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UC Merced Occupies University Square
The University of California, Merced, will occupy a newly-completed 68,000, five-story office building "University Square" in Bakersfield. The Kern County Superintendent of Schools is also a tenant. Classrooms occupy the first two floors, with the upper floors housing support offices. An adjacent parking structure is also part of the project designed by Ware Malcomb of Irvine, Calif. The developer is The Allen Group. The general contractor was S.C. Anderson Inc. of Bakersfield.
MIT Plans New Academic Facilities
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is planning several new academic facilities. The Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer Information and Intelligence Sciences will unite computer science and electrical engineering programs in a 447,000-sf building scheduled for completion in 2004. The Dreyfus Building, housing the chemistry department, will be gutted and renovated by 2003. Student housing for about 1,000 students will be provided in two new dorms. The 130,000-sf Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center is scheduled to open in 2002.
UNC-Charlotte Plans Institute for Technology Innovation
The University of North Carolina-Charlotte has selected Perkins & Will to design a $23.1 million, 70,000-sf graduate research complex at the new Charlotte Institute for Technology Innovation; construction is scheduled to begin in fall 2002. A $26.1 million, 103,000-sf general classroom facility, designed by LS3P, will also commence construction at the same time.
Strayer University Relocates to Court House Metro
Strayer University has plans to expand and relocate its 1,200-student Arlington campus to a planned three-story building located on top of the Court House Metro station. The university will occupy the top two floors (30,000 sf) of the 54,000-sf building. The project, which is set to open in fall of 2002, is under development by the Arlington-based Jenco Group. Construction is expected to get under way in fall 2001.
UNC-Charlotte Builds New Science and Technology Facility
The University of North Carolina-Charlotte began construction in July 2001 on a new 184,000-sf, $33.2-million Science and Technology building, part of a seven-building expansion of the 1.2 million-sf campus to a total of 2 million sf. At build-out, enrollment is expected to increase from the current 17,000 students to 25,000 students.