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Industry News
Siemens Moves Enterprise Network Division to Skyport Plaza
Siemens Inc. has moved its Enterprise Network Division into 325,000 sf at San Jose's Skyport Plaza. The first phase of the 38-acre mixed use Skyport Plaza development consists of three eight-story buildings, two four-level parking garages providing approximately 1,760 parking spaces, a basketball court and pedestrian walkways. The second phase, a mirror of Phase I's commercial office and parking design, will progress as economic conditions improve.
Genencor Manufacturing Facility Planned
Industrial biotech company Genencor is planning a 22,000-sf manufacturing facility in one of the following cities: Palo Alto, Calif., Belois, Wis., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Elkhart, Ind., or Rochester, N.Y. Based in Palo Alto, Genencor currently has 1,300 employees. The new facility will manufacture larger quantities of human therapeutics that Genencor is currently researching for healthcare and pharmaceutical applications.
FedEx Contract Approved
The $503,000-million contract for FedEx's Greensboro hub was recently approved by the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority. Included on the project team is engineering firm Baker & Associates, based in Pittsburgh, Pa. with an office in Greensboro; ECS, a geo-technical company; and Regional Land Surveyors.
EMC Corp. Builds New Engineering/Office Facility
EMC Corp.'s new 650,000-sf engineering and office facility is currently under construction in Hopkinton. Gorman Richardson Architects, based in Hopkinton, designed the facility and an additional parking garage planned on the campus.
Brown University of R.I. Plans Biotech Projects
Brown University of Rhode Island selected Hopkinton, Mass.-based Gorman Richardson Architects to design several projects on the school's Bio-Medical Campus.