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GSA Develops Prettyman Courthouse Annex
The General Services Administration is engaged in a $122-million expansion of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C. The 248,000-gsf annex will add nine courtrooms and 19 judges’ chambers connected by an atrium to the original building. Construction began in April 2002 and is expected to reach completion in November 2005. The project architect is Michael Graves/Smith Hinchman & Grylls Joint Venture, with Centex Construction as general contractor.
Kaiser Permanente Breaks Ground on Panorama City Replacement Hospital
Kaiser Permanente broke ground on November 14, 2003 on a new replacement hospital and central plant at the Panorama City Medical Center in Panorama City, Calif. The 400,000-sf, six-level building will be sited adjacent to the existing facility and will connect to it at the basement level. The project will meet the new seismic requirements for all general acute-care California hospitals imposed by Senate Bill 1953.
Marvell Semiconductor Purchases Santa Clara Headquarters
Marvell Semiconductor will locate its new headquarters in four buildings recently purchased in Santa Clara, Calif. Totaling nearly 900,000-sf, the buildings are sited on almost 34 acres. Marvell, a fabless semiconductor subsidiary of Marvell Technology Group, will engage in operations including research and development, administration, and sales and marketing in the new facilities. The two-year relocation will begin in early 2004.
Lourdes Health System Builds Critical Care Facility
Lourdes Health System is constructing a $53 million critical care expansion adjacent to Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in Camden. Slated for completion in 2005, the 120,000-sf building will house four new operating suites, 42 new critical-care beds and 34 new critical-care step-down beds. The expansion will accommodate a new emergency department, larger inpatient rooms, a new and expanded school of nursing, rehabilitative and recuperative facilities for critical-care patients, centralized surgical units, and operating suites.
Anteon Relocates to Washington D.C.
Fairfax, Va.-based federal contractor Anteon International is relocating its 400-employee systems engineering group from Crystal City to 50,000-sf in the new Federal Gateway Building in Washington, D.C. Anteon will occupy four of the building’s six floors.