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University of Iowa Restores Old Capital Building
The University of Iowa, Iowa City has selected Boston-based Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture & Engineering PC in conjunction with OPN Architects of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to engineer restoration of the university's historic Old Capitol Building’s golden dome. The dome sustained extensive fire damage in November of 2001.
Crawford Long Builds New State-of-the-Art Hospital
Crawford Long Hospital’s new $270-million hospital and headquarters features a new medical office tower and state-of-the-art facilities. Having received approval from the state two years ago to redevelop its aging campus, Crawford Long and Cousins Properties Inc. have partnered to build one of the largest hospital construction projects ever undertaken in Georgia. The six-story hospital will consolidate outpatient services from several buildings and will house an emergency department triple the size of current facilities. Physicians will be located directly above the patients they serve.
Siebel Systems Consolidates Atlanta Offices
Siebel Systems Inc. is consolidating two Atlanta offices with a move to a new office tower, the One Glenlake. Siebel provides commerce applications software enabling automation of sales and customer service operations for large companies. Siebel has committed to 60 percent of the building, leasing 195,000 sf of the available 353,000 sf in One Glenlake. The tower is the first of three office buildings in a development totalling 1 million sf. Construction began on One Glenlake on Nov. 1 of 2001 and is slated for completion in January of 2003.
CDC To Build Emergency Response Center
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning a new state-of-the-art emergency anthrax response center on its main Atlanta campus. Funded in part by a $3.9-million grant from the foundation of The Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, the center’s round-the-clock staffing will enable constant monitoring for potential health and safety threats and rapid mobilization.
Gannett Occupies New McLean Headquarters
Gannett’s new 880,000-sf McLean headquarters was completed in October of 2001. Located on 25 acres, the $300-million project, including $160-million in construction costs, features an additional 750,000-sf mostly underground parking garage. Architects Kohn Pederson Fox designed the base building, with Lehman-Smith + McLeish designing the interiors. Developed by Hines of Houston, the building is comprised of two connecting towers and houses a 20,000-sf fitness center, a mile-long jogging trail, a 400-seat employee café, and 2 acres of landscaped rooftop terraces.