Industry News

American Howa initiated a 56,000-sf expansion of its manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Ky., in November of 2008. The $12 million expansion will accommodate three new manufacturing lines and 24 additional employees. The existing 81,294-sf facility was completed in early 2008.

Uniontown Hospital will construct a $59 million inpatient tower on its healthcare campus in Uniontown, Pa. The 100,000-sf project will feature 56 private patient rooms. The expansion will enable outpatient services to be centralized and will enhance hospital access.

The University of Toronto will begin construction on the $92 million Rotman School of Management in spring of 2009. Designed for maximum integration, the nine-story building will support progressive business education with new classrooms, research institutes, a 400-seat event facility, and social interaction spaces. The LEED-certified facility is being designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB). Completion is expected in 2011.

West Virginia University opened the $30 million Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute in Morgantown in October of 2008. The three-story, 78,000-sf facility houses technology-rich neuroscience research laboratories and can accommodate up to 100 investigators.

The University of Edinburgh is building the £7 million Centre for Systems Biology in Edinburgh, Scotland. The project began construction in January of 2008 and is slated for completion in 2009. The Centre will be housed in 900 sm in the C.H. Waddington Building, a three-story facility that will accommodate multidisciplinary laboratories and office space for research in biological sciences, informatics, and infectious diseases. The building will also house the Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology.