TheState.com: Building Our City http://TheState.com/443/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from TheState.com en-us Copyright 2008 TheState.com Building Our City 60 Sun, 11 May 2008 03:13:12 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's Workbench support@TheState.com Building Our City: USC seeks new partners, new options for Innovista http://www.thestate.com/443/story/401481.html http://www.thestate.com/443/story/401481.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:26 EDT Overly optimistic timeline and downturn in economy have slowed construction<p/>USC is scrambling to re-energize its Innovista research campus after a series of setbacks.<p/>Two taxpayer-funded buildings are under construction, but:<p/><span class="bullet">&#149;&nbsp;</span>Two privately funded research buildings expected to be completed last year are still on the drawing board.<p/><span class="bullet">&#149;&nbsp;</span>Efforts to attract a major high-tech firm fell through in 2006.