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Virtua Memorial Hospital Renovates Cardiac Catheterization Lab
Virtua Memorial Hospital Burlington County has completed the $770,000 renovation of its low-risk cardiac catheterization laboratory, including the installation of new imaging technology.
Waveset Technologies Relocates Austin Headquarters
Waveset Technologies, a supplier of secure identity management software, has relocated its headquarters from 10,000 sf to 16,000 sf in Austin. The move expands the firm’s space by over fifty percent and includes a visitor demonstration and training center.
Central Texas Technology Center Under Construction
The $4-million Central Texas Technology Center, now under construction in New Braunfels, Texas, is slated for completion in March 2004. The center will provide vocational and technical training programs including welding technologies, allied construction trades, industrial manufacturing, computer technology, automotive mechanics, and nursing. Funding for the center is being supplied by a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration, the Lower Colorado River Authority, and the New Braunfels and Sequin economic development corporations.
Army Corps of Engineers Expands Defense Threat Reduction Center
The Army Corps of Engineers has contracted Centex Construction of Fairfax, Va., to construct a $60-million addition to the Andrew T. McNamara Building Defense Threat Reduction Center at Fort Belvoir. The 325,000-sf, six-story facility will be accompanied by a 300,000-sf parking structure for 1,000 vehicles. Designed by RTKL Associates, the project features a blast-resistant addition to the building and site work on a secured compound. Completion is expected in August 2005.
Veterans Affairs Medical Center to Break Ground on City of Medicine
The Veterans Affairs Medical Center is planning to break ground in late 2003 on the first two buildings of its planned $160-million City of Medicine campus in Durham. Totalling 96,000 sf of office and retail space, the two facilities will be developed by LCOR of Berwyn, Pa. The City of Medicine is a mixed-use project comprised of ten new medical research, office, retail, hotel, and apartment buildings. Thirty-five percent of the facilities will be leased to federal government-related tenants. Some VA hospital functions may be relocated to the new development.