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Winston Salem State University (WSSU) is breaking ground on a 150-unit, 448-bed residence complex in December 2001. The $17.6 million privatized facility is funded by the sale of WSSU Housing Foundation bonds.

A new Fairfax County bioinformatics incubator opening in January 2002 will house the Medical Campus of North Virgina Community College as well as offices for Inova Fairfax Hospital. Located near the Franconia-Springfield Metro station, the incubator is projected to eventually become a full-fledged medical research campus. Holding up to eight companies, the incubator includes 8,500-sf of office space and will cost $1.5 million over three years to operate.

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD), has selected Gilbane Building Co. as construction manager/general contractor for a new $60-million research facility for the California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology called Cal-(IT)²—a partnership between UCSD and the University of California, Irvine. The 215,000-sf facility will consist of research neighborhoods, specialized labs, and administrative offices.

Amherst College has selected Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott of Boston to design two new freshman dormitories on the College campus. The new dorms will be sited where the existing James and Stearns residential halls are located. The College has also assigned the company the conversion of its Pratt Geology Museum to a residence hall.

The City of Antioch has granted Kaiser Permanente approval to develop a new 6-building medical office campus in the summer of 2002. The facility is scheduled for completion in September 2003. The 78-acre complex could accommodate a hospital which, if approved, could begin construction in 2006. The campus will feature a $30 million, 60,500-sf medical outpatient center housing facilities for a staff of 300 and 38 physicians. Kaiser's existing building in Antioch is an outpatient medical office totalling 120,000 sf.