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Industry News
Kaiser Opens Daly City Medical Offices
Kaiser Permanente is opening a new 120,000-sf medical office building in Daly City, Calif. The facility, owned by King Asset Management of Palo Alto, will undergo a $31-million renovation prior to the relocation of 72 healthcare providers from Kaiser’s El Camino Real campus in San Francisco. The new facility is slated to open in November 2003 and will house women’s health services, pediatrics, internal medicine, optical services including ophthalmology, a laboratory, and a pharmacy.
British Airways Outsources FM to EMCOR
British Airways has awarded EMCOR Group a three-year contract valued at $40 million annually to be the airline's single-source provider of facilities management services for the majority of British Airway's UK property portfolio. The new agreement continues an 11-year relationship with British Airways that was the airline's first outsourcing of facilities management in the UK.
Toyodabo Plans Kentucky Plant
Toyodabo Manufacturing Kentucky LLC is planning to construct a $9.8 million manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Ky. The facility will manufacture molded headliners for the automobile industry and is expected to begin production in 2004. The company is a division of Kariya, Japan-based Toyoda Boshoku Corp. Toyadabo's primary customer is Toyota Motor Corp.
Stewart & Stevenson Open Houston Training Center
Stewart & Stevenson Services will open a new 18,000-sf training center in Houston's Garden Oaks industrial area in May of 2003. The facility will house classrooms and labs for diesel engine and transmission training for Stewart & Stevenson technicians, customers, and dealers. Stewart & Stevenson, based in Houston, is a distributor of diesel engines and a diversified manufacturer of products including commercial aircraft ground-support equipment and U.S. Army vehicles.
Samlip Industrial Co. To Open Automotive Manufacturing Facility
South Korea-based Samlip Industrial Co. is planning a new 130,000-sf facility in Alexander City, Ala., for the manufacture of automotive lighting parts and systems. The $53-million facility will be sited on 50 acres in the Alexander City Airport Industrial Park and will employ 400 workers. The automotive supplier will begin construction on the facility in August 2003 with occupancy slated for September 2004.