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Diablo Valley College, a Pleasant Hill, Calif.-based community college, broke ground in November 2003 on its new campus in San Ramon, Calif. Sited on seven acres, the $26.4- million campus will feature classrooms, three multi-purpose labs with 32 computer stations, four science labs, and art studios. A library, senior center and childcare facility will be built adjacent to the campus. The project is expected to reach completion in 2006.

The University of California, Davis is constructing the new Neurosciences Building. Designed by SmithGroup, the 238,000-gsf (138,000-nsf) facility houses 102,515-sf of vivarium, laboratory, and laboratory support space.

Infineon Technologies North America Corp. has opened a new 100,000-sf facility in Cary, N.C. Infineon, based in Munich, Germany, will use the space to accommodate semiconductor chip design and management operations. The company plans to invest a minimum of $8-million in the facility over the next five years.

Silicon Valley Power recently broke ground on the $165-million Von Raesfeld power plant sited on 2.86 acres in Santa Clara, Calif. Locally owned and operated, the 147-megawatt gas-fired plant is expected to reach completion in late 2004.

Johns Hopkins University is constructing a “hybrid” laboratory facility in Boston. The university will engage in academic research in approximately half of the 115,000-sf building, with the rest leased to science and technology companies. Construction is under way, with occupancy slated for fall of 2004. Spaulding & Slye Colliers is the master developer for the project.