Industry News

Centocor is planning to construct a new headquarters facility in Spring House, Pa., doubling the capacity of the Malvern site that the company will vacate. Occupancy is slated for the fourth quarter of 2005, with construction reaching completion by the end of 2006. Centocor will also relocate a majority of its operations from locations in Malvern, Radnor, and Trediffryn to 200,000-sf at the Commonwealth Corporate Center Horsham. The space will accommodate between 700 and 800 employees and will be renovated prior to the relocation.

The California Academy of Sciences will lease 204,000 sf south of Market Street in San Francisco as a temporary home while eleven of the organization’s twelve buildings in Golden Gate Park are razed and a new 400,000-sf facility is built. The temporary location will open to the public in January 2004. The 204,000-sf facility will include a 32,000-sf lower level garage that will accommodate tanks and equipment for the ground-floor aquarium.  

Titan, a San Diego-based telecom consultant, has pre-leased 157,000 sf in a planned facility at Anne Arundel County’s National Business Park. Construction is expected to break ground in the second quarter of 2003 on the $26-million facility; delivery is slated for the second quarter of 2004. Corporate Office Properties Trust is the owner and developer of the project. Titan is a provider of communication and information systems services and solutions to the federal government and intelligence agencies.

Catholic University celebrated the official opening of the Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center in Washington on April 10, 2003. The 104,000-sf, $27-million building was designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and built by Clark Construction Group. The center houses nine meeting rooms, an 800-seat dining room, and office and storage space for 31 student organizations. The building’s dining hall and food court will replace three campus dining facilities.

The British Ministry of Defense has awarded Dyncorp International a $948-million contract to manage all of the non-military support for 130 army locations throughout England, Scotland, and Wales. The 10-year contract will assign up to 2000 employees and will include facilities management and range operations as provided by joint venture Landmarc Support Services. Dyncorp is a subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corp.