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Industry News
Bio-Rad Expands in Hercules
Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc. has plans for a 227,000-sf expansion at its headquarters in Hercules. The biotechnology company, which manufactures medical equipment, is expanding its life science division which supplies genomic and proteomic products to research organizations and universities. Additional offices, R&D space, and possibly a commons building are included in the project. Bio-Rad's 67-acre site could accommodate yet another 757,000 sf of construction should that become necessary.
Aventis Expands in Cambridge
Aventis SA, based in Strasbourg, France, is expanding its Genomics Center in Cambridge. Completion of the $3 million renovation, which will improve lab and office space at the pharmaceutical company, is anticipated in mid-July. Kennedy & Rossi Inc. of Lexington, Mass., is in charge of the project.
BASF Expansion and Renovation
BASF Bioresearch Corp. (BBC) has begun a $37 million construction project at its facility near the Worcester Biotechnology Park. The existing 365,000-sf structure will undergo the addition of 6,600 sf of warehouse space and the conversion of 36,800 sf to office and space to manufacture the pharmaceutical company's arthritis drug. Completion of the project is scheduled for June 2001. BBC is the biotech unit of BASF Pharma, which is a subsidiary of BASF AG.
FDA Plans Consolidation
US Food and Drug Administration's Phase II consolidation includes a new headquarters at the 700-acre site of the former Naval Surface Warfare Center in Montgomery County, Md. Pending approval of an advance $101,239,000 appropriation in the fiscal 2001 budget, construction would begin in fall 2000 on the new 111,250-sf Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Laboratories. The design for a new lab and office for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health would be included in the appropriation as well.
Wyeth-Lederle Expands in North Carolina
Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics plans to produce two new vaccines at its plant in Sanford. Part of the existing 160,000-sf facility will be renovated and a 46,400-sf addition will be built. Wyeth-Lederle has awarded a contract for renovation of three of the labs to InServ's Construction Services Group. The total project cost is $48 million, most of which will purchase new equipment needed for the vaccine products. Wyeth-Lederle is a division of American Home Products Corp.