The General Services Administration has awarded Highwoods Properties of Raleigh, N.C., the $26.6-million contract to develop a 112,000-sf office for the FBI in Tampa, Fla. The cost of the project includes a seven-acre land purchase. Construction is slated to begin in mid-2004.
NASA is seeking a developer for the planned 225,000-sf Conference and Education Center at the 213-acre NASA/Ames Research park located in Moffett Field, Calif. The $35-million project will feature 35,000 sf of meeting space, providing the sixth-largest conference facility in Silicon Valley.
The General Services Administration is planning the 710,000-sf renovation of its Washington, D.C., headquarters. Designed and engineered by Shalom Baranes, Studios and Syska Hennessy Group, the project is estimated to cost between $110 million and $130 million. The design process will reach completion by February 2005 with occupancy expected in the first quarter of 2009.
The Department of Health and Human Services has leased 30,000-sf of office space in the 10-story, 276,000-sf Tower Building in Rockville, Md.
The city of Lafayette, Calif., is planning to construct the Glenn Seaborg Learning Consortium at the new Lafayette Library and Learning Center. Created by twelve Bay Area educational and cultural institutions, the project is comprised of a 25,000-sf library and an attached 1,700-sf community room. Slated to open in 2006, the project is the first of its kind in the nation in size and scope. The collaborating groups are the Lawrence Hall of Science, Chabot Space & Science Center, Oakland Museum of California, Commonwealth Club of California, John Muir/Mt.
North Carolina State University may add as much as 240,000-sf of office space to its Centennial Campus in Raleigh. Plans describe the development of several additional office buildings on 5.7 acres of the 1,334-acre site. The Centennial Campus will foster collaboration by allowing faculty and graduate students to work side-by-side with corporate researchers. Four buildings are currently under construction on the campus.
The Food and Drug Administration and the General Services Administration celebrated the opening of the Federal Research Center in Silver Spring, Md., on December 11, 2003. As the first building in the FDA’s new complex, the facility marks the completion of the first phase of the campus consolidation project which will create several interconnected facilities totalling up to 2.2 million sf. Replacing leased space in suburban Maryland, the $674 million campus build-out is located on the site of the former Naval Surface Warfare Center.
The General Services Administration will complete the ten-year, $150 million modernization of the 1 million-sf Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in June of 2004. The one-block project, located in Washington’s historic Federal Triangle, is nearly halfway through its third and final phase. The project contractor is Gilbane Building, with the joint venture of Heery and Tishman as independent construction manager. Designed by Burt Hill Kosar Rittelman, the renovation is faithful to the historic building’s original design while providing a world-class work environment.
The U.S. Treasury Department will occupy 82,000-sf in Emeryville, Calif., vacating a space in San Francisco that the agency has occupied for over forty years. The facility is located in the 127,000-sf Atrium development which accommodates office and R&D space.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is engaged in a five-year, $40 million renovation of its laboratory space at the John Wesley Powell Building in Reston. The sixth phase of an eight phase project, the renovation will create state-of-the-art labs enabling the USGS to provide reliable biological science information. Designed by Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann, the general contractor for the project is Grunley Construction, with Bovis Lend Lease as construction manager.
The General Services Administration is engaged in a $122-million expansion of the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington, D.C. The 248,000-gsf annex will add nine courtrooms and 19 judges’ chambers connected by an atrium to the original building. Construction began in April 2002 and is expected to reach completion in November 2005. The project architect is Michael Graves/Smith Hinchman & Grylls Joint Venture, with Centex Construction as general contractor.
Fairfax, Va.-based federal contractor Anteon International is relocating its 400-employee systems engineering group from Crystal City to 50,000-sf in the new Federal Gateway Building in Washington, D.C. Anteon will occupy four of the building’s six floors.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is constructing the $62.5 million Global Communications Center in Atlanta. The 200,000-sf building broke ground in December 2002 and is slated for completion in early 2005. The facility will accommodate technology-equipped classrooms, a learning resource center, a public health library, broadcasting production studios, auditoriums, and a public health museum. Designed by Thompson Ventulett Stainback & Associates, the building incorporates security measures while remaining accessible to the public.
The U.S. Secret Service has selected Johnson & Jennings General Contracting to build out 11,000 sf of office space in San Diego’s 550 Corporate Center. The project architect was Benito Design Group.
The General Services Administration has leased 97,785-sf for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in DeKalb County, Ga. The CDC will house its epidemiology program and two Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry divisions in the Century Center facility.
