Industry News

Globalfoundries, a subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices, will break ground in summer of 2009 on a $4.5 billion chip manufacturing plant in Malta, N.Y. The 1.3 million-sf Fab4X will be located on 223 acres in the Luther Forest Technology Park and is expected to begin production in 2012. The project will include 300,000-sf of cleanroom facilities and will employ over 1,400 people.

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is partnering with Banner Health to build a cancer hospital and outpatient treatment center in Gilbert, Ariz. The $90 million M.D. Anderson Banner Cancer Center will provide comprehensive cancer services including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and clinical care. Designed to support Banner’s clinical trials research, the center will include 76 inpatient beds and a 120,000-sf outpatient center. Occupancy is expected in late 2011.

Siemens Energy will begin construction in August of 2009 on a 300,000-sf nacelle production facility in Hutchinson, Kansas. The wind turbine manufacturing facility will be accompanied by an 80,000-sf service and repair building. The project is sited on over 100 acres and will house 400 employees. Production will begin in late 2010.

The University of Missouri officially opened the $9 million Life Science Business Incubator in Columbia in early May of 2009. The 33,000-sf project will provide laboratory space for up to 14 companies engaged in biomedical, energy, and technology research and development.

Florida A&M University opened the $1.2 million Animal Healthcare Complex in Quincy on May 5, 2009. Located at the FAMU Research and Development Center, the teaching and research facility features an animal medicine clinic, a wet lab, a surgical suite with videoconferencing, and a computer lab. The center houses advanced veterinary diagnostic technologies and was designed by Johnson and Peterson of Tallahassee. The complex houses ruminant, cattle, swine, and equine species. Construction began on the facility in May of 2008.