The 300-acre Cornell Business and
Technology Park is a hub of construction, with two new buildings
nearing completion.
Within the next two months, the two buildings --which total
80,000 square feet -- will be completed, and their new tenants
will have moved in, said John Majeroni, director of real estate
for Cornell University and the business park.
Two divisions of multi-national software companies will move
into a 40,000-square-foot building at 10 Brown Road, Majeroni
said.
Half of the building will be occupied by Pathlight
Technologies' successor, Advanced Digital Information
Corporation, a leading provider of storage area network (SAN)
solutions. Autodesk Inc., a design- and digital-content-creation
software company, will occupy the other half of the two-story
building.
Bob Arco, management information systems manager for ADIC's
Ithaca office, said the company's 8,000-square-foot office at 9
Brown Road is "bursting at the seams."
"We knew we wanted to update and expand the facility,
and consolidate our two offices in the county," Arco said,
noting that ADIC's administration office is located in Cayuga
Heights' Village Green. "We wanted to stay in the business
park because we like the area and environment."
Majeroni said he's not certain if a business is lined up to
take ADIC's office space.
Kionix Inc., the maker of microscopic mechanical devices,
will move into the second two-story building at 36 Thornwood
Drive. California-based Calient Networks purchased Kionix in
September and has taken over the company's office at 22
Thornwood Drive under the name Calient Optical Components Inc.
Majeroni said the Kionix portion of the business will move
into the new 39,470-square-foot building, which will house three
sections --offices, a machinery room and a "clean
room" laboratory.
More than 230 people will be employed by the three companies
in the new buildings. Approximately 1,600 people work in the
park's 24 other buildings.
Integrated Acquisition and Development Corp. of Ithaca,
developer for both projects, hired Syracuse-based Hayner Hoyt
Corporation to build both buildings.
"Many companies in the park are headquartered elsewhere
in the U.S. and the world," said Tom Colbert, a managing
partner of Integrated Acquisition and Development. "We're
really lucky to have them in Tompkins County."
Majeroni said that even with the park's recent additions,
"it's really only half full."
He already is working on plans for another building because
two park tenants plan to expand.
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