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The University of Hawaii at Hilo is developing the $5.7 million Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (PACRC). The center will provide infrastructure for aquaculture, fisheries, and marine science activities on the Big Island. Upon completion in 2005, PACRC will have field sites at Keaukaha and Panaewa as well as offices at the UH-Hilo campus. The Keaukaha site will feature a water quality laboratory, hatcheries, offices, and a classroom. Quarantine facilities, freshwater ponds, and integrated aquaculture-agriculture farming systems will be developed at the Panaewa site.

The Vinnell Corp., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, is relocating from 12,000 sf in Baltimore City to over 110,000 sf at the Troy Hill Commerce Center in Elkridge, Md. The Vinnell Corp specializes in logistics and military training and will increase employee count with the move from 15 to 60 to accommodate a $48-million contract to train the core of a new Iraqi army. Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman currently occupies 283,000 sf in the 1.16 million-sf Troy Hill Commerce Center. The park developer is Manekin.

Merrimack Valley Hospital is nearing completion of a $4.5-million renovation of its Haverhill, Mass., hospital. The project added a 12-bed adult geriatric psychiatry unit, an MRI suite, an outpatient service area, an oncology/cancer center, mammography and ultrasound diagnostics areas, and a small emergency department expansion with new entrances. Merrimack Valley Hospital is part of Essent Healthcare of Nashville, Tenn.

Phillips Academy Andover has completed construction of the 58,000-sf Richard L. Gelb Science Center at its Andover, Mass., campus. Designed by Kallman, McKinnell & Wood Architects, the three-story facility houses 20 laboratories equipped with networked audiovisual systems and a conference room. Erland Construction was the project contractor.

Lockheed Martin will reoccupy a 136,000-sf building in Valley Forge, Pa., that the defense contractor vacated in 2002. The three-story office and laboratory facility will accommodate 300 employees engaged in the development of complex military, defense, and intelligence systems including surveillance, reconnaissance, combat support, and national security assistance.