Industry News

Applied Biosystems has completed the first phase of its planned 960,000-sf, 80-acre campus in Pleasanton, Calif. Two of the seven buildings have been completed, providing 258,000-sf of lab and office space. A two-story building accommodates offices, cleanrooms, and research laboratories with custom-designed and fabricated chemical distribution systems.

The Community School of Music and Arts is nearing completion of its $1.6 million, 25,000-sf campus in Mountain View. The two-story facility, which houses classrooms, a concert hall and practice rooms, includes significant architectural accommodations for state-of-the-art acoustics. The public grand opening of the campus is scheduled for March 18, 2004.

Poway Unified School District has selected Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc. to build the $23 million Oak Valley Middle School. Designed by NTD Architects of San Diego, the 106,000-sf school will be comprised of five classroom buildings, administrative offices, a gymnasium, a multipurpose room, and outdoor sport facilities. Construction will begin in January 2004 and reach completion in May of 2005.

Biocom, a San Diego life sciences group, will work with educational and corporate organizations to create the San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center. The planned facility will train San Diego's future biotech workforce and will be funded by government grants and public-private partnerships.  

Toppan Optical Products has opened a new $40 million, 94,000-sf plant in Poway, Calif. The facility accommodates production manufacturing using computerized controls in a cleanroom environment.