Industry News

Robert Bosch Corp., a subsidiary of German diversified manufacturer Bosch Group, has leased 250,000-sf in Atlanta’s 375,000-sf Westgate Distribution Center. Bosch will utilize the facility for distribution of both electronics and auto parts.

Boston College and Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, Architecture and Engineering of Boston have completed the design of the new $16.3 million St. Ignatius Gate Residence Hall in Chestnut Hill. The general contractor for the 100,000-sf facility is Walsh Brothers. The project is currently in the production phase and upon completion will house 322 students in four-, six-, and eight-person suites with study lounges and community gathering areas.

Freedom Forum ceremonially broke ground on the $400 million Newseum facility in Washington, D.C., on December 4. Actual construction will not begin on the 531,500-sf multimedia museum until early 2004, with completion expected in 2006. Designed by Polshek Partnership Architects and developed by CarrAmerica Urban Development, the project will include office and retail space, a conference center, and 125 apartments.

Advanced Micro Devices, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is constructing a $2.4 billion 300mm chip manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany. Volume production is expected to begin at the new facility in 2006.

Chapel Hill-based Synthon Pharmaceuticals will construct a $20 million pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Mebane, N.C., that will employ between 100 and 120 workers.