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Pitcairn Properties Plans Offices for Wal-Mart Suppliers
Pitcairn Properties of Jenkintown, Pa., is planning to build three office facilities totalling 600,000 sf to 750,000 sf adjacent to Wal-Mart's headquarters in Benton, Ark. Partnering with real estate investor and developer FBE Ltd. of New York, Pitcairn will build the $80- to $100-million project in phases. Wal-Mart's suppliers are expected to lease the offices, which Wal-Mart has requested be connected with its headquarters via fiber-optic cabling and an elevated walkway.
San Jose City College Builds Tech Center
San Jose City College is building the 80,000-sf Tech Center. The five-story classroom facility will offer career courses in computer technology, business, and dental and emergency medical technologies. Designed by BFGC Architects of Oakland, Calif., the center will house the Institute for Business Performance and a 200-seat conference center. The project is one of five buildings planned as part of the community college's five-year capital development program and is being built by Barry Swenson.
Falmouth Hospital Designs New Medical Pavilion
Falmouth Hospital has selected SMMA/Hoskins Scott Associates, a practice group of SMMA/Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, to design a 63,250-sf medical pavilion. The three-story building will house medical offices, patient care facilities, rehabilitation services and an endoscopy suite.
UGA Opens Student Athlete Academic Center
The University of Georgia Athletic Association opened the Rankin M. Smith Sr. Student Athlete Academic Center on October 12. The $6.7-million, 31,000-sf center houses a multimedia classroom, computer labs, writing center, tutoring rooms, counselor's office and a 250-seat lecture and meeting hall.
University of Georgia Plans Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
The University of Georgia is planning to build a $10-million, 33,000-sf commercial pharmaceutical manufacturing facility at the University's Riverbend Research Village in Athens. Designed by Lockwood Green of Spartanburg, S.C., the project's construction will be managed by Atkins Hanscomb Faithful & Gould of Atlanta. The building will include research labs, classrooms, offices, and bioprocessing and manufacturing space for solid oral dosage medicines. The project is slated for groundbreaking in May 2003.