Industry News

Boston Scientific Corp., based in Natick, Mass., will expand its Maple Grove, Minn. campus with the construction of a 120,000-sf office and research lab facility. Boston Scientific plans to begin manufacturing drug-coated stents in the first half of 2004.

Harrisburg University worked with architects Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates to create the master plan for an 18-acre campus in downtown Harrisburg, Pa. Construction will begin on the first administrative building in May 2006. Student housing and a business incubator will be developed in 2007. Residential buildings with retail space will be constructed in 2009, as will the remaining research area. Construction of more educational space, student housing, a 300-car and 800-car parking garage, and a corporate center will follow.

Edward Waters College has selected the Jacksonville office of Skanska USA Building as construction manager for its campus expansion in Jacksonville, Fla. The six building expansion includes a multipurpose athletic building for court games, a library, classrooms, retail shops, a 200-room dormitory, and a hotel. The expansion will proceed in phases. Four facilities are currently being designed and construction is scheduled to start in early 2004 and will reach completion for the incoming 2005 fall class. A second wave of construction will follow close behind.

Ochsner Clinic Foundation has selected TRO/The Ritchie Organization to design a 68,000-sf, three-story cancer center in New Orleans. The center will be comprised of radiation therapy, hematology oncology, chemotherapy, miscellaneous oncology subspecialties, and clinical trials research.

Pharmaceutical company NitroMed Inc. is expanding its corporate headquarters and research facilities with a relocation from Bedford to Lexington, Mass. The site, 52,000-sf of renovated space at the Spring Street Technology Park, was previously the headquarters of Raytheon Co. NitroMed is currently developing nitric oxide-enhancing medicines to treat heart disease.