Industry News

Sybase Inc., based in Emeryville, Calif., is considering the construction of a new corporate campus in Dublin for its 1,200 local employees. Two six-story buildings with a total of 420,000 sf would be built by Wilcox Development Services of Dallas on a 14.5-acre site at the Emerald Glen development. If approval from the city of Dublin is secured, construction could begin by the end of 2000. Estimates put the price tag at $50 to $60 million, excluding land costs.

Aetna U.S. Healthcare, based in Hartford, Conn., is building a $36 million, 180,000-sf regional headquarters in Landover to house 880 employees it will relocate from its Linthicum and Falls Church offices. The Capitol region's customer service functions and medical management will be accommodated in the new facility which is scheduled for completion in summer 2000.

Summit Technologies plans to start construction in August 2000 on a $3 million, 97,000-sf service center complex in North Austin. Coordinator for the three-building project is Development 2000. Summit Technologies produces ophthalmic laser systems.

Intel Corp. hopes to locate a new campus in the city of Austin that may function as their largest US design center. The new site would accommodate up to 2,500 employees. Intel is based in Santa Clara, Calif.

Cisco Systems, inc. is considering a 600,000-sf expansion consisting of office and research space at two sites in Boxborough. Cisco is also planning a 650,000-sf office complex in Littleton, Mass. The combined space at the three sites would approach 1.2 million sf, and would be built over a period of several years.

Cisco, based in San Jose, Calif., manufactures Internet equipment.