Industry News

Computer Sciences Corporation is locating a new campus in downtown Austin through a public-private collaboration with the city. Phase one of the $160 million facility will house 350,000-sf of office space and 42,000-sf of retail space. Upon completion of the second phase, the project will total 700,000-sf, with 80,000-sf of office and 100,000-sf of retail. Architect for the project is PageSoutherlandPage.

San Diego State University's (SDSU) Aztec Athletic Center and Hall of Fame was topped out in April by San Diego-based Nielsen Dillingham Builders. Completion of the project is anticipated by summer of 2001. Built on an existing 184,000-sf SDSU site, the $13.67 million project is being funded by donations from the owner of the San Diego Padres. The center will house administration, coaches' offices, a central utility plant, academic, support, and media relations facilities, as well as locker and weight rooms.

The U.S. Army has granted $2.5 million to an Emory University scientist to for a new prostate cancer research center. Funded by the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command's Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP), the new facility will study the causes and behavior of prostate cancer in the body.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is developing the new Sam and Ann Barshop Center for Longevity and Aging Studies. The Barshops donated $4 million to the Texas Research Park facility, which will provide laboratory space for scientists.

Teleglobe is relocating its corporate headquarters from Montreal to Reston, adding 200 personnel to its 800-person staff base in Northern Virginia.  As part of a plan to build data centers around the country, Teleglobe is planning an 126,000-sf facility in D.C. as well as searching for a site to lease on the Dulles Corridor in the "Silicon Valley of telecommunications".