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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has plans for a $500-million biomedical R&D complex at Janelia Farm in Ashburn. Bioinformatics, biomedical imaging, and gene protein research will be conducted at the facility, which will accommodate more than 300 scientists and support staff. Dormitories will provide accommodations for visiting researchers. Construction at the 281-acre site is scheduled to begin in 2003; completion is scheduled for late 2005.

Xanthon Inc. has proposed building a new 80,000-sf facility in the Research Triangle Park area. The company currently occupies approximately 24,000 sf in three buildings in the Park Research Center there. The structure will house a state-of-the-art-lab for R&D, Class 100 and 10,000 cleanroom manufacturing suites, engineering labs, and administrative office space.

Wittenberg University has selected Holabird & Root of Chicago to design the Barbara Deer Kuss Science Center and renovate the existing building. The first phase of a two phase project includes a 47,000-sf expansion of the original 96,000-sf facility to primarily house classroom, laboratory, and office space with state-of-the-art mechanical and electrical systems. The facility will house the disciplines of Biology, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Chemistry, Environmental Studies, Geology, Health Professions, Marine and Molecular Biology, Mathematics, and Physics.

Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport is building a new $4.4-million Airport Technical Support Campus facility. The 55,000-sf office will house 250 employees and will accommodate personnel (project management teams, contractors, subcontractors) involved in construction projects for the airport such as the planned fifth runway. The single story structure can be expanded to 94,000-sf. Completion is anticipated in July 2001.

Sun Microsystems intends to purchase 11.8 acres in Dublin, Calif., for development of a new campus. The proposal submitted to Alameda county includes a bid of $43 million for the county's remaining surplus land, providing up to 750,000 sf of office space for as many as 3,000 employees.