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Siebel Systems Expands in San Mateo
Siebel Systems plans to relocate 750 administrative personnel to the 205,000-sf Concar project planned by Wilson/Equity Office in San Mateo. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2001, with move-in anticipated 18 months later. The fast-growing software company is in the process of occupying its new 450,000-sf headquarters at the Bridgepointe development 10 minutes' drive from the Concar site. Bridgepointe is a Sobrato Development project.
Intuit Expands in San Diego
Intuit has relocated two departments from its corporate regional headquarters in San Diego to 47,000 sf at the Bridge Point Corporate Center in the UTC area of San Diego. Ware & Malcomb, Architects, of San Diego, provided full service interior design services for the new space, which includes open office, closed office, a state-of-the art server lab, conference facilities, video tele-conferencing facilities, and collaborative break out areas. Intuit is the developer of innovative financial software, including Quicken and TurboTax.
PG&E Builds New Headquarters in Rockville
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) plans to build a new two-building headquarters at Rockville's Tower Oaks development for PG&E's National Energy Group, currently based in Bethesda, Md. PG&E will consolidate operations from Houston and Portland, Ore., at the new 480,000-sf headquarters which will accommodate up to 1,000 employees. The Tower Oaks is owned for the most part by The Tower Co's of North Bethesda, Md.
New Telecom Facility for Oakland
Oakland Telecommunications Access Center is a $30 million, 113,500-sf telecom facility under development at Oakland's Jack London Square. The state-of-the-art, four-story structure is being constructed by Mortenson Development Co. and will be the first of its kind built to telecom standard levels. Completion is scheduled for May 2001.
Charles Schwab Builds New Data Center
Charles Schwab & Company has awarded a $72 million contract to Carlson of Phoenix to design and implement a 250,000-sf data center in Chandler. The new Chandler Data Center will supplement the operations of Schwab's principal facility in Phoenix. Carlson will also function as construction manager and general contractor for the project. Using fast track "design-implement" methods, Carlson will spend seven months building the center, with completion scheduled for October 2000.