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Media Arts Plans New Morgan Hill Campus
Media Arts Group has plans for a new four-building campus on 22.71 acres at the proposed 80-acre Madrone Business Park in Morgan Hill. A total of 302,798 sf is planned for the Media Arts site. The first two buildings will be a corporate office building (61,437 sf) and a production facility (155,353 sf). The developer, TBI-Mission West LLC, expects to start construction soon. Media Arts is the production and administrative division of Thomas Kinkade Galleries.
New HQ for Applied Computer Solutions
Applied Computer Solutions has awarded the contract for the design/renovation of its new 65,000-sf building to Ware & Malcomb Architects of Irvine, Calif. The company will provide architectural and interior design services including the renovation of the exterior of the building and site, parking lot, front entrance facade addition, and interior renovation. The project also includes the redesign of parking lot lighting, ADA site accessibility, landscaping and hardscaping.
Idec to Build Plant in Oceanside
Idec Pharmaceuticals Corp., based in San Diego, received approval in August from the City of Oceanside to build a full-scale manufacturing plant there. An incentive for Idec to locate in Oceanside was the city’s agreement to build a $1.2-million “brine line” that will funnel wastewater from the Idec plant to the ocean. The $1.25-billion project will be built in three phases at the Ocean Ranch Corporate Center. Phase one will be a 362,000-sf manufacturing and R&D facility, with completion anticipated in July 2003.
Teradyne Expands Manufacturing and Engineering Operations
Teradyne, based in Boston, will expand manufacturing and engineering for its industrial consumer division when it occupies a 232,000-sf, one-story facility in Woburn previously owned by Digital Equipment Corp. of Cambridge. The building will be extensively refurbished, with occupancy scheduled for December 2000. The semiconductor company is also breaking ground at a 38-acre site in North Reading on the third building of a four-building complex there.
Mount Holyoke College Develops Blanchard Campus Center
Mount Holyoke College, as part of its new master plan, will transform its 19th-century gymnasium building into the campus hub for student life. Miller Dyer Spears, based in Boston, is designing the three-story Blanchard Campus Center. While preserving the historic character of the structure, a coffee bar, cybercafe, gameroom, art gallery, college store, mailroom, info center, and student lounges will be featured on the main level. A two-story addition will expand dining capacity to 350 seats and will double as a large performance and events space.