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New Santa Clara Valley Medical Facility Consolidates Services
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is consolidating its four San Jose service sites into a new 230,000-sf, $93.8 million facility. Due to open in 2005, the new facility will accommodate up to 200,000 patient visits yearly, and house the relocation of over 28 medical services. Demolition of an existing administration building on site will precede construction. An additional $21 million, 50,000-sf outpatient facility on the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds will replace the existing 10,500-sf building. It is scheduled to open in 2003.
Lucent Expands in North Austin
The microelectronics division of Lucent Technologies Inc. has leased 62,000 sf in North Austin. Occupying a majority of the available 76,000 sf in Building 6 at Braker Center IV, the facility will provide space for projected growth and additional personnel in the network processors microelectronics group. Based in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent's Austin space will include large hardware and software labs, a fitness center, game room, and a cafeteria.
Mellon Consolidates Offices
A new 83,000-sf building in Plymouth Meeting will house the consolidated offices of Mellon Financial Corporation. Mellon will house many of its Montgomery County offices in 50,000 sf of the facility which is currently under construction by a Fox Cos. affiliate. Approximately 230 employees will be housed in the new building, named Mellon Gateway Center.
Kaiser Replaces Vallejo Facility
A new hospital and parking garage will replace Kaiser Permanente's Vallejo Medical Center. As well as meeting new state earthquake standards, the facility will increase licensed bed space from 294 to 332 and add a 1,100 space parking garage. Ground will be broken on the parking garage in summer of 2001 and be completed in 2002. The hospital will be built between early 2004 and 2007.
University of California Plans Merced Campus
The tenth University of California campus will be located in Merced, in the Central Valley of California. Design and construction of the 2,000-acre site will be managed in a joint venture of Parsons Brinckerhoff and The JCM Group. The campus will accommodate 25,000 graduate and undergraduate students at full build-out.