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University of Georgia Plans Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
The University of Georgia is planning to build a $10-million, 33,000-sf commercial pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at the University's Riverbend Research Village in Athens. Designed by Lockwood Green of Spartanburg, S.C., the project's construction will be managed by Atkins Hanscomb Faithful & Gould of Atlanta. The building will include research labs, classrooms, offices, and bioprocessing and manufacturing space for solid oral dosage medicines. The project is slated for groundbreaking in May 2003.
UPS Completes Louisville International Airport Hub
United Parcel Service has completed its new world-class central hub facility at the Louisville International Airport, a $1-billion, seven-year project that more than doubles the size of the company's existing facility. Totalling over 4 million sf, the expansion enables UPS to process approximately 300,000 packages per hour, a 50% productivity improvement. The terminal's infrastructure can support an increase to 500,000 packages per hour. The facility now includes 44 airplane loading docks and more than 17,000 conveyor belts.
Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union Breaks Ground on Administrative Center
Randolph Brooks Federal Credit Union recently broke ground on its new Administrative Service Center in Live Oak, Texas. The 112,000-sf facility will house 350 employees, consolidating administrative personnel from six separate locations. The project is being designed by local architectural firm Chesney-Morales Associates and built by Metropolitan Contracting Co. Slated for completion by fall of 2003, the center will house all back-office operations including marketing, security, call centers, and loss prevention.
Suffolk University Builds Beacon Hill Dormitory
Suffolk University is building a new dormitory in Boston's urban Beacon Hill area. Designed by Cannon Design, the facility will be constructed on an 8,700-sf former parking lot and will stand 19 stories above ground with two stories below ground. The west side of the structure will feature a glass curtainwall.
Genzyme Relocates Biosurgery Division
Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge will relocate its biosurgery division to 61,101 sf on floors three through six of a nine-story, 276,000-sf building in Cambridge's Kendall Square.