Industry News

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences broke ground on the $38.7 million Forensic Sciences and Biomedical Research Facility in Tulsa in February of 2009. Created in partnership with the City of Tulsa, the five-story, 160,000-sf building will house laboratories for biomedical research and forensic analysis. Occupancy is slated for fall of 2010.

Nemours Children’s Hospital broke ground on its $400 million facility in the Lake Nona area of Orlando in February of 2009. The 62,000-sf, 95-bed pediatric hospital will include an emergency department, ambulatory care, and research facilities. Occupancy is expected in 2012.

St. Mary’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center is constructing a 434,000-sf patient tower in Grand Junction, Colo. Housing surgical suites and inpatient care, the addition is slated for completion in late 2010. The patient tower is part of the $276 million Century Project which also includes 75,660-sf of renovation to the existing hospital.

The University of California, Davis is planning to construct the Research and Teaching Winery and August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory in Davis, Calif. Part of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, the 34,000-sf facility is slated for completion in 2010. The Brewing and Food Science Laboratory will include a food processing pilot plant, a dairy processing suite, and a pilot brewery for the Department of Food Science and Technology.

Albany State University is planning to build the 90,000-sf Ray Charles Fine Arts Building in Albany, Ga. The $26 million building will include a 600-seat auditorium, a 200-seat recital hall, television and radio studios, theaters, art studios, galleries, lecture halls, labs, and classrooms. Designed by Sasaki Associates of Boston, the Ray Charles Fine Arts Building will support the departments of music, art, theater, speech, and mass communications. Completion is expected in 2012.