Renovation projectson six Indiana University campuses were approved by the IU Board of Trustees at today's meeting of the Facilities and Auxiliaries Committee. The trustees met Thursday and today on the South Bend campus.

Thomas A. Morrison, IU vice president for capital planning and facilities, presented the requests, as well as design approvals for four projects on the Bloomington campus.

The board approved the following renovation projects: renovation of the golf course and Phase III of the Old Crescent renovation in Bloomington; renovation of the Primary Care Center at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; and Multi-Campus Special Repair and Rehabilitation for Deferred Maintenance on the IU East, IU Kokomo, IU Northwest and IU Southeast campuses.

The golf course renovation will reconfigure the existing 18-hole championship and nine-hole par-3 courses into a new 18-hole championship course and driving range; a new clubhouse will also be built. The existing driving range will be developed into the neighboring IU Health Regional Academic Health Campus facilities. The renovation will provide play on new, challenging holes that take advantage of the existing topography while using ecological and sustainable design and maintenance methods.

"The golf course renovation will be handled with the utmost care and concern for the environmental impact and sustainability of the course and surrounding landscape both now and in the future," Morrison said. "We have the opportunity to reinvigorate the course while taking advantage of design and ecological methods that were not available when the course was constructed in the mid-1950s."

The new, upgraded facility will include a distinctive course able to host tournament play and will remain open to the public and IU students, faculty and staff following the renovation.

"We are very appreciative of the Board of Trustees' approval, which will enable the Indiana University community to have a golf course worthy of the Indiana University name," Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass said."I am most proud that the renovation will improve the environmental impact and sustainability of the golf course, enhance its economic viability, and preserve its public accessibility."

Ballantine Hall and Geological Sciences will be renovated as the third phase of the multiphase Old Crescent Plan to modernize the older buildings on the Bloomington campus. Renovations will include new, energy-efficient heating and air conditioning and updates to plumbing, electrical systems, roofs, windows, classrooms and accessibility features.

"The third phase of the Old Crescent renovation will continue our efforts to rejuvenate our older buildings on the Bloomington campus, which are crucial to our academic mission," Morrison said. "Likewise, the multicampus deferred maintenance projects are part of our ongoing goal to provide safe and effective learning and work environments while reducing our deferred maintenance backlog."

Four design approval requests for the Bloomington campus were also presented and approved.

The new Parking Garage/Office Building, north of 11th Street between Forrest Avenue and Walnut Grove, will contain a parking garage with about 650 spaces and an administrative office building totaling about 55,000 gross square feet. The garage will have two entries/exits: one at the lowest level along Walnut Grove and another at level three on the west side of the facility. The administrative area will include three levels of modern, flexible office space to accommodate a variety of users over time. A mix of open and enclosed work areas and conference and collaboration areas will be provided.

An addition to the Fine Arts Studio Building, dedicated to studios and lab spaces, will increase the current structure by about 30,000 gross square feet on two stories with a ground level. About 10,000 square feet of existing unfinished space will be built out as part of the project. Accommodations for an outdoor kiln structure and area will be made as well. The facility, at 13th Street and Woodlawn Avenue, will house many of the fine arts programs currently in the Arts Annex (former Central Stores), Graduate Printmaking and the McCalla School. Other School of Art and Design occupants will include printmaking, ceramics, painting and sculpture.

On the athletics campus, a new indoor arena will be constructed for the volleyball and wrestling programs next to Cook Hall on Fee Lane. The 3,000-seat facility will have permanent grandstands on the east and west sides, with telescoping bleachers on the north and south sides. Concessions and ticketing will be in the grand lobby. The arena will accommodate volleyball/wrestling events as well as special events such as summer basketball camps. Also included in the project will be volleyball and wrestling home-team locker rooms, visitor locker rooms and volleyball offices.

A campus gateway with a limestone sign wall similar to those found elsewhere on the Bloomington campus will be added at the corner of Seventh Street and Indiana Avenue. The gateway will serve both the western edge of campus and Dunn Meadow and will include limestone piers, columns, a landscape bed and ornamental plantings in addition to the sign wall.

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The construction of any buildings that are used by organizations or companies to conduct their office-based business operations is categorized under office buildings. Mixed-use buildings within which more than 50% of the floorspace is dedicated to offices are included in this category. It excludes all the office spaces available within manufacturing plants, educational buildings or any kind of buildings that is not the part of commercial construction.

The Australian office buildings construction market has observed some fluctuations in the review period with a value of US$x.xx billion in 2016 and increased at a rate of x.xx% over 2015. The market recorded a CARC of -x.xx% from 2012 through 2016.

"Office Buildings (Construction) in Australia: Market Analytics by Category & Cost Type to 2021"' provides a top-level overview and detailed insight into the operating environment of the office buildings market in Australia. It is an essential tool for companies active across the Australia construction value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

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Table 1: Timetric- Office Buildings Market Definitions Table 2: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output Value (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 3: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output Value (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 4: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output, by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 5: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output, by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 6: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, New Construction (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 7: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, New Construction (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 8: Australian Office Buildings Output, New Construction by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 9: Australian Office Buildings Output, New Construction by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 10: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Repair & Maintenance (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 11: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Repair & Maintenance (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 12: Australian Office Buildings Output, Repair & Maintenance by Cost Type(US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 13: Australian Office Buildings Output, Repair & Maintenance by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 14: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Refurbishment (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 15: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Refurbishment (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 16: Australian Office Buildings Output, Refurbishment by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 17: Australian Office Buildings Output, Refurbishment by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Table 18: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Demolition (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 19: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Demolition (US$ Billion),2017 - 2021 Table 20: Australian Office Buildings Output, Demolition by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Table 21: Australian Office Buildings Output, Demolition by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021

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Figure 1: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output Value (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 2: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output Value (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 3: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output, by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 4: Australian Overall Office Buildings Output, by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 5: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, New Construction (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 6: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, New Construction (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 7: Australian Office Buildings Output, New Construction by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 8: Australian Office Buildings Output, New Construction by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 9: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Repair & Maintenance (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 10: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Repair & Maintenance (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 11: Australian Office Buildings Output, Repair & Maintenance by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 12: Australian Office Buildings Output, Repair & Maintenance by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 13: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Refurbishment (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 14: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Refurbishment (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 15: Australian Office Buildings Output, Refurbishment by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 16: Australian Office Buildings Output, Refurbishment by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 17: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Demolition (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 18: Australian Office Buildings Output Value, Demolition (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021 Figure 19: Australian Office Buildings Output, Demolition by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2012 - 2016 Figure 20: Australian Office Buildings Output, Demolition by Cost Type (US$ Billion), 2017 - 2021

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Development is underway for a 56,000-square-foot, two-story ambulatory care medical office building on the San Antonio Regional Hospital campus in Upland, Calif., that will include a City of Hope community cancer center. PMB is providing program management, development and design management services for the project on behalf of San Antonio Regional Hospital.

The new building is part of a larger, campus-wide project that involves construction of a new four-story patient tower, which opened in January 2017. The new Vineyard Tower has 92 private rooms, including a 12-bed critical care unit, as well as a new, 8,000-square-foot emergency department with 52 beds and three major treatment rooms.

The new medical office building will be situated on a three-acre site located across from the hospitals main entrance. It will replace an existing, functionally obsolete medical office building which is predominately comprised of hospital administrative services. The building will be demolished and the staff will be relocated to other campus buildings.

City of Hope will lease approximately 25,000 square feet for a community cancer center. Services will include radiation therapy, infusion services, hematology and medical oncology, general surgical oncology, related surgical subspecialties and clinical trials. The new building will also house San Antonio Regional Hospitals Womens Breast and Imaging Center, a community resource center and medical offices.

The design of the new medical office building will complement the hospitals new Vineyard Tower and the local surroundings with the use of a glass curtain wall, metal wall panels and native landscaping. Sustainable design and building practices will be implemented throughout. The building will feature custom-designed medical office suites and parking located next to the building.

Construction is scheduled to begin the second quarter of 2017, and the building is projected to open in Fall 2018.

In addition to PMB serving as program manager, HMC Architects is providing architectural services. Millie and Severson will serve as the projects general contractor.

Earlier this year, BMHMC completed a $60 million capital campaign for the 2017 opening of the 60,000-square-foot Knapp Cardiac Care Center.

The grand opening event also served as a tribute to the legacy of Dr. Lucien Coutu, father of the esteemed pharmacist Jean Coutu and one of Sainte-Justine's first pediatricians.

An open, competitive request for qualifications process, overseen by IO and Sinai Health System, began in August 2015.

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The WELL standard, created by the International Well Building Institute, focuses on building features that impact the health and wellbeing of its occupants. According to the IWBI, the elements of the office environment that are most important are the ones that affect air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort and mind.

Mallory Taub, sustainability consultant at Arup in Boston, told Construction Dive earlier this month that the company is pursuing WELL certification for its Boston office. She said the growing attention to air and water quality, healthy food choices and general comfort plays a role in increased employee productivity.

Because the WELL standard is relatively new, compared to industry giants like the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification, there are many WELL "firsts" popping up in various parts of North America. In March, construction services company Structure Tone earned the first WELL office certification in New York City.

The company's Gensler-designed, 82,000-square-foot office was certified WELL Silver through the implementation of features like efficient mechanical systems, point-of-source water filters, healthy food availability, circadian lighting, fitness club membership discounts and sit-stand desks for all employees.

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PORTLAND, Ore. A Portland resident took a stand against the construction of a building that he believes is disrespectful to the heart of the Pearl District.

Construction has already been approved to allow a 6-story, 100-foot office building with a penthouse at the corner NW 13th Avenue and Glisan Street.

John Hollister lives in the Northwest 13th Avenue Historic District in Portlands Pearl District. The section was designated on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987, and includes 20 buildings dating between 1900 to 1945 that have been restored and preserved.

The new building was approved for construction in a spot currently used as a parking lot.

Hollister spent $5,000 to appeal the final approval of the building to Portlands City Council. That appeal was denied Wednesday afternoon.

Hollister believes the new building doesn't meet the historic district guidelines for height and visual compatibility.

Its just too tall and its going to create some real economic pressure and development pressure on some of the smaller buildings," said Hollister. "I just don't want to see it change. With all of the building going on around it, I'd like to have one area that stays the same."

Hollister is worried if its built, similar buildings will spring up in the future, eventually hiding the historic brick buildings in canyons of steel and glass. Hes also concerned that there may be less concern in the future for preservation due to costs of upgrading and retrofitting those existing structures.

The argument for the height of this new structure is based on information recorded in the Citys database. Hollister researched the building heights in the area and discovered city records had incorrect height information for at least two existing buildings.

Hollister has done other research and gotten the support of an architect who will testify at City Council along with him.

"He says anyone who is dedicated and committed to tall buildings has to be equally committed to protect the villages within those tall buildings. And thats what Im trying to do here, said Hollister.

While he doesnt expect a unanimous vote, he is hopefully his argument will win most of the councilors over.

Im totally fine when I go to City Council to have a three, two vote in my favor, he said.

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Napas plan to build a new City Hall on existing property and relocate staff to temporary space during construction comes as available office space downtown is at a premium.

The City Council on May 30 picked a proposal from Los Angeles-based Plenary Group for a 4-story civic center, 250-room hotel, 60-plus residential units, 11,000-square-foot grocery store and a 6-story expansion to the Clay Street parking garage. Details will be hashed out in months to come, but the proposed timeline calls for construction to start next year and wrap by early 2020.

In the meantime, workers from the current City Hall and surrounding office buildings would shift to temporary quarters, called swing space, until the new facility would be ready to occupy. How much space will be needed is still being worked out, according to city officials. Local real estate experts estimate it could be tens of thousands of square feet of office space.

But as it is, the office vacancy rate in Napa city limits is estimated to be under 5 percent, less than half whats considered to be a balanced market of landlord supply for tenant demand.

Theres scarcity of inventory in all segments in commercial (real estate) right now, said Michael Moffett of Coldwell Banker Commercial Brokers of the Valley. Its slim pickins and very much a landlord market.

And such lack of options, called tightness in a market, is reflected in rising rents property owners are asking for, Moffett said. The longtime rate for nicer space of $2.50 a square foot per month for full-service accommodations is now in the $2.70$3 range.

The interim space they are going to need will be tough to find, because of the tightness of the market, Moffett said. And it will be hard to be considered by landlords for a two- or three-year lease, knowing they will be gone. They may have to move people into county business parks to get that done.

There is roughly twice the office-space availability in the business parks around Napa County Airport south of the city. The first-quarter vacancy rate was estimated to be 8.8 percent of 2.79 million square feet by Keegan & Coppin Co. Inc./Oncor International and 9.7 percent of 1.67 million square feet by Colliers International.

Reasons for the tightness of the Napa office market includes a lack of new construction since the economic recession nearly a decade ago and a rush of local-government workers into temporary space after the August 2014 Napa quake damaged buildings.

The Plenary proposal noted five possible in-town swing-space locations for city workers:

First American Building, 1700 Second St., with 45,000 square feet available next year.

Napa County Assessor Building, 1127 First St., 26,000 square feet next year.

Young Building, 801 Coombs St., 17,000-20,000 square feet this year and next.

The Wiseman Companys new 1300 Main Street project, mid-2018.

Napa Countys former Health & Human Services Department campus, 2344 Old Sonoma Road, this year.

Plenary estimated space available at those locations to be roughly 150,000 square feet between them, some of those locations already are largely spoken for. For example, the First American Building actually has only 1,000 square feet available, according to owner Eric Lehman, whose Lehman & Lehman accounting firm also is in the building.

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I talked to them in the past about the citys acquiring it under eminent domain, Lehman said, noting that conversation was roughly five years ago.

Jim Keller, an agent with Coldwell Banker Brokers of the Valley, owns the Young Building as part of a roughly 50,000-square-foot commercial-property portfolio in Napa, about half of which is office space and much of it occupied. He helped the county with 8,200 square feet of swing space in the building after the quake, and those workers are set to leave in September. All together, the Young Building will have about 10,000 square feet available this year, though 2,500 square feet of that is ground-floor space better-suited to retailers, Keller said.

Not only are we low on vacancy, but I think there is a waiting list for office space, in particular, for small users looking for single- or double-occupancy spaces, Keller said. But three new buildings in the downtown area are set to bring at least 53,000 square feet of offices next year. But the space has been rapidly leasing to wine industry and financial-services companies.

At 1300 Main St., Solano County-based The Wiseman Co. is under construction on a 3-story building, the Solano County-based companys third office building in Napa since First & Main in 2001 and Main Street West in 2008. Certificates of occupancy are expected to be ready for the two 7,000-square-foot floors of offices, with the 6,000-square-foot ground floor completion expected by year-end, according to Chris Economou, director of acquisitions and Brian Wills, chief operating officer.

I cannot respond to people fast enough about the office building and ground floor, Economou said. Prospects are said to include longtime Napa Valley companies and large companies with valley holdings.

Part of the 325,000-square-foot First Street Napa mixed-use project are two office buildings: 1300 First St., with 28,630 rentable square feet, and the renovated Gordon Building at 1136 First, with 9,849 rentable starting next spring, according to a spokeswoman for the redevelopment team of Zapolski Real Estate and Trademark Property Company.

In addition to the Archer Hotel Napa, retail and office tenants signed so far include, a Maris Collective boutique, Lush, Compline Wine Bar, Silicon Valley Bank, Pacific Union International, Napa Valley Jewelers, Eikos Sushi, Charlie Palmer Steak, Brown Estate and, new last week, John Anthony Vineyards, maker of JaM Cellars and FARM Napa Valley wines.

Shops and restaurants are set to start opening in the project this fall.

Jeff Quackenbush (jquackenbush@busjrnl.com, 707-521-4256) covers the wine business and commercial construction and real estate.

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Plans for a new four-story office building downtown at the intersection of North and Sixth streets have been shelved for now, after bids for the projectwhich was to have been a joint venture of the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors and Louisiana Associated General Contractorscame in significantly over budget.

The two entities decided to team up on the project last year and began clearing land for the 28,000-square-foot building in December.

As originally envisioned, LAGC would donate the landa vacant parcel adjacent to the organizations existing downtown headquarters buildingand LSLBC was to develop the building, which the two organizations would share.

But the three bids submitted earlier this year in an invitation-only bid process came in nearly 50% higher than the $6.5 million originally budgeted for the project, according to LAGC CEO Ken Naquin.

Consequently, LSLBC is considering whether to rebid a scaled-down version of the project, or hang on to the property for the time being.

Right now were looking at whether to be rebid it or to hold it as an asset for a short period of time or look for other opportunities with it, LSLBC Executive Director Michael McDuff says.

As a result, the terms of the deal have changed. LAGC is no longer a part of the project and has sold the parcel to LSLBC for $2.25 million. It plans to renovate the existing, brick building that has served as its headquarters for years.

The easiest thing was just to cut off the fourth floor, Naquin says. So were out of it, and were going to renovate the building were in.

LSLBC has cost engineered a smaller, three-story building but hasnt decided yet whether to rebid it. The LSLBC board meets Thursday and will discuss how to proceed. McDuff could not say for sure whether the board will make a final decision then.

In the meantime, the vacant lot adjacent to LAGCs brick headquarters building is a partially cleared construction site. Naquin says the LSLBC plans to put up a construction fence to hide the debris and weeds from view.

We used to call DPW about the weeds, he says. Now, we call the licensing board.

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3 Bethesda Metro Center has received WiredScore's Wired Certification for its top-notch infrastructure, connectivity and technological capacity.(Courtesy Brookfield Properties)

WASHINGTON A Bethesda office building has become the 100th building in the D.C. region to receive WiredScores Wired Certification, a designation given to buildings with the highest standards for the infrastructure, connectivity and technological capacity of commercial buildings.

Brookfield Properties 16-story 3 Bethesda Metro Center, built in 1985 directly above the Bethesda Metro station, was given Wired Certified Platinum, the highest rating for the international connectivity standard for commercial buildings.

WiredScore launched Wired Certification in 2013 in partnership with the City of New York. It is equivalent to LEED certification for green building construction.

D.C. is the second-largest market for Wired Certification in the United States, with 30 million square feet of Wired Certified office space.

WiredScore rates buildings through a rigorous certification process, which includes building audits by teams of technicians that evaluate the number of available internet service providers, infrastructure redundancy, connection access points and a propertys readiness to improve connectivity.

Whether a building was built in this century or the last, its current and future technological capabilities must be of the utmost importance to landlords, said Arie Barendrecht, founder and CEO of WiredScore.

Real estate professionals must provide tenants with this imperative aspect of modern building design, and look to Brookfield and other industry leaders, that exemplify the creation of connectivity infrastructure as a mainstay of the tenant experience.

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