Industry News

Inktomi, an Internet infrastructure company based in Foster City, plans to expand near their headquarters with a 381,000-sf two-building complex at the $132-million Parkside Tower development. The two eight-story buildings accommodate 17,400 sf of retail on the ground floor and two three-story parking structures. Completion of construction is anticipated in December 2001. The developer is Wilson Cornerstone.

Cyberfortress'@O'Hare, a 130,000-sf state-of-the-art Internet hosting facility being developed by DataCentersNow LLC, will be designed by RTKL Associates Inc.'s Applied Technology Group. RTKL will provide site planning, architecture, MEP, and all mission critical design for the facility to be located in Elk Grove Village. Clark Global Technologies of Bethesda, Md., a division of Clark Construction, will be responsible for construction of the facility. Completion is scheduled for May 2001.

Cisco Systems Inc. plans to occupy two of three buildings under development at Emerald Point in Dublin. The two buildings, currently under construction, will provide general office and R&D space for Cisco. The first building is scheduled for occupancy in spring 2001, the second in spring 2002. Opus West is the developer. Cisco is expanding in a number of San Francisco bay area cities including Pleasanton, Fremont, Coyote Valley, Milpitas, Alviso, and Petaluma.

Multek Inc. plans to build a state-of-the-art printed circuit board plant in Austin. The company is seeking a 50-acre site for the manufacturing center that would employ as many as 1,800 people when it opens in mid- to late 2002. Multek is consulting with Endeavor Real Estate Group of Austin on the development of the project.

Mayville Metal Products, based in Creedmor, N.C., is seeking an Austin site to build a 80,000-sf integration center, including a 10,000-sf cleanroom, for the semiconductor industry. Mayville will integrate the 300mm (12-inch) wafer at the new site. The company will close its 30,000-sf logistics center in southeast Austin.