University of Utah Plans Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building

SALT LAKE CITY -
The University of Utah will break ground in summer of 2009 on the $130 million James L. Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building in Salt Lake City. The 193,000-sf project is part of the $500 million Utah Science Technology and Research Initiative (USTAR) and will anchor the University’s new Interdisciplinary Quadrangle. Housing advanced imaging and nanotechnology laboratories, the facility will include a 20,000-sf nanofabrication suite. The multidisciplinary building will support biomedical and neuroscience research. The project is funded by $100 million from USTAR and $15 million in private donations. Completion is slated for spring of 2012.