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Intuit Builds New Reno Campus
Intuit, the Mountain View, Calif.-based creator of financial software, has plans for a new three-building state-of-the-art campus in Reno. Construction over the next two years will see the first structure completed around November 2001, the second in spring 2002, and the third in late 2003. At build-out the 150,000-sf office complex will seat approximately 850 employees.
VeriSign Consolidates in Northern Virginia
VeriSign, an Internet services company, plans to consolidate eight Northern Virginia offices at Waterview I, a 405,000-sf office building under construction in Herndon designed to accommodate 1,600 employees. Tishman Speyer Properties is developing the project, which is scheduled for completion in October 2001. VeriSign has an option on two as-yet-unbuilt structures -- Waterview II and Waterview III -- which will total 450,000 sf.
Federal Reserve Opens Atlanta Facility
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, a new 746,000-sf, 10-story building, was dedicated in September. The $203.5-million structure provides office space (296,000 sf); common space, including a conference center, employee cafeteria, and a Monetary Museum (84,000 sf); and support equipment (110,000 sf). An $11-million façade occupies 46,000 sf. Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart & Associates Inc. of Atlanta in association with New York-based Robert A.M. Stern Architects, designed the building. BTMI Buildings was the construction manager.
Office of Homeland Security Competes for Washington Facility
The Office of Homeland Security may move into a 339,000-sf, eight-story stand-alone building with secure parking -- the largest block of contiguous office space available in Washington. The General Services Administration is bidding for the space against CareFirst BlueCross Blue Shield, which is also looking to house its 1,275 employees in the city.
Modern Woodmen Renovates Home Office
Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal life insurance society, has selected Flad & Associates of Madison, Wis., to design a renovation of the Home Office Building. The finished facility will accommodate 400 employees in 270,000 gsf, providing technology-driven office space, flexible training for agents and underwriters, and a central computer system to serve three quarters of a million members.