Industry News

Construction will begin in March 2003 on the first building of Trammel Crow's planned $300-million Patriot Plaza in Washington, D.C. The first phase, designed to accommodate a government or private tenant, consists of a 280,000-sf office facility pre-engineered to meet stringent security regulations, including the framework to accommodate blast-proof windows, 30-foot setbacks from the curb, a hardened shell, and progressive collapse avoidance.

Construction has begun on the International Monetary Fund's new Washington headquarters.  The 650,000-sf facility, designed by New York-based Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and associate architect Weihe Design Group, includes a 450-seat meeting room, a restaurant, and three levels of underground parking.  Developer for the project is CarrAmerica Realty, and the general contractor is Clark Construction Group.

Montclair State University has selected  The S/L/A/M Collaborative of Glastonbury, Conn., to design a new, 6-8 floor academic building. The 190,000-nsf (271,428 gsf) structure will house 52 classrooms of various sizes as well as The College of Education and Human Services; The Office of Information Technology; and a 31,000-sf Conference Center. Completion of the $54,285,600 project is anticipated in February 2005.

Wilmington-based Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) is negotiating construction of an additional 70,000-sf facility at its Barclay Commons campus with developer Cameron. PPD, a contract research firm for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, has two existing buildings totaling 60,000-sf and 70,000-sf at the site.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will occupy between 25,000 sf and 50,000 sf of furnished and IT-ready space in its new headquarters facility in Pentagon City in January, 2003. By March 1, TSA will occupy a total of 150,000 sf. Eventually TSA will occupy 491,000 sf of the complex, which formerly housed WorldCom's MCI Network Services.