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Covance Labs Relocates Unit to Chantilly
Covance Laboratories will relocate its immunochemistry group from Vienna, Va., to a new laboratory under development at the Avion Tech Center III Park in Chantilly. Developer of the project is Biotech Services Group, the subsidiary of Scheer Partners that focuses on life science and biotech facilities. The new building will provide R&D labs and walk-in cold rooms in a 24,000-sf single-story structure.
FedEx Plans World Headquarters
FedEx has selected the Hnedak Bobo Group to provide master planning and architectural design services for its new world headquarters in Memphis. The complex occupies 89 acres and will house an estimated 4,000 employees, a cafeteria, training facility, FXTV studio, legal offices, executive and general administrative offices, and other employee-related facilities. The buildings will be designed for maximum flexibility for FedEx to mix occupants as required to satisfy growth and corporate change.
University of Delaware Lights Up Campus Renovations
University of Delaware has selected The Lighting Practice of Philadelphia to create the lighting for two renovated buildings plus a new addition on the University’s Newark campus. The 95,000-sf Wolf Hall and McKinly Hall will be thoroughly upgraded and renovated. The Biology Department for postgraduate studies and research and the Psychology Department, which serves both undergraduates and postgraduates, occupy both halls. A new 10,000-sf addition to Wolf Hall will complete the complex.
UC San Diego & UC Irvine Plan Cal-(IT)2
University of California-San Diego (UCSD) and the University of California-Irvine (UCI) have received funding to launch the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology, dubbed Cal-(IT)2, an interdisciplinary center to research telecommunications and information technology. The $300 million project will build a 215,000-sf at UCSD and a smaller facility at UCI. Construction of the UCSD building is scheduled for completion in 2004.
UC San Diego Completes Preuss Charter School
The University of California-San Diego (UCSD) has completed construction of the Preuss School, a 74,780-sf charter school for low-income sixth to twelfth grade students on seven acres in the university's East Campus area. Construction began in fall 1999 on five classroom buildings, an administration building, library, and multipurpose gymnasium. The new science building has four lab stations that are supplied with utilities and lab equipment. The stage in the new gym is equipped with sound and lighting capabilities.