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SW Texas State University Expands
Southwest Texas State University is breaking ground on a new $42 million, 240,000-sf academic facility this week. The university's Art and Design, and Technology and Physics departments will be housed in the extension. Completion is estimated for 2003.
Investigen Relocates to Hercules
Investigen is relocating from tighter quarters at the former Alameda Naval Air Station to the North Shore Business Park in Hercules at the end of 2001. The East Bay biotech firm will occupy 8,000 sf of the planned 27,500-sf space in December. Providing lab and office space, the new facility features a non-academic design with large windows and views of San Francisco Bay. The facility will host biotech research related to Investigen's pathogen detection test, water testing, and detection of genetically modified viruses and organisms.
University of Washington Develops Gates Hall
The University of Washington broke ground on a new $80-million law school building—the William H. Gates Hall—in May 2001. Construction of the 196,000-sf four-story building will begin in September 2001 and is slated for completion in summer of 2003. The facility will include a 10,000-sf reading room with stacks occupying approximately 40,000 sf. The building will also feature a 170-person classroom equipped as a trial court, law clinics, seminar rooms, additional instructional areas, as well as offices for staff, faculty, and graduate students.
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.