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University of Michigan Acquires Pfizer Campus
The University of Michigan will purchase Pfizer’s 174-acre campus in Ann Arbor. Housing 1.97 million gsf in 30 buildings, the site will provide 1.3 million sf of research space and 420,000 sf of office space. The $108 million acquisition will enable the University of Michigan to expand its research operations in biomedical science. Occupancy will begin in late 2009.
Wistar Institute and University of the Sciences Open Molecular Screening Facility
The Wistar Institute opened a $1.1 million molecular screening facility on its Philadelphia campus in December of 2008. The facility was created in partnership with the University of the Sciences as the centerpiece of the Center for Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine. Using advanced screening technologies, scientists will be able to identify and characterize new molecules and compounds to create therapeutic drugs.
Griffith University Plans National Climate Change Research Facility
Griffith University is building a national climate change adaption research facility on its Gold Coast City campus in Queensland, Australia. Slated for completion in 2010, the sustainably-designed project has been awarded $59 million in federal funding. An $18 million water research facility will also be built in partnership with the Queensland Government and the Gold Coast City Council.
Hamamatsu Constructs R&D Center
Hamamatsu Photonics will initiate construction in early 2009 on a new electron tube R&D facility in Toyooka, Japan. Housing research and production space for scintillator plates and light sources, the project will quadruple electron tube R&D and manufacturing space at the Toyooka site. Completion is slated for January of 2010.
River Oaks Hospital Expands Flowood Campus
River Oaks Healthcare is engaged in a $47 million expansion of its hospital in Flowood, Miss. Comprised on a four-story addition, the 145,000-sf facility will house additional space for obstetrical, neonatal, surgical, and general medical services. The project will add 81 beds to the Flowood hospital campus for a total of 191 beds. Completion is expected in August of 2009.