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Industry News
XO Considers Consolidation in Richardson
XO Communications Inc. is considering the construction of a 300,000-sf building at a 40-acre site in Richardson to consolidate its 1,500 Dallas-area employees. The project would include a large regional training center as well as an 80,000-sf data center to accommodate Web hosting, server management, collocation, and related services. XO is working with The Staubach Co. on the potential consolidation.
BAE Systems Mission Solutions Builds in Rancho Bernardo
BAE Systems Mission Solutions has purchased 11.5 acres in Rancho Bernardo where it will add a 210,000-sf multistory building and parking garage to the existing structure at the site. The high tech defense contractor is a unit of BAE Systems North America, based in Rockville, Md., and employs approximately 1400 people in San Diego. Groundbreaking for the new structures is planned for June 2001, with completion of construction by mid-2002.
Overland Data Builds New San Diego Facility
Overland Data Inc. broke ground in March 2001 at the San Diego Spectrum development for a new 158,000-sf building to accommodate production, engineering, operations, marketing and sales for the company. Completion is anticipated in spring 2002. Overland Data manufactures automated tape backup equipment for computer systems.
Pacific Bell Opens Irvine Data Center
Pacific Bell, a subsidiary of Texas-based SBC, has opened a new $50 million, 135,000-sf data center in Irvine. The facility is designed to provide data services, such as Web hosting, collocation, IT infrastructure protection, and improved systems reliability to businesses who want to outsource those functions. SBC established a data center in Dallas recently, and is considering sites in northern California for a similar facility.
Medarex Opens Greenwich Research Center
Medarex Inc., based in Princeton, Pa., has opened a new center for antibody development in Greenwich. The center features labs for research and development, a pilot plant, and facilities for future manufactuiring. Several phases of expansion are planned over the next two years, with construction completed in late 2002. At build-out, the facility will accommodate 200 employees. The expansion will support the company's R&D in the field of cancer and arthritis treatments, as well as provide for future large-scale manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies.