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Brooks College Opens Sunnyvale Campus
Brooks College opened the doors of its new 53,318-sf Sunnyvale campus on Oct. 14. The college offers an accelerated 18-month associate degree program for network technology and graphic design. The facility previously housed office and R&D space for National Semiconductor University. Brooks College is part of Career Education Corp., a Hoffman, Ill.-based organization that operates 43 colleges, schools and universities in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and the United Arab Emirates.
Congressional Quarterly Builds Washington Headquarters
Political media company Congressional Quarterly (CQ) has awarded Chantilly-based R.W. Murray Co. the $1.8-million contract to build its new 42,000-sf headquarters. Located less than two blocks from CQ's existing Washington facility, the new building will house three floors of offices, a data center, and several meeting spaces. Hickok Warner Fox Architects was hired to complete the design of the project, which will allow room for expansion.
World Airways Consolidates with Morrow Distribution Center
World Airways has leased 70,200 sf in Morrow for an airplane parts distribution warehouse. Located in a 100,200-sf warehouse center, the facility will enable World Airways to consolidate its operations to Atlanta, as the carrier plans to close its Delaware distribution facility with the move to Morrow. World Airways is a 15-airplane long-haul charter operator that serves the U.S. Armed Forces.
Wyeth Upgrades St. Louis Facilities
Wyeth has worked with McCarthy to upgrade its St. Louis facilities, purchased in 1998, for the production of the hemoophilia drug ReFacto®. McCarthy has completed more than 500 projects for a total of almost $30 million to ready the cGMP manufacturing facilities, labs, warehouse and offices for Wyeth's manufacturing needs. Currently, the St. Louis facility is the only one in the United States producing ReFacto®. Flad & Associates of Madison, Wisc., has provided architectural services.
Corky McMillin Breaks Ground on Liberty Station
National City, Calif.-based Corky McMillin Cos. broke ground on the first two buildings in the Liberty Station development in October 2002. Sited at the former Naval Training Center in San Diego, the $62-million project will eventually accommodate 380,000 sf in seven office buildings. The first two facilities are slated to open in mid-2003. The project team consists of architect KMA Architecture and Engineering of San Diego and Bycor General Contractors of San Diego.