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American Nevada is working with general contractor McCarthy’s Las Vegas office for the construction of two office buildings on eight acres at the company’s Green Valley Corporate Center. Tilt-up construction is being used for the $4.3-million project to complete the buildings by April 2001. The 45,000-sf structures will feature finished lobbies, high performace reflective glass, and aluminum clad exterior balconies. McCarthy is also constructing surface parking at the site. The project architect is Howard F. Thompson Architects of Irvine, Calif.

Cisco Systems, based in San Jose, Calif., recently began construction at its nine-building campus on three 200,000-sf buildings: buildings 10, 11, and 12. These buildings were designed by O’Brien/Atkins Associates of Durham, N.C. Bovis/Lend Lease, based in Raleigh, N.C., is the general contractor. When the buildings are completed in 2001, construction will begin on three more buildings—buildings 13, 14, and 15—which will total 500,000 sf. Cisco currently houses 3,000 employees at the site. The additional six buildings will accommodate 3,500 employees.

Virginia Tech may receive $12 million in funding from the proposed state budget to build a biomedical center and establish a biotech research center. The University of Virginia is also targeted in the proposed budget for $2.5 million to convert an abandoned hospital to a technology center at its Wise Campus.

Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute has plans to expand with a new 226,000-sf, $56 million comprehensive cancer facility. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2000.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts has chosen Boston's Payton Construction Corp. to manage the build-out of the company's new 380,000-sf corporate headquarters at Landmark Center. Architects Margulies & Associates and Shooshanian Engineering are also working on the headquarters.