Industry News

Brooks College opened the doors of its new 53,318-sf Sunnyvale campus on Oct. 14. The college offers an accelerated 18-month associate degree program for network technology and graphic design. The facility previously housed office and R&D space for National Semiconductor University. Brooks College is part of Career Education Corp., a Hoffman, Ill.-based organization that operates 43 colleges, schools and universities in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and the United Arab Emirates.

Political media company Congressional Quarterly  (CQ)  has awarded Chantilly-based R.W. Murray Co. the $1.8-million contract to build its new 42,000-sf headquarters. Located less than two blocks from CQ's existing Washington facility, the new building will house three floors of offices, a data center, and several meeting spaces. Hickok Warner Fox Architects was hired to complete the design of the project, which will allow room for expansion.

World Airways has leased 70,200 sf in Morrow for an airplane parts distribution warehouse. Located in a 100,200-sf warehouse center, the facility will enable World Airways to consolidate its operations to Atlanta, as the carrier plans to close its Delaware distribution facility with the move to Morrow. World Airways is a 15-airplane long-haul charter operator that serves the U.S. Armed Forces.

Boston University will establish the Center for Chemical Methodologies and Library Development with a $10.7-million grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. The project will involve construction of chemistry libraries for licensing to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Crittenton Hospital Medical Center is planning an $86-million expansion and renovation of its Rochester Hills hospital. Albert Kahn Associates is providing full architectural and engineering services for the 140,000-sf multi-phase project. The new facility will include a women and children's center, expanded inpatient and outpatient surgery centers, radiology and emergency departments, OB/GYN and orthopedic areas, a chest pain clinic, adult and pediatric urgent care areas, an education center and a gift shop.