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Kaiser Plans Northern California Hospitals
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente Health Plan is planning to spend $375 million on a new 1.2 million-sf hospital and 870,000-sf medical office building in Santa Clara, doubling Kaiser's current Santa Clara facilities. A new $7-million emergency department will be added to Kaiser's Santa Teresa Hospital in South San Jose, more than tripling its existing 5,000-sf emergency facilities. A hospital in Redwood City is still in the planning stage.
Martin Marietta Materials Plans Manufacturing Facility
Martin Marietta Materials is seeking a manufacturing and assembly plant near its Raleigh headquarters as part of a move to enter the composites business segment. If Martin Marietta's aggregate technology is licensed, the plant could manufacture a fiberglass, rope fabric and polyester resin composite product.
Eisai Expands Triangle Facilities
Tokyo-based Eisai is expanding its 24,000-sf facilities at the Keystone Industrial Park in Durham with the lease of an additional 40,000 sf. The pharmaceutical company plans to add 30 employees and gain more distribution space, in addition to Eisai's 85,000-sf manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park. Eisai's U.S. headquarters are in Teaneck, N.J.
City of Medicine Center Planned in Durham
An expansion of the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center will create a new $160-million "City of Medicine Center". The mixed-use campus will include research labs, private-sector medical office buildings, educational-administrative offices, residential facilities and retail space. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is joining national real estate firm LCOR of Pennsylvania in developing the City of Medicine Center, which is slated to begin construction in four to six months.
Children's Hospital of Denver Builds New Healthcare Complex
The Children's Hospital of Denver has selected Houston-based FKP Architects, Inc. to lead the architectural team for its new hospital at the Fitzsimons campus. As architect of record, FKP will oversee all planning of medical space, working with Zimmer, Gunsul, Frasca Partnership (ZGF) of Portland as principal designer. Denver's H+L Architecture will handle construction documentation and contract administration. Children's main hospital currently operates out of eight adjacent buildings on its main campus in Denver.