Virginia Tech is planning to construct a $90 million research center in the Ballston area of Arlington. Strategically located near the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the seven-story, 144,000-sf facility is slated for occupancy in late 2010. The center will house 250 faculty, staff, and graduate students engaged in bioinformatics, public health, and medical informatics research, as well as the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute and the Institute of Critical Technology and Applied Science. Housing computational laboratories, offices, conference rooms, workshops, and training rooms, the facility will accommodate research on information technologies and network systems to support national security needs. The project team includes architect Cooper Carry, developer JBG Companies, and interior designer Gensler. LEED Silver certification for sustainable design will be sought for the project.
