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Clear Channel Builds Corporate Service Center
Clear Channel Worldwide is nearing completion of its 123,000-sf Corporate Service Center in Stone Oak, Texas. The three-story, $15-million project will house a data center, a network operations center, seven call centers, and administrative offices. Construction is slated for completion at the end of October 2002, with occupancy of the data center beginning as early as Sept. 15. Employees will occupy the rest of the facility in phases over the next few months. The center will employ 400 workers.
Amherst College Plans New Geology and Natural History Museum Facility
Amherst College has selected Payette Associates of Boston to design a new 60,000-sf combined Geology Building and Natural History Museum. Sited on campus to initiate a redefinition of a major campus space, the facility will include state of the art teaching labs for both introductory and advanced instruction in the geological sciences. Students in these disciplines will have access to their own specialized research spaces, map rooms, a library, and a multidisciplinary GIS lab.
San Diego State Completes Fraternity Row
San Diego State University (SDSU) has completed the $14-million Fraternity Row. Designed by San Diego architectural firm M.W. Steele Group Inc., the development consists of a 62-unit apartment complex and eight fraternity houses. Taylor Frager Inc. was the contractor for the project, which opened in time for SDSU's fall classes. Part of the $500-million College Community Redevelopment Project, Fraternity Row was funded by the SDSU Foundation.
City of Woodland Builds Green Police Headquarters
The City of Woodland is preparing to begin construction on a new $10.7-million police headquarters facility in January 2003. Upon completion in February 2004, the design-build project is expected to be one of the nation's first police facilities certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System.
UC Irvine Completes Natural Science Unit I
The University of California, Irvine has completed work on the Natural Science Unit I, a four-story, 119,000-sf facility housing laboratory, office, and classroom space for the School of Biological Sciences and the Department of Chemistry. The $54-million design/build facility will open in time for the first quarter of the school year. The building is split into two wings - a laboratory wing and a classroom/office wing. The lab wing is further divided into two large suites in order to promote research interaction among the various scientists.