Industry News

The John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis has selected Cambridge-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates to program and provide a conceptual design for an expansion project.

Lisle, Ill.-based Tellabs Inc. will be consolidating its Massachusetts operations into a new Chelmsford facility. A maker of telecommunications equipment, Tellabs has scaled back previous plans to occupy a total of 270,000 sf in two buildings at the site to a single facility which will accommodate approximately 100 workers before the end of the year.

Bethesda-based Coagulation Diagnostics Inc. moved into a new lab facility at the Maryland Technology Development Center in Rockville on May 1.  The biotech firm, maker of commercialized diagnostic tests for cardiovascular disease, will retain its Bethesda office space while expanding its R&D operations.

Emory University has two buildings under construction that incorporate an innovative water recycling program. The system is designed to capture air-conditioning condensate for reuse by the cooling tower that provides air conditioning for a 325,000-sf medical research facility and a 268,000-sf cancer research institute. The $30,000 system will generate more than 2 million gallons a year of the 10- to 12 million gallons required by the tower. The system is expected to save water usage and sewer fees in the next three years that will cover its initial costs.

The University of Texas at San Antonio plans to break ground in summer 2001 on two new facilities, both designed by Garza/Bomberger & Associates. Students, faculty, and staff will be served by a 66,000-sf wellness/recreation center that will include a 10,000-sf Health Services Center as well as rooms for free weights, cardiovascular exercise, aerobics, and racquetball and basketball courts. A free-standing 11,000-sf campus child-care center will accommodate approximately 130 infants through pre-schoolers.The general contractor is Bartlett Cocke General Contractors.