Kellogg USA is developing a 750,000-sf distribution center in the Tracy Logistics Center in Tracy, Calif. Sited on 35 acres, the concrete tilt-up project will include 8,000 sf of office and is slated for completion in April. The project contractor is Oltmans Construction Co. of Whittier, Calif. The 150-acre Tracy Logistics Center was built by developer Pattillo Properties of Atlanta.
Adobe has begun to occupy the $117-million Adobe Systems Tower, its third facility in San Jose, Calif. Designed by Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum of San Francisco, Adobe’s $200-million, three-building urban campus totals nearly 1 million-sf of office space.
Cosmetics manufacturer Mary Kay will occupy a 135,000-sf build-to-suit facility sited on 17 acres in the Shawnee Ridge business park in Gwinnett County, Ga. The warehouse will replace Mary Kay’s current 70,000-sf distribution warehouse in Duluth. The new facility is expected to reach completion in September 2004.
PeopleSoft completed the 185,000-sf Building G at its Pleasanton, Calif., headquarters in July of 2003. The project was designed by architects Gensler and RMW and built by contractor San Jose Construction Company. The project was completed after fifteen months of construction.
Sigma Xi, the international scientific and engineering honor society and publisher of American Scientist magazine, is building a 52,840-sf headquarters facility in Research Triangle Park. The building will house a 200-seat auditorium, exhibit space, conference facilities, a catering kitchen, and office space for Sigma Xi's 44 employees.
The Dallas Center for the Performing Arts and architects Foster and Partners of London and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture of Rotterdam and New York have completed the master plan for a new Dallas arts center. The center will house three performance venues, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House, an 800-seat multiform theater, and the 5,000-seat Annette Strauss Artist Square, with an expanded seating capacity of up to 10,000. Construction on the $250-million center is expected to begin in 2004 with completion in late 2007 or early 2008.
Ring Power Corp. has selected Elkins Constructors to build its 400,000-sf Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters at World Commerce Center, a 1,000-acre development in St. Johns County. Ring Power, one of the largest full-line Caterpillar dealers in the Southeast, will house its 800 employees in the new facility. Construction is expected to begin by the end of September 2003.
FedEx Ground is planning a $50-million distribution center on 96 acres in Boone County’s Enterprise V Industrial Park in Northern Kentucky. The 335,000-sf hub will include the latest automated package sorting technology when it opens in 2005. The facility will process 45,000 packages per hour at full capacity and may employ over 235 workers.
Delaware Investments has completed the 380,000-sf fit-out of its new headquarters at One and Two Commerce Square in Philadelphia. The facility features a 22,000-sf corporate training center, a two-story glass enclosed Investor Center, a 105-seat auditorium, and a 13,000-sf computer server room. The facilities feature an open floor plan with few private offices. The project architect was Ewing Cole Cherry Brott of Philadelphia.
Chantilly, Va.-based Intersection Inc. broke ground on its new call center in Rio Rancho, N.M., in August 2003. Slated for completion in January 2004, the 28,000-sf facility will bring 100 jobs to the city. Intersection’s Rio Rancho customer care staff will be housed in a secure temporary facility on New Mexico Highlands University’s Rio Rancho campus until the new facility is complete. Intersection provides credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
The NTC Foundation has selected Roesling Nakamura Architects to design Promenade Center at Liberty Station. The planned arts and cultural project is sited at the former Naval Training Center in Point Loma, Calif.
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics will develop its new $6-million headquarters on 6.4 acres in Cedar Creek Corporate Park in Olathe, Mo. The architect for the 35,000-sf facility is DLR Group of Overland Park, with Ambassador Construction of Olathe as general contractor.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has selected CarrAmerica Urban Development as project developer for its $250-million plaza expansion. The new arts education center facility will also accommodate rehearsal and office space for Kennedy Center and Washington Opera productions. The eight-acre project was designed by architect Rafael Vinoly.
FedEx Corp. is planning to build a 400,000-sf distribution facility on 75 acres of undeveloped land recently purchased in Atlanta. The facility will serve FedEx's ground package delivery unit. Fed Ex may eventually build an 800,000-sf facility at the site.
The Institute for Economic Development will occupy its new $6-million facility in downtown San Antonio by July of 2003. Located near the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), the new facility will enable collaboration with UTSA faculty and interns. Ground was broken on the 33,000-sf facility last March. The Institute of Economic Development will relocate its 90 employees from its current KellyUSA location to the four-story facility, which is wired for videoconferencing and distance-business learning workshops.
