Industry News

Miramar College in San Diego is building the $2-million, 10,000-sf Advanced Transportation Technology Center. Housing two general purpose classrooms, seven interior auto bays, five faculty offices, three storage rooms, and over 10,000-sf of exterior work space, the facility will contain millions of dollars of tools and equipment supplied by Toyota Motor Sales USA. Miramar College is also working with Kvaas Constructors to build the $7.2-million, 41,850-sf Science and Technology Center in Mira Mesa.

Andrx Corp. paid a Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. affiliate company $28-million for a 500,000-sf manufacturing facility in Morrisville. Over the next five years Andrx will engage in a complete renovation and re-equipping of the building estimated to cost $85-million.  

Melrose-Wakefield Hospital has opened a state-of-the-art, expanded endoscopy suite in Melrose, Mass.  The $2-million facility includes 5 procedure rooms and 14 admitting/recovery rooms.

Seton Healthcare Network is planning medical offices comprising over 100,000 sf to be constructed adjacent to its planned $70-million, 451,000-sf children's hospital in Northeast Austin. The offices, estimated to cost $30-million, will be financed and built by a private developer. The two facilities are Seton's newest medical campus and will deliver in January 2007. The project is sited on 28 acres and includes a parking garage. Seton will solicit construction bids for the development in spring 2003.

Pixar Animation Studios has doubled plans for its Emeryville, Calif., campus to include three new buildings and a two-story parking garage. In addition to its existing 215,000-sf building, each of the new facilities could comprise up to 160,000 sf each. The first building will be sited on an undeveloped portion of Pixar's 14-acre campus. The second building will be constructed on the existing campus parking lot, and the third will replace the former Semifreddi's Baker Building purchased by Pixar, located across the street.