Industry News

Paradigm Genetics has completed construction of their new 53,000-sf plant genetic research lab and administration facility. The administration areas include moveable furniture partitions with power, UPS, data, flourescent and specialty lighting, conference areas and breakrooms. Lab and support areas include casework, hoods and environmental chambers, chillers, boilers, HVAC contrals, backup generator, UPS, data and specialized process equipment for plant growth/fungal research.

G.E. Medical Systems has a 283,500-sf, $40-million expansion under way at its Waukesha complex. A $30-million, three-story addition to the corporate headquarters building will provide 213,000 sf of office and manufacturing space. Completion is anticipated in December 2001.  The magnetic resonance building is undergoing a 69,500-sf, $10-million addition that will add two stories to the facility, which houses R&D and manufacturing operations. A manufacturing cleanroom will also be part of the expansion. General contractor for the project is M.A. Mortenson.

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.

The Yamacraw Design Center, the facility that will house Georgia's initiative for technology economic development in broadband telecommunications, is being developed in Midtown Atlanta. The building will include institutional and commercial design technology demonstration studios; prototypes of labs for applied R&D; and incubator and industry representative office space for member companies. Lord, Aeck & Sargent of Atlanta is the architect for the project.

CyberPlex @ Dulles, a new $72 million, 400,000-sf data center, is expected to break ground in April 2001 on a 29-acre site in Loudoun County. Completion of the project is anticipated by late fall. The developer is DataCentersNow, a subsidiary of Beco Management based in Rockville, Md. The company has already built one facility in Sterling -- the 55,000-sf CyberFortress I -- and is building CyberFortress II, a 110,000-sf data center, in Manassas, Va.