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SEI Expands Oaks Campus
SEI Investments Co. is adding 140,000 sf to its physical plant at its 92-acre campus in Oaks, connecting the new space by covered walkways to the existing two-story structures. The $26-million expansion will accommodate reception space for clients, provide room to expand, and reduce the company’s outside lease obligations. Two new garages will accommodate over 1,000 vehicles. Completion is anticipated in March 2002.
Trevecca Nazarene University Dedicates New Library
Trevecca Nazarene University dedicated its new $10.5 million Waggoner Library and Center for Instructional Technology in November 2000. The three-story, 61,489-sf facility was designed by Earl Swensson Associates (ESa) of Nashville. ESa also served as interior designer for the library. The periodicals and rotunda areas, which serve as the building's main gathering space, are also designed to accommodate hosted receptions. The grand reading room housing stacks and tables is bathed in natural light. The MBA lecture room features tiered seating for 80.
Indian School of Business Under Construction in Hyderabad
The Indian School of Business is under construction in Hyderabad, the "Silicon Valley" of India. The campus encompasses 660,000 sf and is located on 250 acres. Each classroom will be fully wired, with a computer and video conferencing capability at each desk. The communications network will be set up to ensure instant global connectivity. The school will accommodate a large number of formal and informal break-out space. John Portman & Associates designed the school, which will be the first fully air conditioned school in India.
FDA Breaks Ground for New HQ and Lab at White Oak
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) consolidated headquarters and laboratory campus broke ground recently at White Oak, a base realignment and closure site formerly home to the Naval Laboratory campus. The FDA, currently housed in more than 40 buildings at 18 different locations in the Washington, D.C., region will use 130 acres of the 670-acre campus.
BioReliance Opens Large-Scale Manufacturing Facility
BioReliance opened a new $24 million, $58,000-sf facility in late September 2000 to provide large-scale, viral gene therapy and drug manufacturing services to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. The company will provide bulk manufacturing of the human smallpox vaccine for OraVax, a Cambridge, Mass., biopharmaceutical firm that was recently awarded a $343 million contract for the vaccine by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.