Industry News

New York-based Citibank will begin construction in April 2004 on a new $200-million electronic data processing center in Roanoke, Texas. Completion is expected in one year. The 242,820-sf center will house 13,875 sf of office space and 228,945 sf of data processing space.

Ohio State University Hospital East broke ground on a new expanded emergency department on March 31, 2004. Occupying renovated space on the south side of the Columbus, Ohio, hospital, the $4.8 million, 15,000-sf facility will feature 26 private rooms, two specialized suites for patients with breathing disorders, and a larger waiting room. Designed by Spice Constantino Architects of Cleveland, the new department more than doubles the footprint of the previous 7,000-sf emergency department.

The State University of New York at Buffalo Division of Athletics is engaged in a $1-million upgrade to its Alumni Arena. The project includes new chair-back seating on each side of the basketball court, end-zone bleacher seating, and a renovation of department offices.  

The State of Texas and International Sematech are launching the Advanced Materials Research Center (AMRC) with the University of Texas and other Texas universities. Located in Austin, the semiconductor research consortium will accelerate the commercialization of critical technology research. Funding in the amount of $40 million will be provided by the newly formed Texas Enterprise Fund; the remaining $160 million will be funded from various sources over the next four years.

Cumberland Medical Center has selected Birmingham-based Robins & Morten Group to construct a 178,000-sf addition and renovation of its Crossville, Tenn., facility. The $26.5-million project is comprised of a five-story obstetrics tower and lobby and the expansion and renovation of the medical center’s emergency room. Groundbreaking is slated for fall of 2004.