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Saginaw Valley State University Builds Regional Education Center
Saginaw Valley State University broke ground in October on a $30-million Regional Education Center. The 130,000-sf facility will serve the University’s faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, and K-12 educators and scholars. The Center houses 24 classrooms, two computer labs, a 250-seat capacity multi-media auditorium, 65 faculty offices, a student lounge, cyber café, and study areas. HarleyEllis, of Detroit, Mich., provided architecture, engineering, and planning services for the project. Spence Brothers of Saginaw, Mich., is the Construction Manager.
Alkermes Expands in Cambridge
Biotech company Alkermes, partnering with pharmaceutical companies to develop their drugs, is expanding in Cambridge with 150,000 sf dedicated to new labs and offices. A 90,000-sf manufacturing facility is being renovated in Chelsea, Mass., by Alkermes for the production of GlaxoSmithKline’s inhalable insulin, and a new plant to manufacture a drug for Johnson & Johnson is being built in Wilmington, Ohio.
Synygy Plans Move to The Wharf
Synygy Inc. will occupy 178,000 sf at The Wharf at Rivertown, a 400,000-sf former power station being renovated by Preferred Real Estate Investments of Conshohocken, Pa. The 63-acre mixed-use development will provide up-to-date Class A office space, a marina, restaurants, and retail when it opens late in 2002 or early 2003. Architect for the project is Blackney, Hayes Architects.
University of Texas Plan Center to Study Aging
The University of Texas System is in the planning process to build The Sam and Ann Barshop Center for Longevity and Aging Studies at UT’s Health Science Center in San Antonio. The research facility will study the relationship between genes and aging. Fast-track construction of the $20-million, two-story, 48,000-sf structure is scheduled to begin in July 2002, with December 2003 the targeted completion date. The architect for the project is Overland Partners of San Antonio.
Billy Graham Evangelistic Assoc. Relocates to Charlotte
The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association plans to relocate its administrative offices, production units for TV, radio and film, and mailing and distribution operations from Minneapolis to a new $33 million headquarters in Charlotte. At build-out, the facility is expected to provide 25,000 sf of office space. Phase one construction—approximately 100,000 sf—will be completed in three years. A Billy Graham museum is also planned for the site.