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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has initiated the second phase of construction on its 331,000-sf Genetic Medicine Building (GMB). The $120-million multidisciplinary research facility, comprised of seven stories plus a mechanical penthouse, has a deep footprint of approximately 40,000 sf of contiguous space. The GMB is designed around a central atrium that brings light into the entire building, even into the enclosed labs and offices through punched-out windows and open doors. Balconies with wired seating areas and conference rooms face the atrium. 

When completed in December of 2007, the GMB will include five floors of lab space occupied by the School of Medicine's departments of genetics, biochemistry and biophysics, and pharmacology; and the School of Pharmacy. Two additional floors will house research space with 40,000 animal cages, primarily for mice. The project team includes architectural firm Lord, Aeck & Sargent of Atlanta and Chapel Hill; Newcomb & Boyd of Atlanta as MEP/FP Engineer; KSi Structural Engineers of Atlanta; civil engineering firm Stewart Engineering of Morrisville; and Hunt Construction of Indianapolis as general contractor for phase two.