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WGBH-TV Plans Brighton Landing Relocation
Public-broadcasting station WGBH-TV is expected to close in early May on Brighton Landing’s 181,000-sf west building. Acquisition of the seven-story facility will allow the 50-year-old station to expand its radio, television, interactive and educational activities. WGBH will occupy the second floor and floors four through seven. As the facility is still in shell condition, phased move-in will take two to five years. An additional four- or five-story facility will be constructed across the street. A third-floor walkway may connect the buildings.
UPS To Relocate New Commodity Trading Division
United Parcel Service (UPS) is searching for a new site for Fritz, its new commodity trading division which provides logistics support and freight service support worldwide. Currently located in 180,000-sf of warehouse and office space in the Southridge industrial park in Atlanta, Fritz must relocate due to airport expansion. UPS is searching for a 100,000-sf to 125,000-sf industrial facility in the same general area as its current location to facilitate airport and interstate freeway access.
Raleigh Community Hospital Installs Web-based HVAC System
Raleigh Community Hospital has awarded a $140,000 contract to Commercial Mechanical Inc. to install a web-based heating and cooling system.
Biogen Dedicates New RTP Facilities
Biogen formally dedicated a 250,000-sf large-scale manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park in early May. With 120,000 liters of bioreactor capacity, the $173-million facility will give Biogen one of the world's largest biologic manufacturing capacities and will allow the flexibility to produce multiple products in Biogen's pipeline. The biotech giant also dedicated a 150,000-sf lab and office building in Research Triangle Park.
EPA Relocation Prompts Renovation
The Environmental Protection Agency's new 1.2 million-sf campus will be ready for occupancy in summer 2002. The largest facility ever built for the EPA, the campus can house 2,200 employees and 10,000 research animals, and will include 400 individual labs, a cafeteria, a conference center and a child-care center. The National Computer Center, which contains the agency's nationwide data, has already moved to the new headquarters.