MEDIA ADVISORY

December 12, 2003

Media representatives are invited to cover the groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of the first building in Phase 3 of Innovation Park at Penn State.

Speakers will include: Dr. Eva J. Pell, president of the Research Park Management Corp., vice president for research and dean of the graduate school; Dr. Robert Capretto of Innovation Capital Partners and Jack Norris of CB Richard Ellis. Karen Dickinson, Innovation park director, will serve as master of ceremonies.

Innovation Capital Partners, a real estate development partnership, is developing Phase 3, which includes the remaining 75 acres in the western part of the 118 acre Innovation park site. The development team includes CB Richard Ellis, a global real estate services firm, and L. Robert Kimball and Associates, a full-service architectural and engineering design firm.

EVENT: Groundbreaking, Phase 3, Innovation Park at Penn State

DATE, TIME: Monday, Dec. 15, 2003, 10:30 a.m.

LOCATION: The gateway to Phase 3 on the western end of Innovation Park

PHOTOS: A photo of a rendering of the building for which ground is being broken, 328 Innovation Boulevard, is available in electronic format. Call Barbara Hale

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Barbara Hale, (814) 865-9481, bah@psu.edu
Vicki Fong, (814) 865-9481, vfong@psu.edu