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E-commerce software maker Vignette Corp. is moving its headquarters and Austin-area offices to 13,000 sf at Barton Skyway II in Austin. Vignette will occupy a total of 130,000-sf in Barton Skyway II with this move.

The new 55,000-sf Digestive Disease Center for the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio, is the largest specialty facility of its kind in the nation. Designed by van Dijk Pace Westlake Architects, the $10 million Center joins together the departments of Gastroenterology & Hepatology and Colorectal Surgery. van Dijk Pace Westlake Architects renovated the third floor of the Cleveland Clinic's Crile Building. The purpose of the project is to combine all of the disciplines related to digestive disease in one outpatient facility.

The Coverdell Biomedical Research Facility is slated for construction in Athens, Ga., expanding University of Georgia research programs in areas such as vaccine development, emerging global diseases, and ovarian cancer. The $40 million facility was made possible by $10 million in federal funds, $10 million in state funds, and $20 million from the University of Georgia.

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor has planned a new cardiovascular center, including educational, research and clinical components. Located on the university's main health science campus, the free-standing facility will be designed and programmed by Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott.

Nitronex, a manufacturer of semiconductor chips that increase speed and capacity for wireless applications, recently occupied a new 69,000-sf office/laboratory at the Lincoln Park West business park. The company employs 55 people.