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Industry News
Transkaryotic Hopes to Expand in Cambridge
Transkaryotic Therapies Inc., based in Cambridge, is examining sites in the city to build a 200,000-sf lab and office complex, in spite of an 18-month Cambridge building moratorium currently in effect.
Kaiser Plans Office in Washington
Kaiser Family Foundation, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based health care and social policy research group, expects to begin construction this summer or fall on a 300,000- to 400,000-sf facility in downtown Washington. The new building will house employees currently located at Metropolitan Square.
EPA Selects Beers Construction for New RTP Computer Center
Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Beers Construction Co. of Raleigh, N.C., a $21 million contract for a national computer center at the EPA's Research and Administration Facility in RTP. O'Brien/Atkins Associates of RTP is the architect for the new center.
EpicEdge Relocates from Houston to Austin
EpicEdge Inc. will relocate its executive staff from Houston to a $500 million headquarters in Austin. By the end of 2000, the company expects to employ more than 100 people at the new location. EpicEdge specializes in high tech systems integration and Web consulting.
Nextel Communications Develops Data Switching Center in Dublin
Nextel Communications Inc. is retrofitting a 33,359-sf office building at Creekside Business Park in Danville to serve as a data switching center. The $10 million renovation will include installation of extra power supplies, a special system for climate control, back-up generators, and fiber-optic connections. Nextel hopes to have the site operational by summer 2000.