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Glazer's Wholesale Distributors Constructs St. Charles Facility
Glazer's Wholesale Distributors, a Dallas-based wine and liquor distributor, is construction a $10-million facility on 13 acres in St. Charles, Mo. Glazer's will relocate from 160,000 sf of leased space in St. Louis to the new 200,000-sf to 225,000-sf building when it becomes operational in February of 2007. Construction on the new building is expected to commence by the end of 2005 with completion expected in 2006.
Genitope Relocates to Fremont
Biotechnology firm Genitope is relocating its headquarters and manufacturing operations from Redwood City to 220,0000 sf in Fremont, Calif. Genitope has signed two fifteen and a half year leases for two facilities in the Ardenwood Technology Park at $2.35 per square foot or $517,000 per month. The facilities, which will cost $60 million to build out, will be occupied by Genitope upon completion of construction in 2006.
Holset Turbochargers Plans Charleston Plant
Holset Turbochargers, a subsidiary of Cummins Inc ., is planning to construct a new manufacturing plant in Charleston, S.C. Construction on the $13-million facility is slated to begin in May 2005, with turbocharger production to begin in the third quarter of 2006. Located 14 miles from Holset's existing plant in Charleston, the new 110,000-sf facility will increase Holset's production capacity by 200,000 units annually.
SteelCorr Constructs Columbus Facility
SteelCorr, Inc. will initiate construction of a new $650-million company headquarters and steel mill in Columbus, Miss., in June 2005. Sited on 1,400 acres next to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport, the plant will produce 1.5-million tons of flat-rolled steel annually and will employ 450. SteelCorr, formerly based in Birmingham, Ala., received a $25-million infrastructure grant from the state and a $12-million grant from Lowndes County towards the construction of the facility.
GSA Plans Buffalo Courthouse
The General Services Administration has selected Mascaro Construction as general contractor for the planned federal courthouse in Buffalo, N.Y. Designed by architectural firm Kohn Pederson Fox , the $100-million, 265,000-sf facility will begin construction in 2007. Construction documents for the 10-story building are expected to be completed by year-end 2005.