This programming and schematic design effort was the first new building Gilead planned for their Foster City campus.

The two-story 60,000-sf building includes biology and chemistry research labs, tissue culture, BL3 Level tissue culture, NMR, and other equipment rooms as well as offices, conference rooms, an employee breakroom, and an auditorium. Solvent storage and waste handling was planned to use a state-of-the-art piped system.

Project Information
Building Owner:		Gilead Sciences
Building Location:		Foster City, California UNITED STATES
Project Type:		New Construction
Project Delivery Method:		General Contractor
Project Timeline		Apr 2006 Construction Start Jun 2007 Completion Last known status: Completed
Project Cost:		$32,400,000
Construction Cost:		$27,000,000
Cost Per Sq. Ft:		$450
		About These Cost Figures
Building Information
Project Includes:		Biocontainment Biology Chemistry Office Pharmacology
Total GSF:		60,000
Project Team
Architect of Record		Perkins+Will
Profile Created 01/05/2007
Last Updated 10/12/2007
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