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San Diego Padres Develop Mixed-Use Project
JMI Realty and the San Diego Padres are developing East Village Square, a 2½ block mixed-use office, retail and residential redevelopment project in downtown San Diego next to the new baseball park. The developer of the potentially 200,000-sf office component is Cisterra Partners of San Diego. Ground floor retail space will be accompanied by 200 or more condominiums. The project is currently in the conceptual planning phase.
San Diego Electrical Training Center Equipped for Solar Power
The 32,000-sf San Diego Electrical Training Center just became the largest commercial building in San Diego powered by solar energy. The facility's photovoltaic system, installed by students, currently provides 50% of needed electricity, with the remaining sections to be installed by classes throughout the school year. The completed system will be large enough to power the entire facility. The Center provides hands-on training for union electricians in installation of traditional and renewable energy solutions.
Kinetic Biosystems Plans Triad Plant
Kinetic Biosystems of Atlanta will locate a $40-million contract biomanufacturing plant for its KBI BioPharma division in the Triad region of North Carolina. The facility, to be housed initially in at least 30,000-sf on a site of 3 to 10 acres, will be a pilot plant for developing processes for manufacturing clinical-trial drug quantities using monoclonal antibodies. Greensboro, N.C., already houses one Kinetic Biosystems office.
Aero Plastics Opens McDonough Manufacturing Facility
Aero Plastics, maker of plastic storage products, will open its new 455,000-sf manufacturing facility in McDonough, Ga., in November. Located in Henry County's Greenwood Industrial Park, the facility was selected partially due to proximity to one of Aero's prime customers, The Home Depot Inc.
Siena College's Morrell Science Center Receives ASHRAE Award
Siena College's Morrell Science Center recently won a First Place Technology Award in the category of Institutional Buildings in a regional competition organized by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). Located in Loudonville, New York, the new 53,000-sf center houses a total of 46 teaching laboratories for physics, biology and chemistry, as well as offices, recitation and faculty rooms.