Inktomi will lease space in the Wilson Cornerstone (now Equity Office) development currently under construction a mile from its Foster City headquarters. Construction began in March 2000 on the sleek 8-story 388,000-sf Parkside Towers which feature a large lobby and parking facility. Inktomi plans to move later this year.
Redmond, Wa.-based Microsoft has opened the new 26,000-sf Silicon Valley Technology Center in Mountain View, Ca., a 10-lab facility enabling businesses to try the company's suite of enterprise software prior to purchasing.
San Jose-based developer U.S. Dataport is planning a 2,000,000-sf, $1.4-billion Internet data center campus at a 188-acre site in Gainesville, Va. The 188-acre site is slated to open in early 2002.
U.S. Dataport has invested $1.4 billion in a 188-acre Virginia campus co-developed by the Peterson Companies. Ground is being broken on the facility in summer of 2001 with the facility due to open in spring of 2002. As the nation's largest multi-data center facility, the campus will accelerate development of new Internet data networking technologies.
AOL is investing $555 million in a new campus in Gainesville, Va. Ground was broken on the 37-acre Technology Center IV in November of 2000, the day after the investment was announced. The campus is expected to be fully operational by October of 2001.
Fort Worth, Texas-based Travelocity.com is opening a $2.27-million call center in Clinton, Va. Vacated by Nexus Communications, the facility will host employee training for the 500 available positions in June and open in July as Travelocity's third call center.
Sun Microsystems has plans for a new six-building office campus at the Dublin Transit Center. Sun purchased 12 acres from Alameda County for its 750,000-sf complex, which will include the buildings, parking structures, and groundfloor retail.
Overland Data Inc. broke ground in March 2001 at the San Diego Spectrum development for a new 158,000-sf building to accommodate production, engineering, operations, marketing and sales for the company. Completion is anticipated in spring 2002. Overland Data manufactures automated tape backup equipment for computer systems.
Verisign is considering 600,00-sf of new office space in the 1.5 million-sf Dulles Station project in Herndon. The California-based Internet service company will be consolidating its four Herndon offices and 1,000 employees in the new space. Verisign may obtain between 500,000-sf and 700,000-sf of the Dulles Station complex developed by Crimson Partners. Groundbreaking on the first 176,000-sf building is scheduled for April, with construction completed in one year.
The microelectronics division of Lucent Technologies Inc. has leased 62,000 sf in North Austin. Occupying a majority of the available 76,000 sf in Building 6 at Braker Center IV, the facility will provide space for projected growth and additional personnel in the network processors microelectronics group. Based in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent's Austin space will include large hardware and software labs, a fitness center, game room, and a cafeteria.
Sun Microsystems has signed a lease for 525,000 sf at Wilson/Equity Office's Foundry Square in San Francisco. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer manufacturing giant may lease an additional building at the Foundry site for a total of 3 buildings and 855,000 sf. Although space function has yet to be determined, such expansion could house up to 4,000 employees. Approval for a fourth building at the Foundry is pending for builder Wilson.
America Online (AOL) has expansion plans in Northern Virginia. Construction began in late 2000 on a new $555 million technology center in Gainesville, similar to the one AOL has in Manassas. Both are in Prince William County, Va. At the company's headquarters in Dulles, an $86 million expansion is under way with two new buildings where 1,200 employees will be housed. One of the buildings is nearing completion.
Cisco Systems Inc. plans to occupy two of three buildings under development at Emerald Point in Dublin. The two buildings, currently under construction, will provide general office and R&D space for Cisco. The first building is scheduled for occupancy in spring 2001, the second in spring 2002. Opus West is the developer. Cisco is expanding in a number of San Francisco bay area cities including Pleasanton, Fremont, Coyote Valley, Milpitas, Alviso, and Petaluma.
Multek Inc. plans to build a state-of-the-art printed circuit board plant in Austin. The company is seeking a 50-acre site for the manufacturing center that would employ as many as 1,800 people when it opens in mid- to late 2002. Multek is consulting with Endeavor Real Estate Group of Austin on the development of the project.
Mayville Metal Products, based in Creedmor, N.C., is seeking an Austin site to build a 80,000-sf integration center, including a 10,000-sf cleanroom, for the semiconductor industry. Mayville will integrate the 300mm (12-inch) wafer at the new site. The company will close its 30,000-sf logistics center in southeast Austin.
