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Design of Microsoft's New England Office Completed
Interior design of Microsoft's $3.3-million New England office was completed by Boston-based SBA/Steffian Bradley Associates Inc. Located in the Waltham/Weston Corporate Center, the 50,000-sf project is a joint venture of contractor Turner Construction SPD of Boston and AVRP/Austin Veum Robbins Parshalle of San Diego.
SouthTrust Builds Data Center in Marietta
SouthTrust is building its 72,000-sf Atlanta Data Center in Marietta, Ga., where check- and data-processing for the company's Georgia, Virginia, and North and South Carolina markets will be housed. SouthTrust, based in Birmingham, Ala., with operations throughout the Southeast, will relocate 300 workers to the center from their current Fulton County, Ga. offices. The facility is slated for completion in June of 2002.
E Commerce To Open Charlotte Data Center
E Commerce, an electronic billing service headquartered in New York, plans to geographically diversify its operations by placing its new data center in Charlotte. The company will open a 4,600-sf data center in April 2002 at the Claude Freeman Technology Center, which is equipped with an uninterrupted power source and the high-tech equipment E Commerce needs for its operations.
Office of Naval Research Consolidates with Liberty Center Facility
The Office of Naval Research will consolidate its area employees at a new 13-story, 330,000-sf office facility at Liberty Center. Architect for the 1.7 million-sf Liberty Center complex is SmithGroup, with Clark Construction acting as general contractor. The Shooshan Co. is the developer for the $200-million redevelopment of the 4-acre former Ballston Center. Construction at the site is scheduled to begin in June 2002, with completion anticipated in 2004.
PeopleSoft Expands Pleasanton Headquarters
PeopleSoft plans to expand its headquarters at Hacienda Business Park pending approvals from the city of Pleasanton. The company’s existing 815,000-sf complex would be supplemented with a new 181,000-sf, five-story office structure on a vacant parcel owned by PeopleSoft across the street. It is anticipated that the building, which would accommodate approximately 800 people, would cost nearly $30-million, and would reach completion in fall of 2003.