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NCSU Develops College of Engineering
North Carolina State University has begun site work for the new College of Engineering on its Centennial Campus. Consolidating classrooms scattered in several buildings on the main campus, the facility will house Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Engineering with laboratories, offices, and some shared classroom space. The first $43-million, 152,000-sf phase is slated for completion in June 2004. The second, $45-million phase, encompassing 175,000-sf, is expected to reach completion by June 2005.
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Developed in Washington
Construction services for the first phase of the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. will be provided by Centex Construction’s mid-Atlantic division. The center, located underground on the East Front of the Capitol, will require a 196,000-sf excavation and will house 580,000 sf on three levels upon completion in 2005. Centex’s contract is scheduled to be fulfilled by early 2004.
Avalon Pharmaceuticals Relocates Headquarters to Germantown
Avalon Pharmaceuticals, a genomics-based research company, has relocated its headquarters to a 55,000-sf facility in Germantown, Md., featuring expanded research and development capabilities. The headquarters, sited in the Seneca Meadows Corporate Center, should be operational in the first quarter of 2003.
North Carolina Wildlife Resources To Build Raleigh Headquarters
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Program is planning to consolidate operations with the construction of a new 65,000-sf headquarters on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus. The $13.5-million facility will include an outdoor learning laboratory and is expected to begin construction in the fourth quarter of 2002.
Applied Biosystems Develops Pleasanton Campus
Applied Biosystems Group of Foster City, Calif., began construction in January on its R&D, office, and manufacturing project sited on 80 acres in Pleasanton. Totalling just under 1,000,000-sf, the planned seven-building complex will be developed on an as-needed basis. Applied Biosystems will invest $80-million this fiscal year in the first two buildings. The first, a two-story, 90,000-sf facility slated for completion in the spring, will be followed by a three-story, 140,000-sf building to reach completion in fall 2003.