Industry News

Lafayette College of Lehigh Valley, Pa., has selected Boston-based Cannon Design to develop a varsity athletic facilities master plan. Lafayette's 80,000-sf Kirby Field House addition was recently planned and programmed by Cannon. The Kirby addition features a three-court gymnasium, fitness/running room, elevated running track, multipurpose rooms, racquetball and squash courts, a climbing wall and full support facilities.

Tibco Software has expanded its Palo Alto offices by 292,000 sf, accommodating the company's move into the field of business integration software. The expansion will allow Tibco to double its staff of over 1,000-employees.

Temple University of Philadelphia is relieving its shortage of student housing with the renovation of the old Kardon building to create a 187-unit apartment complex. Part of a campus plan formed in 1998, the 473,000-sf, eight-story building will be converted over the summer and will house students in the fall. The $24-million apartment complex will support 425 residents in one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 900- to 1,500-sf. Although three floors are slated for freshman students, the remainder of the apartment complex is open to non-university renters.

Sutter Solano Medical Center is planning a new outpatient care facility in Fairfield, Calif. The not-for-profit community hospital will also improve its Vallejo hospital's emergency department. Sutter Solano is a member of the Sutter Health network, which has planned to invest $3.5-billion in healthcare facilities through the next fifteen years.

Viral Antigens is developing a 2,500-sf biologic manufacturing facility attached to the company's existing Memphis facility. After eighteen months of planning and construction, the final certification of the $2.5-million contract factory will begin. The plant will manufacture proteins and other products, providing clean-room production for smaller biotech companies and researchers still in Phase I development.