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San Diego State University is working with the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) to build an underground trolley station. A 5.9-mile extension tunnel from Mission Valley to La Mesa is included in the $435-million project, which is being funded by MTDB. The cost of the under-campus station and tunnel is $84.3 million. Developed by Clark Construction Group of Bethesda, the tunnel has been under construction since June of 2001 and is approximately halfway completed. Construction of the trolley station is ongoing.  

The University of California, San Diego has selected Gilbane Co. of Phoenix as general contractor and construction manager for the $102.5-million California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology project, Cal-(IT)2. The 215,000-sf research facility is slated to begin construction in January and reach completion in two years.  

The University of California San Diego's $110-million Eleanor Roosevelt College, comprised of 373,033 sf of dormitory, apartment, dining, meeting, and common area space, is slated for completion in fall of 2003. Construction began on the project in November 2000.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is planning to expand its Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Eastern hub at North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus. The expansion will be housed in Venture Center IV, the final building master planned for Venture Center. Developed by Craig Davis Properties, the five-story, $125-million facility will begin construction this year with occupancy in late 2003. Venture IV will contain 110,000 nsf of rentable space.

Construction is nearly complete on the 75,000-sf addition to plastics manufacturer Nomaco Corp.'s existing 250,000-sf Youngsville plant. The Zebulon-based company will use the addition to manufacture foam and rubber insulation used for gaskets, pipes and sealants in commercial and residential construction. The plant expansion will allow Nomaco to double its 100-employee base.