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Texas Christian University has selected the Washington office of Cannon Design to design its student recreation center. The project includes new construction, renovation and expansion. The football stadium and arena will be renovated and expanded with additional seating, concourse space and basketball offices. Additionally, a new field house may be constructed.

The Fenn School, a private day school for boys in Concord, has selected Flansburgh Associates Inc. of Boston to design a 75,000-sf campus addition. Included in the project are six classrooms, facilities for locker rooms, and a multipurpose room to be used by the drama and wrestling programs.

$100 million of tobacco settlement funds will be used by the State of Pennsylvania to create three new biotech "greenhouses" to help nurture fledgling life science companies. The facilities will be located near Pittsburgh, near Philadelphia, and in the central part of the state.

Temple University is completing its move to the new Center City campus, referred to as TUCC. The campus has expanded to from 87,000-sf to 105,000-sf, with renovations including student lounges, an assembly room, eight computer labs on each floor, and 53 classrooms with modern accoutrements. The University currently occupies the lobby and floors two through five with plans to occupy floor six in January 2002. TUCC provides education primarily to business professionals.

Tetratec PTFE Technologies, a subsidiary of Donaldson Co. Inc., is planning a new headquarters on 19.25 acres in Northampton. Located in the Ginko Industrial Park, the 61,000-sf building will consolidate four of the company's Feasterville facilities.