Industry News

Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas will begin construction on a $160- to $180-million expansion project in July of 2004. The three-part project will add 180 beds and over 300 parking spaces.

Omnicell Inc., a maker of patient safety software, has moved into its new headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The 87,000-sf facility will accommodate engineering, training, manufacturing, marketing, and corporate functions. The building is 50 percent larger than the three separate facilities previously occupied by Omnicell in Palo Alto, Calif.

San Jose State University  (SJSU) has opened the Space Technology Center and the Metropolitan Technology Center in the NASA Research Park in Mountain View, Calif. Both centers are sited in building 583C and share laboratory, office, and classroom space. The Space Technology Center, led by SJSU, is a government, industry, and educational consortium that includes Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and The Aerospace Corp.

DeVry University broke ground on the 84,000-sf Taylor Hall on February 6, 2004. Sited in Fremont, Calif., the dormitory features a gymnasium and a cafeteria. The facility is the first student housing constructed on any of DeVry’s 24 campuses and 42 centers in North America.

Texas NeuroRehab Center will break ground on a $6.5-million expansion of its long-term acute care unit at its South Austin facility in March of 2004. Increasing bed count from 31 to 47, the 9,200-sf project will add patient rooms and an indoor therapeutic pool. The project team consists of LZT Architects of Austin and general contractor American Construction LP. Completion is expected by year-end. Texas NeuroRehab specializes in the treatment of traumatic brain injury and neurological illnesses.