Industry News

Abgenix Inc. has awarded a biotech manufacturing plant design contract to Clark Richardson & Biskup Consulting Engineers Inc., working with Dowler-Gruman Architects on the project team. An existing shell building will house a 100,000-sf fit-out.  

San Antonio-based chain H-E-B Grocery Co. is planning a 13,500-sf safety and food quality testing facility in Northeast San Antonio. Replacing 5,400 sf of quality assurance lab space, the $3.5 million building will house H-E-B's environmental affairs department which ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Crozer-Keystone Health Systems is expanding three Delaware County hospitals over the next three years as part of a $47 million construction and renovation project. At Crozer-Chester Medical Center in Upland a 32,000-sf emergency department expansion will triple existing emergency facilities, which include the only Level II trauma center in Delaware County. The new facilities will house 41 treatment rooms featuring a minor ailment fast-track area and a pediatric waiting room.

Iomega Corp. is relocating its corporate headquarters to 10,000 sf in San Diego within the next six months. One hundred marketing and executive staff members will be moved, with the company's R&D operation remaining in Roy, Utah.

Ground was broken on the new 60,000-sf City Museum at Carnegie Library, a museum dedicated to chronicling the history of the District of Columbia. Designed by architects Devrouax & Purnell of Washington, the museum is scheduled to open in spring of 2003. Also on the project team is New York-based RKK&G Museum and Cultural Facilities Consultants, working with GSM Design of Montreal to create the museum's exhibits.