Industry News

 Easter Seals is planning to begin construction in 2002 on a four-story regional headquarters in Silver Spring. The Harry and Jeanett Weinberg Inter-Generational Care Center will be housed at the facility. It will provide an adult day care center, and also accommodate 102 children and 60 adults. Architect for the project is Weihe Design Group of Washington; the developer is Atlantic Realty.

The University of Georgia is building an academic achievement center for athletes. The $7.2-million project will accommodate academic counselor offices, study rooms, tutoring rooms, computer labs. Beers Construction Co. is handling the project.

The Jackson Laboratory is working with Boston-based Einhorn Yaffee Prescott in the design of a new Genetics Resource Building. In addition, the East Research Building will be expanded by 55,000 sf to accommodate offices, research labs, conference rooms, and support space.

The Port of Technology, part of Philadelphia’s University City Science Center life sciences and technology incubator, opened six new state-of-the-art wet labs in early December. Shared equipment in the furnished lab facility includes offices, an ultracentrifuge, an autoclave, and a film developer.

 TherImmune is expanding near its headquarters in Gaithersburg. The company will move its lab services division into a 14,000-sf facility down the street in March 2002, and corporate offices will occupy 8,000 sf across the street, for a total of 90,000 sf occupied by TherImmune in Gaithersburg. TherImmune handles contract research and tests drugs for pharmaceutical and bioscience companies.