Industry News

Baylor University has selected McCarthy to build a four-level, precast concrete structure to house parking, office, and shell space.

FedEx will occupy a 65,000-sf facility on a six-acre parcel in an industrial business park planned in San Leandro, Calif. Developed by McMahon Development Group LLC, the 21-acre park is comprised of nine parcels and will include up to seven additional light industrial facilities totalling 300,000 sf. These planned buildings are being marketed to eco-industrial users, companies who divert and utilize materials that would otherwise go into the city landfill.

West Chester University is engaged in $115-million in campus construction projects. Focusing on graduate education, the Pennsylvania school has partnered with private developer College Park Campus Apartments, an affiliate of GMH Capital Realty of Newton, to construct two residence halls totalling $40-million.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is building a new 650,000-sf facility adjacent to its existing headquarters in Washington. Slated for completion in mid 2005, the building will consolidate several of the IMF's operations in the District. Development manager for the project is CarrAmerica Urban Development, with Clark Construction as general contractor.

The Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery and American Art Museum, housed in the Old Patent Office Building in Washington, is undergoing a $211 million renovation. Slated for completion in 2006, the facility has been closed and under construction since January 2000. Including physical plant renewal and extensive exterior and interior work, the project will add a conservation lab and a gilding frame shop, both visible to the public, as well as a 346-seat below-grade auditorium.