Industry News

Epsilon has awarded Boston-based Structure Tone of Massachusetts the construction management contract for the interior construction of 90,000 sf of new office space and a 10,000-sf data center in Wakefield.

National Surgical Hospitals (NSH) opened the 30-bed Spine Hospital of South Texas and an accompanying medical office building in September. A joint venture of NSH and approximately 20 local physicians, the $30-million Stone Oak medical development will specialize in surgical spine care and pain management. The facility is designed to eventually expand to 40 rooms.

Idec Pharmaceuticals broke ground in October 2002 on its new five-building corporate headquarters and laboratory facility in San Diego's University Towne Center. San Diego-based Cisterra Partners is developer of the 42.6-acre project, with Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum of St.

The City of Jacksonville selected Boston-based Cannon Design to design its $211-million, 1-million-sf county courthouse complex. Cannon provided planning, programming and design services for the project, which included conversion of the old federal courthouse in addition to the new complex.

Intronn, a bioscience company engaged in gene therapy research, will occupy more than 9,000 sf in the 24,000-sf Unique Shared Services Laboratory in Gaithersburg. Currently based in an incubator in Rockville, Intronn will occupy the new facility in March 2003 after the lab space, now in shell condition, is built out. The wet lab facilities in the Unique Shared Services Laboratory will feature sterilization equipment, high-purity water, and compressed air and vacuum lines in a central corridor where they can be used by multiple tenants.