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Scios Relocates to Fremont's Ardenwood Center
Scios Inc. is relocating to 200,000 sf in Fremont's Ardenwood Corporate Center from Sunnyvale, Calif. The move will begin in January 2003 and reach completion in September. The biotech's new two-building facility will house business operations, research, medical affairs, and, potentially, manufacturing. Scios, a developer of drugs for heart disease and inflammatory diseases, currently employs 450.
Stanford University Develops Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering
Stanford University's Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, currently under construction, is slated for completion in summer of 2003. The multi-disciplinary 225,000-sf facility will bring researchers from a variety of different fields together. There are no walls inside the building. Work spaces are adjustable, with wheeled benches, shared fume hoods, and electrical outlets and ventilation ducts available every ten feet.
Westmont College Plans SF Dormitory Conversion
Westmont College of Santa Barbara is seeking San Francisco Planning Commission approval to create a college dormitory in San Francisco’s 6,300-sf Victorian Inn on the Park. The 18-room former inn would be converted to a 30-bed dorm for Westmont’s urban studies program.
Sun Microsystems Awards Facilities Management Contract
Network storage firm Sun Microsystems has awarded Cushman & Wakefield a three-year multimillion-dollar contract to provide facilities and cost management services for its 220 nationwide properties. Effective October 1, the contract comprises 11.2 million sf and will be serviced from San Francisco. Cushman, retained to save on expenses and provide tech upgrades to the campuses, will hire over 200 employees to handle the account. Services provided by Cushman include accounting, administration, call center management, energy management, engineering, and health and safety issues.
Indiana University Builds Childcare Center
Indiana University is building the Center for Young Children on its Indianapolis campus. The 24,000-gsf (17,087-asf) center is part of a Presidential initiative to improve availability of childcare on college campuses by investing in facilities. Accommodating a total of 240 part- and full-time children, the building will contain two modules with age-specific classrooms in each. The $3.4-million project was designed by CSO Architects.