Technology
Perceptive Software Inc. and FMH CoreSource Announce Plans to Relocate
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor Perceptive Software Inc., a Lexmark company, has announced plans to relocate from its headquarters at Shawnee Mission Parkway and Kansas Highway 7 to Lenexa City Center. The company, which indicated that it has outgrown its current location, submitted its proposal to Lenexa officials, The Kansas City Business Journal reports. According […]
Digital Realty Expands into Chicago Suburbs with 575 KSF Campus
Digital Realty Trust, living up to its promise to create demand in the Midwest market, has acquired a 575,000-square-foot redevelopment project in a Chicago suburb to transform the property into a data center.
Building 661 at Navy Yard to Become EEB Hub Headquarters
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor The long-vacant Building 661 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard will become the new headquarters of the U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub for Energy-Efficient Buildings (EEB Hub), a federally funded organization launched in January 2011 by Pennsylvania State University and formerly known as the Greater Philadelphia Innovation Cluster for Energy-Efficient […]
Nalco Announces $18.7M Expansion in St. John
By Eliza Theiss, Associate Editor Nalco Inc., a company specializing in water, hygiene and energy technologies and services, has announced an $18.7 million expansion at its Garyville facility in St. John the Baptist Parish. According to a company press release, the company will add a 300,000-square-foot dry polymer production facility to its existing complex. It […]
Construction of $1B Green Palomar Medical Center Completed
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor The new 740,000-square-foot Palomar Medical Center has passed state inspection and is scheduled to open Aug. 19. Located on a 56-acre site in the Escondido Research and Technology Center close to State Route 78 and Interstate 15, the hospital building was designed by Los Angeles-based CO Architects. The design of […]
FTC Approves CoStar’s Acquisition of LoopNet—with Conditions
Last week’s announcement that the Federal Trade Commission had approved CoStar Group’s acquisition of LoopNet Inc. brings to fruition—almost a year to the day later—a much-noted transaction that also contains the seeds of further change not far down the road.
Economic Development Coup as Aurora Lands New Distribution Center
By Gabriel Circiog, Associate Editor Following a new 10-year agreement, Aurora has managed to land a new $45 million distribution center for United Natural Foods, which will ensure the addition of 75 new jobs and the retaining of 475 existing … Continue reading →
Seaport Square Adds $5 M Innovation Center
By Veronica Grecu, Associate Editor A $5 million plan for a new “Innovation Center” at the South Boston Waterfront that would provide low-cost meeting space for start-up businesses and support the high-tech industry was revealed last week by Mayor Thomas Menino. Designed by architecture firm Hacin + Associates Inc, the one-story structure will include 9,000 […]
Getting Smarter: The Evolution of Smart Buildings, Part 1
The concept of the smart building has been around for more than a decade, but it’s still a little nebulous. We delve into two of the concepts — open-source technologies and submetering — to find out what they mean for building investors, owners and operators. By Dees Stribling.
DivcoWest Makes $71M Office Buy in Cambridge
DivcoWest has spent $79 million on The Davenport, a 220,000-square-foot Class A office property in Cambridge, Mass. The firm picked up the property from a client of AEW Capital Management.