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Industry News
Opticom Occupies Andover Facility
Opticom Inc. has moved 95 employees into 33,000-sf at Brickstone Square in its home city of Andover, Mass. The software firm has an option on more space at the facility and plans to occupy up to an additional 15,000 to 20,000 sf by 2002.
Harvard Medical School Develops New Research Building
Harvard Medical School is building a 430,000-sf research facility in Boston. Developed by William A. Berry & Son, Inc., the $250 million project includes a 196,000-sf parking garage and will by used by Harvard Medical School and collaborative tenants.
Transkaryotic Therapies Builds Headquarters and Research Facility
Transkaryotic Therapies Inc. is building a 185,000-sf headquarters and state-of-the-art laboratory and research facility in an MIT-owned building in Cambridge. The $65 million project, developed by Barr & Barr Inc., involves renovating the existing building, including restoration of the historical building's 150-year-old facade.
Harvard University Develops Graduate Housing Tower
Harvard University is building an apartment style, 360-bed graduate student housing facility in Allston, Mass. The $85 million project, developed by Bond Bros. Inc., features a 15-story tower.
University of Pennsylvania Housing Renovation and Addition
The University of Pennsylvania is planning to build a new three to five-story, 1,000-student dorm in addition to renovation of 12 existing dorms. The $250 million project, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox of New York, involves internal restructuring of the residential high rises, creating more social and common space. Stouffler Triangle, an existing dorm and dining building, will be demolished by 2001 as a site for a new dining facility.