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The Georgia Institute of Technology will construct the Nanotechnology Research Center on its Atlanta campus as early as next year, with official occupancy to follow in three years. Funded by a $36-million pledge from an anonymous donor, the facility will be sited where the university’s old nuclear reactor building now stands.

Neurocrine Biosciences is developing the first phase of a 13.4-acre project in San Diego's Carmel Valley. Designed by Dowler Grumman Architects, the 200,000-sf, two-building project is being constructed by Ledcor Petty Construction.

PeopleSoft completed the 185,000-sf Building G at its Pleasanton, Calif., headquarters in July of 2003. The project was designed by architects Gensler and RMW and built by contractor San Jose Construction Company. The project was completed after fifteen months of construction.

Potomac Hospital broke ground in October 2003 on a 180,000-sf addition to its Woodbridge, D.C., hospital. The four-story, 144-bed facility will replace the inpatient care units as well as housing support services, a cafeteria, and an education center. Designed by McCulloch England Associates, the $75 million project is being constructed and managed by Bovis Lend Lease and Twin Contracting. Completion is scheduled for December 2005.

Sul Ross State University has selected the San Antonio office of Corpus-Christ-based Braselton Construction Co. as the general contractor for a $13 million science renovation and addition project. The laboratories of the Warnock Science building will be completely renovated, including upgrades to the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. A 11,000-sf, three-story addition to the Warnock facility will house two 80-seat lecture halls and a 60-seat planetarium/lecture hall.