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Tasus Corp. Constructs Georgetown Plant
Tasus Corp, a supplier to Toyota Motor Corp., will construct a $13.3 million, 100,000-sf plastic injection-molding plant on 23 acres in Georgetown, Texas. Construction is expected to begin in early 2003 and reach completion in late 2004.
Eisai Expands in Andover
The Eisai Research Institute of Boston, a biopharmaceutical research firm, is planning a $50-million expansion and consolidation project in Andover, Mass. Eisai will break ground in late summer of 2004 on a 150,000-sf facility replacing a 66,825-sf office sited adjacent to the company’s existing 40,000-sf drug discovery facility. A new 5,000-sf addition is also included in the project, which involves the consolidation and relocation of Eisai’s Wilmington lab space to the new facility when it opens in 2006.
Vista Community College Builds in Berkeley
Vista Community College will begin construction in spring of 2004 on a new $45.9 million building in Berkeley, Calif. The 165,000-sf facility will accommodate 5,400 students and is slated for completion in September of 2005.
Tampa Airport Terminal Project Recognized by Design-Build Institute
The Design-Build Institute of America’s Southeast Chapter recently honored Skanska USA Building’s Georgia Division for the company’s work on Airside Terminal Building “E” of the Tampa International Airport. The project was recognized as the best public sector project of 2003 and as the year’s best overall design-build project. Awards were presented at the organization’s annual banquet in Atlanta on December 4, 2003. The project was built as a joint venture between Skanska’s Georgia and Florida Division.
GSA Renovates Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building
The General Services Administration will complete the ten-year, $150 million modernization of the 1 million-sf Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in June of 2004. The one-block project, located in Washington’s historic Federal Triangle, is nearly halfway through its third and final phase. The project contractor is Gilbane Building, with the joint venture of Heery and Tishman as independent construction manager. Designed by Burt Hill Kosar Rittelman, the renovation is faithful to the historic building’s original design while providing a world-class work environment.