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Boston Tech Center Lab Retrofit Under Way
The 444,000-sf Boston Tech Center is being retrofitted as a lab building by Cabot, Cabot & Forbes of New England. Originally designed as a telecommunications hotel, the facility will finish construction as a shell biomedical building and is projected to become a hub for lab companies. The three-story building will house two levels of ground-floor parking to accommodate 650 vehicles. A 40,000-sf glass atrium will be located on the second and third floors.
National Weather Service Seeks Build-to-Suit Office Space
The National Weather Service's parent agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking a 200,000-sf build-to-suit office site and a developer to replace the weather service's offices at the older 126.500-sf World Weather Building in Camp Springs, Prince George's County. According to the General Services Administration, likely locations include College Park or Greenbelt, Md.
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.
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.