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California Department of Health Services Project Nears Completion
The California Department of Health Services is nearing completion of its Richmond, Calif., complex. Construction manager McCarthy has guided the project's two phases, totaling more than 475,000-sf of offices, life sciences laboratories, animal facilities and warehousing space. The largest non-design-build project ever undertaken by the State of California, the $130-million project completes in January 2003 after a 4-year construction schedule.
Piedmont Triad Research Park Planned as Biotech Incubator
Piedmont Triad Research Park at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem is slated to become a growing biotech incubator. Expanding the 10-acre park into a 180-acre biotech complex, the development will extend North Carolina's biotechnology corridor to the western portion of the state. The Piedmont incubator is being designed by Sasaki Associates, a firm based in Watertown, Mass., with an additional office in San Francisco.
Norfolk Cancer Center Completed
Construction of the new Norfolk Cancer Center in Brockton has been completed by East Coast Commercial Construction. The facility is one of the few stand-alone cancer centers in the South Shore area.
Naval Training Center Foundation Renovates Point Loma for Cultural Center
The Naval Training Center Foundation will utilize a $300,000 grant from California's Office of Historic Preservation to renovate Building 5 of the Liberty Station base conversion project at the former Point Loma Naval Training Center. Building 5, a 12,658-sf, two-story facility, was constructed in 1923 and is one of 26 historical buildings slated for renovation on the site. The Liberty Station civic, arts and cultural development, housing office, studio, gallery, museum, educational, performance, retail, and restaurant space, is expected to open in 2005.
South Shore Hospital Completes Newton Expansion Project
The construction of SouthShoreHospital's maternity/surgery/emergency expansion project in Newton, Mass., is now completed. The expansion, involving 125,000-sf of new construction and 55,000-sf of renovations on four levels, was designed by TRO/The Ritchie Organization. The new surgical department, one of the region's most technically advanced, includes 14 operating rooms, 1 cystoscopy room, a 30-bed ambulatory surgical unit, and a 30-bed post-anesthesia care unit.