Industry News

Lockheed Martin will reoccupy a 136,000-sf building in Valley Forge, Pa., that the defense contractor vacated in 2002. The three-story office and laboratory facility will accommodate 300 employees engaged in the development of complex military, defense, and intelligence systems including surveillance, reconnaissance, combat support, and national security assistance.

The Texsan Heart Hospital opened in San Antonio on January 13, 2004. The $60-million acute-care facility accommodates 60 beds and will expand eventually to 120 beds providing world-class cardiovascular care. Development is also beginning on a multi-story medical office facility that will be part of the Texsan Heart Hospital Campus.

Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Information Technology has leased 166,477 sf in Independence Center in Chantilly, Va. Northrop Grumman is the lead tenant in the 275,000-sf Westfields Corporate Center facility, which was built for Alcatel in 1999. 

The General Services Administration is planning the 710,000-sf renovation of its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Designed and engineered by Shalom Baranes, Studios and Syska Hennessy Group, the project is estimated to cost between $110 million and $130 million. The design process will reach completion by February 2005 with occupancy expected in the first quarter of 2009.

The Department of Health and Human Services has leased 30,000-sf of office space in the 10-story, 276,000-sf Tower Building in Rockville, Md.