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The University of California, Davis is nearing completion of its new $54.5 million Center for the Arts. The 106,370-sf facility will include a multilevel hall to seat up to 1,800; attic area and catwalks; entrance canopy; lobby; and an attached 250-seat studio theater.

McCormick Theological Seminary has recently completed renovations to two buildings that provide graduate student housing. Knight Advanced Technology of Chicago provided architectural, mechanical, electrical design, and construction administration services for the project--a seven-story, 38,000-sf apartment tower built in the late 1960s, and a four-story, 22,000-sf apartment building built in the late 1920s.

The Domain, a 235-acre high tech complex, is being developed by Austin-based Endeavor Real Estate Group LLC at IBM's original campus in North Austin. The mixed-use project will accommodate 700,000 sf of office, manufacturing, and distribution space equipped with a high-speed fiber network. An on-site central utility plant will provide discounted electrical power. Facilities for child care, fitness, and recreation are also planned.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to build a new $7,637,101 visitor's center and administrative headquarters for the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on a 12.3-acre site owned by the Service. A garage, carpenter shop, and storage area are included along with the visitor's center and headquarters.

Purdue Pharmaceuticals is expanding its new $25 million, 140,000-sf greenfield solid dosage manufacturing facility in Wilson, which ws completed in March 2000. Full-scale manufacturing is scheduled to begin by the second quarter of 2001. At full operation later this year, the facility will accommodate 150 employees. The Southeast Regional office of Clark, Richardson & Biskup Consulting Engineers Inc.