Industry News

Kaiser Permanente is building a new 57,300-sf medical office building in Santa Rosa, Calif. A major expansion of Kaiser's presence in Sonoma County, the $10-million facility designed by Emeryville, Calif.,  architectural firm Ratcliff may be followed by two additional buildings at the same site on Highway 101, one mile north of Kaiser's existing medical center.

Booz Allen & Hamilton are expanding their headquarters with a 122,000-sf office in Tysons Corner owned by Equity Office Properties Trust. The build-to-suit, six-story building is situated on 4 acres next to the Booz Allen headquarters campus and is estimated to reach completion in April of 2002. Construction manager Trammell Crow is developing the Class A building, named E.J. Randolph II.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has contracted construction firm Barclay White Skanska Inc. of Blue Bell to build a 145,000-sf, $41-million lab in New Brunswick, N.J.

Kaiser Permanente is renovating its West Berkeley facility, involving relocation of a major optical facility that services all Northern California Kaiser medical offices. The $40.6 million project, designed by Ratcliff, an Emeryville, Calif., architectural firm, includes building a new parking structure, one 40,000-sf laboratory and the redesign of two additional labs. Kaiser is also plans to build a 57,300-sf million medical office building in Santa Rosa, Calif. The $10-million project will also be designed by Ratcliffe.

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum designed by HOK Inc. is now under construction. Ground was broken on February 12 on the Springfield, Ill., facility which replaces the existing library currently housed in the basement of the Old State Capitol building. Creating a comprehensive public experience featuring the life of Abraham Lincoln, the 99,600-sf library will serve as the archival facility to preserve and protect the collection of books and documents on the legends of Lincoln.