Industry News

Wellmont Health System is partnering with HealthSouth Corporation to create a $4.5 million, 20,000-sf rehabilitation hospital in Bristol, Va. An existing building will be renovated to provide a 25-bed inpatient facility with 17 private rooms. Construction will begin in early 2010 with completion slated for summer of 2010.

The University of Manchester will begin construction in May of 2010 on the £30 million School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science. Housing teaching laboratories and research facilities for postgraduates and undergraduates, the project will be built in two phases. The first phase of construction is expected to reach completion in summer of 2011.

Northwest Missouri State University opened its new 46,000-sf science building in Maryville, Mo., in September of 2009. The $24 million Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship houses $3 million in advanced laboratory instrumentation. Comprised of two wings, the mixed-use facility accommodates instructional space as well as industry tenants. Construction began on the project, which will support Northwest's nanoscience degree program, in 2005.

Bradshaw Medical will break ground in September of 2009 on a new 60,000-sf headquarters in Kenosha, Wisc. Completion is expected in June of 2010. Bradshaw Medical is a manufacturer of orthopedic and spinal surgical instruments.

United Therapeutics opened its $80 million pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Research Triangle Park, N.C., in late summer of 2009. The 203,000-sf project was designed by O'Neal and provides solid dosage and sterile filling manufacturing facilities. The LEED-certified facility includes a data center, an auditorium, R&D and QA/QC labs, offices, warehouse space, and a fully integrated formulation pilot plant.