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Telcordia Building New Facility in Piscataway
Telcordia Technologies Inc. has broken ground on a new 231,000-sf office building at Telcordia's Raritan River facility in Piscataway. Kling Lindquist of Philadelphia is providing architectural, engineering, and interior design services, as well as a master plan review for the structure. Bovis Lend Lease is the construction manager on the project. Approximately 1,100 administrative and technical personnel may occupy the three-story corporate facility, which will be connected to adjacent buildings via second-story connector bridges.
Armory to Become Telecom Facility
The Armory will be converted to a telecommunications facility by FowlerFlanaganTechnologies Partners LLC of Larkspur, Calif. The company has telecommunications facilities in 12 cities, but this is the first in the San Francisco Bay area. The aging, fortress-like structure will provide physical protection for the critical equipment it will house. In addition, the building, which has good infrastructure, is located near Pacific Bell's central office.
Union Station Telecom Center Under Construction
Union Station Telecom Center is under construction at the site of a former warehouse in northeast Washington. Construction began in summer 2000 to restore the six-story, 440,000-sf structure in preparation for tenant build-out.
Genentech Plan Doubles San Francisco R&D Space
Genentech plans to double its R&D space with three new buildings at the company’s South San Francisco campus. Construction is scheduled to begin in spring 2001 on the 288,744-sf project, which will create a total of nearly 600,000 sf for research at the site. Genentech has several other construction projects under way or planned: a 60,000-sf building opening in March, with an accompanying 500-vehicle parking garage opening in May; 120,000-sf of office space at Building 6, which broke ground in late January; and a just-completed 112,000-sf office building.
Cohu Inc. Consolidates Manufacturing in Poway
Cohu Inc. plans to relocate its plant and headquarters from Kearny Mesa, Calif., to a 20-acre site in Poway in 2001. The new $21.3 million, 338,00-sf facility will consolidate the operations of Cohu's manufacturing subsidiary, Delta Design, under one roof, and also accommodate administrative offices, and approximately 900 employees. Cohu manufactures test equipment used in the manufacture of semiconductors.