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Internet Center to Break Ground at TeleCom City
Internet Center @ TeleCom City, a $15 million telecommunications project approved by the Mystic Valley Development Commission in late May, will create a state-of-the-art facility in TeleCom City Park where General Electric once built tanks during World War II. Demolition of the existing structure in June will give way to a two-story, 260,000-sf structure, 100,000 sf of which is scheduled for completion by year's end. The building will be subdividable into 30,000-sf areas, and will be wired with fiber-optic lines.
Piazza Del Corleone Breaks Ground
Piazza Del Corleone, a $100-million to $125-million telecommunications facility, is slated to break ground in July in San Francisco. Two three-story buildings are planned, with completion of the building shells by December 2000. San Jose-based Habitec Architecture and Planning is designing the 324,000-sf to 500,00-sf project. Special features include water-tight rooms, link redundancy, multiple fiber-optic cables, reinforced floors, space for back-up power, on-site round-the-clock security, and seismic reinforcements to hospital-level standards.
Electroglas Relocates to Edenvale
Electroglas Inc. has relocated its Santa Clara, Calif., manufacturing and engineering operations to a new $40 million, 263,000-sf headquarters in Edenvale. San Jose-based Kenneth Rodrigues & Partners Inc. designed the new facility which will house almost 100 Electroglas employees. Builder for the project was Devcon Construction Inc. of Milpitas, Calif. The 22-acre site has room to accommodate an additional 100,000-sf building. Electroglas manufactures capital equipment for the semiconductor industry.
NACORE and IDRC consider integrating and forming one association.
NACORE and IDRC consider integrating the two existing associations to form one association. Members will be asked to confirm the integration in October 2000. If members support the integration, plans to create a new association by January 2001 will advance.
UC Merced, a new 2,000-acre campus
Planning and Designing is underway for UC Merced, a new 2,000-acre campus located in California. This new $250-million research university will use digital technology to create an educational network for students in the San Joaquin Valley. Completion is scheduled for 2004.