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Industry News
Bank of America Plans Green Manhattan Tower
Bank of America Corp. broke ground in August 2004 on One Bryant Park in Manhattan, a 52-story skyscraper designed to meet the platinum LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) designation. Designed by Cook & Fox Architects of New York, the facility features a gray-water capture and reuse system for rainwater and wastewater; an onsite 5.1-megawatt co-generation power plant that provides seventy percent of the building's daily power suppy; and recyclable and renewable building materials.
University of South Florida St. Petersburg Plans Student Housing
The University of South Florida St. Petersburg is planning to construct a $18.3-million student housing project. Slated for completion in fall 2006, the seven-story structure will accommodate 354 beds distributed in 79 four-bedroom apartments, seven two-bedroom units, and a one-bedroom apartment.
University of Maryland Develops Biotechnology Park
The University of Maryland, Baltimore has issued a request for proposals to develop the second building on its bioscience campus in downtown Baltimore. Construction on the 110,000-sf facility is expected to begin in spring 2005. Construction of a 600-car parking garage at the site is slated to begin by the end of October 2004. Buildout on the first 120,000-sf building on the bioscience campus, housing office and lab space, will be completed by summer 2005.
University of San Francisco Expands Business School
The University of San Francisco will initiate a $18.5-million expansion and renovation of its School of Business and Management's McLaren Center. Designed by SMWM, the facility will feature state-of-the-art technology including videoconferencing and specialized classrooms for case studies. A 26,000-sf addition connected to the existing building will be constructed, doubling the current facility's footprint.
SRI International Transforms Menlo Park Campus
Leading research institution SRI International is planning to transform its 1.3 million-sf Menlo Park, Calif., campus with a project estimated to cost "several hundred million dollars." The rebuilding initiative will include renovation of seventy percent of SRI's research facilities in the next ten years, with construction expected to begin in 2006.