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Avon Develops Suffern R&D Headquarters
Avon Products has selected Skanska USA Building as the construction manager for its new R&D headquarters in Suffern, NY. Designed by HLW International Architects, the $100-million project will include abatement and demolition of the current building, located on Avon’s 11-acre site, as well as site development and infrastructure work. New construction will consist of three state-of-the-art buildings--two three-story facilities and a common area connecting the two main structures.
Linfield College Unveils New Library and Theater Building
Linfield College has completed a new 72,000-sf library and theater building at its Keck campus in McMinnville, Ore. The facility’s 55,000-sf of library can accommodate 250,000 volumes, 50 computer work stations and study space for 400 students. The 17,000-sf theater seats 140. BOORA Architects of Portland designed both facilities The building was converted from a former hearing aid production facility. The college is also planning a new 19,000-sf fine arts complex and 32,000-sf music building on the Keck Quad, also designed by BOORA.
PSU Constructs Northwest Center for Engineering, Science & Technology
Portland State University (PSU) received a $500,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation toward the construction of the Northwest Center for Engineering, Science, and Technology. Housing PSU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science, the center will be comprised of a 130,000-sf tower housing 47 new classrooms and laboratories, a student service center, and Oregon MESA (Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement) facilities.
Constar Occupies Dallas Distribution Center
Constar International, a Philadelphia-based plastic bottle manufacturer, is relocating to 636,000 sf in the Pinnacle Park Distribution Center in Dallas. The move denotes a major expansion for Constar, which currently leases 400,000 sf in two buildings nearby in the Turnpike Industrial Park.
National Hispanic University Builds San Jose Facility
National Hispanic University, a non-profit institution, is constructing an $18-million, 65,000-sf facility in San Jose. Housing classrooms, computer labs, science labs, administrative space, a library, a learning center, and a three-story glass atrium, the facility will be constructed on the former site of Fred Marten Elementary School. The project team includes Architectural Technologies as designer and Devcon Construction as general contractor. Completion is expected in fall of 2004.