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Synqor Expands with Relocation to Boxborough
Electronics manufacturing company Synqor is relocating to 102,619 sf of office and R&D space in Boxborough from a total of 50,000 sf in two Hudson facilities and one Marlborough facility. Occupancy will begin in November when over $1-million in tenant improvements is completed. Thirty percent of the building will house office space, with the remainder accommodating research and development. The two-story brick building will also allow for future growth.
Georgia Tech Creates New Student Recreation Area
Georgia Institute of Technology has renovated its existing 1996 Olympic swimming and diving venue into a new student recreation center. Designed by St. Louis-based Hastings & Chivetta Architects, the project creates a 175-foot continuous floor span, the longest ever known. This was accomplished by the construction of an interstitial floor at the fourth level above the existing pool complex, creating 60,000 sf of gymnasium and multi-purpose space.
Water Quality Research Facility Planned for San Francisco Bay
The Bay-Delta Science Consortium is considering creating its principal research station at a decommissioned Army base just south of Rio Vista, Calif. The project could house up to 200 researchers studying the Delta’s water quality and ecosystem at the station. Housing approximately 20,000 sf of office and lab space, the 28-acre site would accommodate marina slips for 40 research vessels and recreation facilities. The 28-acre site is desirable due to its central location between San Francisco Bay and the Delta.
Southwestern College Opens Learning Resource Center
Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif., completed its Learning Resource Center in January 2003. The centerpiece of the new campus “gateway,” the 90,000-sf facility expands and upgrades library functions and houses a new distance learning center, an 8,000-sf audio/visual/television production studio, flexible meeting spaces, and a gallery. Designed by LPA, the Learning Resource Center includes the latest state-of-the-art technologies including computer and non-print services.
Cambridge Innovation Center Expands at Kendall Square
The Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), a former incubator, will lease an additional 10,500 sf on the ninth floor of One Broadway in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. The lease will add to the 18,000-sf that CIC currently occupies in the facility, which is owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.