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Toyota Builds Tijuana Manufacturing Plant
Toyota is planning to build a plant in Tijuana to manufacture its Tacoma pickup truck beds. Located on 700 acres in eastern Tijuana, the plant will produce 160,000 truck beds annually. Construction is slated to begin in spring of 2002 with production to begin at the plant in 2004.
Novo Nordisk Insulin Plant On Hold
Plans to construct a second insulin manufacturing plant in Clayton have been put on hold by Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals' Danish parent company due to research delays. The plant would manufacture insulin in the form of an inhalant, the clinical trials of which have been delayed. Novo Nordisk's existing insulin manufacturing plant occupies 50 of 260 acres owned by the pharmaceutical firm in Clayton; the new plant would be constructed adjacent to it.
Harvard University Renovations Completed
Harvard University has completed two renovation projects executed by Winchester-based Wise Construction Corp. Robert Olson Architects provided design services for renovation of 15,000 sf on the 11th floor of William James Hall for the Psychology Department. Darlow Christ Architects Inc. designed the Graduate School of Design's new Student Services Department.
BioSET Consolidates In Maryland
Biosurface Engineering Technologies (BioSET) is planning a consolidation of administrative and lab space in College Park's Technology Advancement Program incubator. BioSet, a maker of medical device coatings for cardiovascular applications, will be consolidating its Sunnyvale, Calif., administrative offices and its Long Island and Salt Lake City lab facilities at the Maryland location.
Design of Microsoft's New England Office Completed
Interior design of Microsoft's $3.3-million New England office was completed by Boston-based SBA/Steffian Bradley Associates Inc. Located in the Waltham/Weston Corporate Center, the 50,000-sf project is a joint venture of contractor Turner Construction SPD of Boston and AVRP/Austin Veum Robbins Parshalle of San Diego.