Industry News

San Jose State University (SJSU) is planning Campus Village, a dormitory project providing up to 5,700 student, faculty, and staff beds. The three buildings, ranging from three to fifteen stories with two levels of underground parking, will replace three smaller, older dormitories. SJSU plans to spend $167-million on the facility and is pre-qualifying general contractors for the bidding phase. Construction is slated to begin in January with completion expected in spring of 2005.

Anne Arundel Community College has partnered with the Anne Arundel Community College Foundation to build a 77,700-sf school in the western portion of Anne Arundel county. The four-story facility, accommodating 7,500 to 10,000 students annually, will serve residents and employers of the region. Completion is slated for August 2003, with classes commencing in the fall.

Harvard Medical School is developing a $250-million research facility in Boston for the medical school and collaborative tenants. Built by William A. Berry & Sons, the 430,000-sf facility includes a 196,000-sf parking garage. The project is 35% complete.

Philadelphia-based Comcast Cable will invest $21.5 million in a new technology support center on George Mason University’s Prince William campus at the Innovation @Prince William business park.

Howard County General Hospital is opening its new expanded emergency department in early July. The Columbia hospital’s new unit is three times as large as the previous emergency department, and is divided into three specific care levels: a pediatric care pod, an urgent care pod, and an acute care pod. The new emergency department will accommodate 70,000 patients annually.