Intel nearly ready to move to new building

FORT COLLINS – When Intel announced it would be investing in Fort Collins by setting up its Itanium design team in the former Celestica building on Harmony Road, cheers went up in the business community.

Now, a year and a half later and more than $37 million in upgrades and improvements, the company is closing in on actually moving its employees into a newly redesigned facility.

“We’re still finishing up the building,´ said Intel spokeswoman Judy Cara.

Intel entered the region when it acquired about 250 employees on the Hewlett-Packard Co. Itanium design team in December 2004. The companies had been working to…