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Quest Diagnostics Develops Houston Testing Facility
Quest Diagnostics will locate a new regional testing facility in 110,145-sf at Oak Park Office Center in West Houston. Comprised of a regional office and reference medical laboratory, the facility will be a consolidation of three office and laboratory locations currently housed in separate buildings near Houston’s Texas Medical Center. Over 500 employees will staff the 24-hour operation. The laboratory component will be approximately 50 percent of the leased space. Occupancy is slated for year-end 2003. The project architect is the Houston office of Gensler.
U.S. Air Conditioning Distributors Occupies San Leandro Facility
U.S. Air Conditioning Distributors will locate its Northern California regional office in San Leandro. Sited on an 18-acre parcel, the company will occupy 162,000 sf of the 288,000-sf Fairway Properties facility. U.S. Air Conditioning Distributors, based in the City of Industry, Calif., is the world’s largest privately owned HVAC company.
NCI Information Systems Builds Reston Office
NCI Information Systems has contracted Chantilly, Va.-based Dietze Construction Group to perform the buildout of its new 75,500-sf office in Reston, Va. The project was designed by The M Group in Vienna, Va.
HCA Expands Hospital Facilities
Healthcare giant HCA has selected Skanska to develop several addition and renovation construction projects. These include the Metropolitan Methodist Hospital and the Northeast Methodist Hospital, both located in San Antonio, Texas. Skanska will also be renovating the Lewis-Gale Hospital in Salem, Virginia. The company provided feasibility/pre-construction services for these three projects. The Metropolitan Methodist Hospital will include a 90,000-sf women’s services center, a catheter lab addition and a new connector bridge.
The Maritime College Develops Student Housing
The Maritime College, a specialized college of the State University of New York, has selected the New York division of Skanska USA Building as construction manager for a new dormitory building on its Throggs Neck campus. The project is being developed in conjunction with the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. The new 300-bed residence hall will be a four-story steel structure. At the rear of the building, sections of glass curtainwall will allow students to view Long Island Sound from one of the centrally located lounge areas.