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The Maritime College, a specialized college of the State University of New York, has selected the New York division of Skanska USA Building as construction manager for a new dormitory building on its Throggs Neck campus. The project is being developed in conjunction with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. The new 300-bed residence hall will be a four-story steel structure. At the rear of the building, sections of glass curtainwall will allow students to view Long Island Sound from one of the centrally located lounge areas.

Biomedical Research Models of Worcester, Mass., has relocated part of its operations to 10,000 sf in Springfield. The facility is slated to open in early July of 2003. Biomedical Research Models is affiliated with the Springfield-based Bio-Economic Technology Alliance (BETA), an organization focused on the development of a cluster of biotech manufacturing companies in the area.

Venter Science Foundation Joint Technology Center will open its 60,000-sf facility in Rockville in June 2003. The high-throughput DNA sequencing center will enable scientists from Craig Venter’s Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG) and Duke University to work together to refine genomics research and lower the cost of DNA sequencing technologies. TCAG is a non-profit genomics research and policy center.

Defense contractor BAE Systems will occupy a 161,000-sf facility at Arboretum II in Reston, Va.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center will completely convert its Walter Reed Army Institute of Research facility in Washington, D.C., from a clinical and research structure to a commercial office building. Construction on the 300,000-sf facility is expected to take two years. The project team includes architect Leo A. Daly, general contractor James G. Davis Construction, project manager Keenan Development Ventures, and property manager Insignia/ESG. The project was structured by the Department of Defense.