Industry News

The Jewish Community Center of New York City has retained ARAMARK Facility Services to provide an operational review of the mechanical and structural design for the Samuel Priest Rose Building being developed by the Center. The new $60 million, 130,000-gsf 16-level building houses a pool, gymnasium, locker rooms, fitness center, and aerobics studio. The facility also includes an art studio, auditorium, lounge, and office space.

ARAMARK will review capital and long-term operating costs, and address maintenance and serviceability improvements in the new building.

Nortel Networks has finished renovating its 76,000-sf office and R&D facility in Andover. The $1.7 million project was carried out by Spaulding & Slye Colliers of Boston.

The New England Aquarium has selected TAMS Consultants, Inc. in a joint venture with EHDD Architecture, to design its new 90,000-sf East Wing expansion. Major new permanent exhibits, food courts and gift shops will be accommodated in the new wing, which will more than double the size of the facility. Completion is scheduled for 2004.

Fox Chase Cancer Center has plans for two new centralized scientific facilities to study genomics and bioinformatics. Grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts of Philadelphia and the Rippel Foundation of New Jersey will help to fund the projects.

Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories has a new $20 million, 50,000-sf facility for biological production and research in Marietta. The company is also building a manufacturing facility in Puerto Rico. The construction manager for both projects is Barclay White Inc. of Philadelphia.