Press Conference to Announce Gensler Architects as Site Master Planning

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Posted: 3:52 PM Nov 2, 2009

Kearney, Neb.

The City of Kearney will be holding a press conference on Tuesday, November 3rd, at 3:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, to announce the selection of Gensler Architects of New York, New York to perform Site Master Planning and Marketing Services for a data center and technology park to be located northeast of Kearney.

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Governor Heineman announced September 9, 2009 that Kearney is one of three preferred sites in Nebraska that will be developed “as potential locations for data centers, high tech industries and companies with significant power needs”. Towards this end, the City of Kearney has received a grant from the Nebraska Department of Economic

Development to assist in planning and marketing efforts. On October 19, 2009 the Kearney City Council confirmed Gensler as their partner, along with NEDED, in this process. The City of Kearney, the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, and the Gensler team will collaborate to establish a site master plan and marketing strategy for the technology park by February 1, 2010. After which the site will be intensely marketed to data centers and technology industries.

Gensler employs more than 2,100 architects, designers, planners and consultants, networked across 32 locations, to develop more than 3,000 projects every year. They have offices in North and Central America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. For the Kearney Technology Park project they have partnered with: HP Critical Facilities, MEP engineers; CMX Engineering, civil engineering services; CB Richard Ellis, real estate consultants; CS Technology, information technology consultants; and SCORR Marketing, marketing and branding team.