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USPS Processing and Distribution Center Completed
The new 930,000-sf United States Postal Service (USPS) Processing and Distribution Center in southwest Philadelphia has been completed. The architectural firm Kling provided architectural, engineering, and interior services that included programming, space planning, interior architectural detailing, telecommunications engineering, and lighting design. The facility, which is located on a 50-acre industrial site, will process all types of mail carried and delivered by the USPS--up to 8 million pieces of mail each night.
Palm Beach Community College Designs Prototype Science Building
The state of Florida now has designs for a prototype science buildling, thanks to a joint effort by Palm Beach Community College (PBCC) and three other colleges. The design is expected to save millions of dollars in architectural fees. PBCC will implement the design in its plans for a new 81,000-sf BioScience Technology Complex, which broke ground in April 2006.
San Francisco State University Plans Digital Arts Campus
San Francisco State University (SFSU) is in the early planning stages for a state-of-the-art new media and digital cinema campus to be housed in an existing 320,000-sf structure at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, a 500-acre shipyard redevelopment project led by developer Lennar Corp. Phase One of the redevelopment is under construction with completion in late 2007. The digital arts campus would be part of Phase Two, an 80-acre development focused on industry and job creation providing approximately 2 million sf of R&D and office space.
The Science Center Plans Expansion in Philadelphia
The Science Center, a West Philadelphia business incubator providing facilities and services for early-stage life science and technology companies, plans to double its capacity with a 1.8-million-sf expansion program. Wexford Science & Technology, LLC has been selected as the development partner for Phase I of the project. The architect is Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership in conjunction with Ueland, Junker, McCauley, Nicholson of Philadelphia.
University of Chicago Dedicates Center for Integrative Science
The University of Chicago dedicated its new 400,000-sf Center for Integrative Science (CIS) building in late April 2006. The facility is designed for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in medicine and technology, much of which will be done at the nano-level, where several sciences converge. The facility will house the Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, a joint effort of the Division of Biological Sciences and the division of Physical Sciences.