Tradeline, Inc. filters and categorizes new-construction and industry news from regional and professional journals across the country. Here you will find new projects, products, and regulatory updates.
Industry News
Radiant Photonics Opens Austin Headquarters
Radiant Photonics (formerly Radiant Research) has opened its new 35,000-sf headquarters in Northeast Austin. The fiber optics components manufacturer's new site includes facilities for pilot manufacturing and a cleanroom.
Verisign Considers Dulles Station Office Space
Verisign is considering 600,00-sf of new office space in the 1.5 million-sf Dulles Station project in Herndon. The California-based Internet service company will be consolidating its four Herndon offices and 1,000 employees in the new space. Verisign may obtain between 500,000-sf and 700,000-sf of the Dulles Station complex developed by Crimson Partners. Groundbreaking on the first 176,000-sf building is scheduled for April, with construction completed in one year.
Qiagen Sciences Completes New Facility
Qiagen Sciences is completing a 190,000-sf facility in Germantown, where the company is licensed to manufacture products resulting from the collaboration of Seattle-based Qiagen Genomics and The Institute for Genomic Research in Rockville, Md., on tuberculosis strains. Qiagen Genomics' parent company is Germany-based Qiagen.
WFU Baptist Medical Plans New Cancer Center
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center has plans for a comprehensive new cancer center. The $75 million, 257,350-sf outpatient facility will consolidate all existing oncology services. If approved, construction will soon begin on the planned four-story building, with completion estimated for summer of 2003.
Cornell University Plans Athletic Facilities
Cornell University of Ithaca, New York, has selected Boston-based Cannon Design to plan two new facilities--a 900-seat wrestling center and the Cornell Boathouse. Replacing an existing facility, the boathouse will accommodate both male and female crew teams.