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St. Mary's Plans New Business School
St. Mary's College of California has begun fund-raising for a new $17 million School of Economics and Business Administration building. The three-story, 36,500-sf structure will accommodate lecture halls, classrooms, offices, conference rooms, and other gathering areas. Construction is slated to begin by summer 2002, with completion in fall 2003. Architect for the building is Ratcliff Architects of Emeryville, Calif.
UNC Research Building Under Construction
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has a new $30 million, 108,380-sf biomedical research facility under construction. The Neuroscience Research Building will accommodate the School of Medicine's Neurosciences Center and the Animal Model Center. The new structure, which replaces the old Biological Sciences Research Center, is scheduled to open in October 2000. HDR Inc., of Alexandria, Va., is the architect for the project. The general contractor is Metric Construction/J.A. Jones.
BASF Expansion and Renovation
BASF Bioresearch Corp. (BBC) has begun a $37 million construction project at its facility near the Worcester Biotechnology Park. The existing 365,000-sf structure will undergo the addition of 6,600 sf of warehouse space and the conversion of 36,800 sf to office and space to manufacture the pharmaceutical company's arthritis drug. Completion of the project is scheduled for June 2001. BBC is the biotech unit of BASF Pharma, which is a subsidiary of BASF AG.
FDA Plans Consolidation
US Food and Drug Administration's Phase II consolidation includes a new headquarters at the 700-acre site of the former Naval Surface Warfare Center in Montgomery County, Md. Pending approval of an advance $101,239,000 appropriation in the fiscal 2001 budget, construction would begin in fall 2000 on the new 111,250-sf Center for Drug Evaluation and Research Laboratories. The design for a new lab and office for the Center for Devices and Radiological Health would be included in the appropriation as well.
Wyeth-Lederle Expands in North Carolina
Wyeth-Lederle Vaccines and Pediatrics plans to produce two new vaccines at its plant in Sanford. Part of the existing 160,000-sf facility will be renovated and a 46,400-sf addition will be built. Wyeth-Lederle has awarded a contract for renovation of three of the labs to InServ's Construction Services Group. The total project cost is $48 million, most of which will purchase new equipment needed for the vaccine products. Wyeth-Lederle is a division of American Home Products Corp.