TEMPLE (Temple Daily Telegram) – McLane Advanced Technologies has announced plans to develop a 62,000-sf office building that would increase its Temple presence to 94,000 sf and potentially create over 200 local jobs by the end of 2012.

It would also be the first commercial building in Temple constructed to the standards of the Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED).

The three-story structure will be the fourth building on the McLane Group’s 160-acre campus and connect via covered walkway to the company’s current 32,000-sf home in the Central Point Business Park.

Construction is scheduled to begin in a couple of months, and by fall 2010 employees should begin moving into their new work spaces.

The new building will hold 300 workers and include an underground, storm-protected data center and a software test lab. The $8 million project will be assisted with a $1 million grant from the Texas Enterprise Fund, a state program aimed to help strengthen the state’s economy.