate facilities.

Anthem Inc., the Indianapolis-based parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky, broke ground in early June 2004 on a 240,000-sf headquarters in Louisville. Slated for completion in August 2005, the facility is expected to cost between $24 million and $30 million. Located in the Triton Office Park in the 700-acre Eastpoint Business Center, the four-story building will consolidate 1,200 workers from three area offices.

Comcast Corp. opened its 86,000-sf call center in Irving, Texas in early June 2004. The facility will accommodate 450 employees, including local technical operations teams, managers, and customer service workers.

Arizona State University is planning to develop the 1.2 million-sf  Scottsdale R&D Center on the 42-acre Los Arcos Mall parcel in Scottsdale, Ariz. To be constructed over the next 5 to 8 years, the $385-million center will focus on biosciences, engineering, and the arts.