MARYLAND
AstraZeneca plans to establish a cell therapy plant in Rockville. The scope of the project includes the fitting out of an 84,000 square meter building with clean room space and the purchase and installation of stainless steel piping, freezers, fume hoods, bioreactor instrumentation, food handling equipment air, sterilization and packaging. The plant is expected to become operational in 2026. AstraZeneca will use the plant to produce T-cell therapies for clinical trials. The estimated cost of the EPC is $300 million. AstraZeneca, 1 Medimmune Way, Gaithersburg, 20878. IR#MD240201.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Leonardo DRS plans to build a defense systems manufacturing and assembly plant at Bushy Park in Goose Creek. The scope of the project includes the construction of a 140,000 square meter building and the purchase and installation of parts storage, machining, assembly and testing equipment and systems. The plant is expected to become operational in 2026. Stantec has been selected to provide civil engineering and architectural design services, and Evans General Contractors has been appointed as the general contractor. Leonardo DRS produces advanced sensing, network computing, force protection and electrical power and propulsion technologies for the defense industry. Leonardo DRS, 2345 Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22202. IR#SC240210.
WASHINGTON
Microsoft Corp. plans to build data centers on a 120-acre site in East Wenatchee. The scope of the EAT06 and EAT09 data center project includes the construction of two interconnected single-story buildings totaling 250,530 square feet, and the purchase and installation of power redundancy, power distribution systems continuous power and power, standby power generators, ground cable tracks and overhead cable trays, data. and voice patch panels, a fiber optic backbone, security systems, high performance cooling systems, power cabling, circuit breakers, isolators, transformers and switchgear. Environmental Systems Design Inc. has been selected to provide engineering services and Sheehan Nagle Hartray Architects, a Woolpert firm, has been selected to provide design services for the buildings. Work is underway on site for EAT06; The building is expected to be completed in early 2026. A construction schedule for EAT09 has not been developed. Microsoft Corp., 1515 Port Industrial Parkway, Quincy, 98848. IR#WA240201.
