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AMD Will Build Singapore Chip Fabrication Plant
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced in January that it plans to build its new 300mm chipmaking fabrication plant in Singapore, rather than in Texas or another U.S. location, despite significant efforts by many cities to draw the project to their region. AMD will partner with United Microelectronics Corp., based in Taiwan, to spread the costs of building the fab.
Smith & Hawken Opens Corporate Headquarters in Novato
Smith & Hawken, purveyors of up-scale garden products, has opened its corporate headquarters at Hamilton Landing, a $100-million office park under construction at the former Hamilton Field military base in Marin County. The developer of the project, Barker Pacific, has converted four of seven hangars thus far. The Smith & Hawken headquarters features a 38'-high atrium, 11' ceiling heights, openable windows, an HVAC system that uses outside air, and raised flooring.
Sybase Occupies New Dublin Headquarters
Sybase, the e-business software and database maker, has relocated 1,000 employees from Emeryville, Calif., to its new 406,000-sf headquarters in Dublin. Wilcox Development Services developed the two-buildings, which are connected by a bridge. Administrative staff is housed in one building; engineering staff, a day care center and fitness center are housed in the other. The day care center, scheduled to open in March, will accommodate up to 52 children, whose parents can watch them via a Web cam.
Opex Pharmaceuticals To Build Houston Manufacturing Facility
Opexa Pharmaceuticals has selected PageSoutherlandPage Architects, Engineers, and Consultants of Houston to provide architecture, engineering, commissioning, and validation support services for Opexa’s new manufacturing facility. The 27,000-sf structure will include corporate offices and a new production facility to manufacture pharmaceuticals for autoimmune diseases, focusing on multiple sclerosis.
Slough Estates Develops for Biotech in SF
Britain-based Slough Estates USA is planning to develop the Britannia East Grand in South San Francisco, a 783,533-sf biotech facility designed by South San Francisco-based DES and to be built by Hathaway Dinwiddie. Pending final approval in April 2002, the $300 million project involves replacing the 100-year-old ICI paint factory with a leading-edge biotech laboratory. Slated to break ground mid-year, the project would bring Slough's South San Francisco holdings to over 2.7 million sf.