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Rigel Pharmaceuticals Relocates to South San Francisco
Rigel Pharmaceuticals has plans to relocate from 65,000 sf of lab space at the Britannia Pointe Grand Business Park to a new two-building lab facility at Slough Estate’s 22-acre Shearwater development in South San Francisco. The new buildings, which will total 140,000 sf, will begin construction this year. Rigel, whose focus is fluorescent gene marking, anticipates relocating to the new complex in 2002. Completion of the entire seven-building, 570,000-sf Shearwater development is anticipated by summer 2004.
California Dept. of Justice Builds New DNA Lab
The State of California has contracted with Wareham Development for 68,000 sf at the Point Richmond Tech Center to house a new DNA-testing lab for the Department of Justice. Following $300/sf tenant improvements by Wareham, the state will occupy the lab in late 2001, where a DNA database of every criminal in California will be compiled.
NeuStar Opens New DC Headquarters
NeuStar, the supplier of area codes and blocks of numbers to telephone companies and Internet service providers, has opened its new headquarters office in downtown Washington. Ganek Baer Architects of Littleton, Mass., designed the facility to promote creative collaboration for the egalitarian corporate culture of NeuStar’s 150 employees. Offices are small and hexagonal, and surround open areas containing coffee islands. Small “backyard” alcoves which contain a round table a few chairs accommodate ad hoc consultations.
FTC Plans New Facility
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will occupy all but the top two floors of a nine-story building being developed by Lowe Enterprises Mid-Atlantic. The interior design will be handled by Hickok Warner Fox. The FTC expects to occupy 200,000 sf of the 260,000-sf, $65-million structure in July 2002.
Pentagon to Continue Renovations
The Pentagon anticipates proceeding with its renovation. The announcement of a $620 million contract award to the developer/architectural team of Colorado-based Hensel Phelps is expected. The 12 to 14 year project would include the reconstruction of 4 million sf in four wedges of the five-story building, each wedge housing approximately 5,000 employees. In addition to Hensel Phelps Construction, the project team includes Shalom Baranes Associates, HDR Architecture, MC Dean, Studio Architecture, and Southland Industries.