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Industry News
UC Berkeley Creates University Village
The University of California Berkeley has selected a development team led by Allen & O’Hara of Memphis to develop the 135-million, 26-acre University Village project in Albany. The project includes 30 units of housing for junior faculty and 587 units of rental housing for 1,034 graduate students.
Photronics To Open Shanghai Fabrication Center
Florida photomask maker Photronics will open a new $300-million fabrication center in Shanghai, China. The company also occupies facilities in Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
New York Life Insurance Develops Data Center
New York Life Insurance Co. will locate its new $140-million Forsyth County data center in The Meadows 300, a 95,000-sf BellSouth Entertainment unit facility. Slated to begin operations by year-end 2003, the data center will store and handle customer files.
Kaiser Develops Antioch Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente will begin construction of a 637,000-sf medical center on its Antioch campus in 2004. The project will include a 297,000-sf medical office and a 340,000-sf, 150-bed hospital. The medical center is slated to open in 2007, pending regulatory approval. Kaiser is also building a 50,000-sf medical center in Tracy, Calif. expected to reach completion in spring 2005.
Samsung Upgrades Austin Plant
Samsung Austin Semiconductor is initiating a $500-million improvement of its Austin, Texas plant. Adding 40,000-sf of cleanroom space, the project will update the facility from 130-nanometer to 90-nanometer technology beginning in May 2003. The facility is owned by Seoul, Korea-based Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.