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High Tech High School Expands at Point Loma's Liberty Station
San Diego Unified School District's High Tech High School has purchased the 38,900-sf Building 49 at Liberty Station in Point Loma. Buildings 36, 37 and 51 will be acquired by summer of 2003, bringing the school's total square footage to 93,107. Located on the site of the former Naval Training Facility, High Tech High School, a public charter school, will occupy 22 of Liberty Station's 361 acres. The site redeveloper is Corky McMillin Cos. of National City.
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Builds Carlsbad Manufacturing Facility
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical is developing 6,400 sf of office and manufacturing space in Carlsbad, Calif. The facility, designed by JKE Design and Associates and built by Biostruct, will also house relocated tissue culture, biology and chemistry labs.
PPD Expands in Morrisville
PPD, a Wilmington-based pharmaceutical and biotech discovery and development firm, has leased an additional 25,000-sf in Morrisville. PPD currently occupies four buildings totaling 283,000-sf at its expanding Triangle campus.
Texas A&M University Builds Performing Arts Center
The state of Texas has selected Cadence McShane Corporation of Austin to construct Texas A&M University's new 52,000-sf Performing Arts Center in Corpus Christi. The 1,500-seat, three-level concert hall will feature a 50-foot glass wall facing Corpus Christi Bay and is slated for completion in summer of 2004.
Ryder System To Open Austin Distribution Center
Ryder System Inc. is opening a 90,000-sf distribution center in the Business Center @ TechRidge in Northeast Austin. Logistics company Ryder is providing supply chain management for Austin-based Applied Materials Inc., a maker of equipment used by semiconductor manufacturers.