Cisco Systems Inc., based in San Jose, Calif., is considering the purchase of an additional 56-acre parcel in Boxborough where the company currently proposes building 1.8 million sf of office and research space at three sites that total 580 acres. The additional 56 acres would provide room for another 240,000-sf office facility for a total of more than two million sf in the area. Total costs are estimated at more than $200 million.
Boston Internet City, a 450,000-sf telecom hotel under construction in Brighton, will be the largest such facility in New England. Carter & Burgess Inc. of Boston, known for its retrofits of older buildings for telecom purposes, is converting a former two-story warehouse above a Macy's store to a three-story facility. The developer is Cabot, Cabot & Forbes of New England Inc.
Cisco Systems will open three new buildings at its campus in Research Triangle Park, N.C. A standard open floorplan, cubicle seating, standard furniture, and high-speed network connections at each desk characterize the new facilities. There are no offices along the perimeter of the buildings; the only hard-walled offices are located in the interior of the structures.
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.
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.
Worldweb.net has chosen OP*X (Oldham + Partners) to design its new 38,000-sf office in Alexandria. OP*X is based in Washington.
Network Appliance Inc. moved into its new 206,000-sf headquarters in summer 1999, with two buildings at the site still under construction. Late April is the scheduled completion date for all three buildings, which will total 360,000 sf.
Now the company is seeking approval for an additional 215,000 sf across the street, where Network would remodel one existing building, demolish a second and build a new one. Network manufactures network file servers.
Akami Technologies Inc. plans to relocate to a new 108,000-sf state-of-the-art headquarters currently under construction at the former 1960's-era Polaroid Corp. office complex, which will house as many as 500 employees.
The Internet technology company envisions their offices designed to resemble the heart of the Internet. Akami has chosen Margulies & Associates of Boston to design and oversee the project.
