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Asyst Technologies Plans New HQ in Fremont
Asyst Technologies has plans for a build-to-suit $90 million, 350,000-sf multiple-building headquarters at a 27-acre site in Fremont. Asyst will consolidate its 1000 employees, now housed in six different offices, at the Warm Springs Corporate Center, where the first phase of construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2000. The first building is slated for completion in fall 2001. One 180,000-sf building will accommodate manufacturing. The site provides for future expansion of up to 600,000 sf of space. Trumark Commercial LLC is the developer.
New Data Center Planned for NE D.C.
Fowler & Flanagan, of Larkspur, Calif., is transforming two vacant warehouses in Northeast D.C. into a technology center. The 120,000-sf warehouse site has what telecom companies are looking for: high ceilings, heavy floor load capability, open floor plan, and proximity to fiber-optic lines. Fowler & Flanagan have built similar facilities in Los Angeles, Phoenix, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Kansas City, Mo. The project manager is Total Site Solution.
Celarix Relocates Headquarters to Cambridge
Celarix Inc. has relocated from its 6,000-sf building in Boston to a new 20,000-sf headquarters in Cambridge designed by Cambridge-based Perry and Radford Architects. Unusual amenities in the building include a "sleeproom" and a "playroom" for employees. Celarix specializes in software and online services for the transportation industry. The new facility was built by Elaine Construction Co. of Newton, Mass.
Internet Security Systems Plans New Atlanta HQ
Internet Security Systems Inc. has plans for a 240,000-sf corporate headquarters in the Central Perimeter area of Atlanta. A development by R.J. Griffin & Co. called Mount Vernon Place, scheduled to break ground in late 1999, will house approximately 1000 Internet Security employees in two five-story buildings slated for occupancy in November 2000. R.J. Griffin & Co., acting as project contractor, anticipates building a 60,000-sf addition for the company within three years.
HOK Publishes Guidebook to Sustainable Design
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- HOK, (Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum),Inc., the world's largest architectural firm (World Architecture, January 2000) and a leader in sustainable design, releases its' first book on the subject in September 2000. "The HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design" was authored by Sandra Mendler, AIA, formerly with HOK, and William Odell, AIA, HOK director of sustainable design.