Irving Cancer Research Center

In 1985, Columbia University commissioned a master plan for the new Audubon Research and Technology Park adjacent to the Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. The goal of the master plan was to promote science, provide new modes of health care, stimulate business, create jobs, and help improve neighborhood life.

The plan was in response to Columbia’s desire to create a special district for laboratories on a triangular site next to the medical center. What complicated the proposed plan was the presence of the historic Audubon Ballroom, site of the slaying of Malcolm X, on one part of the site and the desire of the community to be included in a project which would significantly change the neighborhood. The solution allowed the medical center to build to the maximum height by including facilities and jobs for the community and providing for the restoration of the ballroom.

The Irving Cancer Research Center completes the elevation on the east side of St. Nicholas Avenue and Broadway, opposite the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center campus, creating a unified research park.

Project Information

Building Owner:

Columbia University

Building Location:

New York City, New York UNITED STATES

Project Type:

New Construction

Principal Building Function:

Medical research facility

Project Timeline

May 2005	Completion
Last known status: Completed

Construction Cost:

$65,000,000

Cost Per Sq. Ft:

$213

About These Cost Figures

Building Information

Project Includes:

Education
Education: Biology
Education: Chemistry
Healthcare: Cancer Center
Healthcare: Hospital
Laboratory
Laboratory: Research
Parking Structure
Research
Retail
Vivarium

Total GSF:

320,000

Project Team

Architect

Davis Brody Bond Aedas

Construction Management

TDX Construction Corporation

Engineer - MEP

Jaros, Baum & Bolles

Engineer - Structural

Rosenwasser Grossman Consulting Engineers

Profile Created 10/01/2005

Last Updated 11/06/2006

About the Reported Cost Figures

The cost figures reported are supplied by the firms that submitted these projects for publication, which in most cases are the designers or builders. Whereas these sources are intimately familiar with their projects, they may not be fully aware of the owners' finally-realized and recorded costs. In some cases, costs are truly and completely accounted for, and in others they represent a near approximation of the final costs. Costs have not been adjusted for year of construction, nor has any attempt been made to make regional cost adjustments.

Further, costs are not comparable on any kind of detailed standard costing model. Hence, it is possible for the cost of one building to include a steam boiler, while the cost of a comparable building might not include the boiler, if steam is being supplied from an already existing campus grid. Or, in another case, a building might include excess boiler capacity to supply steam to another building. Some submittals include fees or unusual site improvements as part of the construction costs, which others do not.

Fig. 1

Exterior

Fig. 2

Floor Plan

Fig. 3

Lobby

Fig. 4

Lab Interior