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Valero Builds San Antonio Headquarters
Valero Energy Corp. has selected SpawGlass Contractors of San Antonio to build its new headquarters at the 148-acre campus of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock (UDS), recently acquired by Valero. The 200,000- to 300,000-sf office structure will consolidate Valero’s operations. Plans for the company’s existing two-building, 260,000-sf headquarters in North San Antonio are uncertain. Existing buildings at the UDS site include a headquarters (225,000 sf) and an annex (20,000 sf); both buildings, as well as the existing Valero headquarters, are full to capacity.
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.
SDSU Plans Sorority Housing
San Diego State University has contracted Steinberg Group of Los Angeles to design a 2000-unit, 6,000-student sorority housing project. Located on 1.56-acres, Sorority Row will accompany SDSU's current fraternity housing project in an effort to decrease traffic congestion and increase parking inventory, as underground parking for the housing developments frees up spaces in SDSU parking garages. Construction is slated to begin in 2002 with occupancy estimated for the summer of 2004.