Tradeline, Inc. filters and categorizes new-construction and industry news from regional and professional journals across the country. Here you will find new projects, products, and regulatory updates.
Industry News
Seminole Community College To Build High-Tech Training Facility
Seminole Community College plans to build a three-story, 90,000-sf high-tech training facility on a $1.5-million, 6.1-acre site donated to the college by the Pizzuti Cos. Located in the Heathrow International Business Center, the facility will present curriculum designed to meet the needs of the high-tech employers for which the area has become a magnet. Construction is expected to begin in the next 12 months.
Convergys Plans Cincinnati Campus
As proposed by the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, Convergys is considering a 1 million-sf "urban campus" headquarters on two blocks of The Banks riverfront development. Most of the planned office space would be located on top of an existing garage. Convergys has been seeking a location for its new headquarters since last summer.
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Plans Cancer Research Facility
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has contracted the D.C. office of URS as technical consultant for a new cancer research building. The original cancer research building was also designed by URS, an architectural and engineering services firm.
ManuLife Designs Green Headquarters
Toronto-based ManuLife Financial Corp. will build a new 470,000-sf "green" headquarters in South Boston. The 14-story building will be one of the first buildings in the nation utilizing a double-skin exterior curtainwall facade.
SouthTrust Bank Builds Atlanta Office
SouthTrust Bank will occupy a new main office building in the Atlantic Station development in Midtown Atlanta to be constructed by 2004. Developed by AIG Global Real Estate Investment, the building will house 300 banking and administrative employees in 95,000 sf on the building's first five floors. SouthTrust also completed construction in May at its Marietta, Ga., data center. SouthTrust's Corporate Banking and Enterprise Bank organizations are both based in Atlanta.