Industry News

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. will begin construction in January of 2010 on a $96 million data center in New Albany, Ohio. The 120,000-sf facility will be sited on 45 acres in the New Albany Research and Information District. Completion is slated for December of 2011.

Pharmaforce will break ground on a $35 million pharmaceutical research and office complex in New Albany, Ohio, in November of 2008. The project includes a 70,000-sf sterile production facility, a 15,000-sf research laboratory, and 15,000-sf of office space. Completion is expected in fall of 2009.

The University of New England dedicated the Pickus Center for Biomedical Research and the Cecile Morgane Research Laboratories in October of 2008. Located in Biddeford, Maine, the $6 million, 22,000-sf collaborative research facility includes six laboratories, 12 faculty offices, and two conference rooms. Designed by Einhorn Yaffee Prescott of Boston, the project includes space for a future vivarium. The general contractor was Wright Ryan Construction of Portland.

Norman Regional Hospital’s $130 million HealthPlex medical center is slated for completion in summer of 2009. Sited on 95 acres in Norman, Okla., the 400,000-sf hospital will feature a heart and vascular institute, women's and children's care, an urgent care clinic, and an orthopedic and spine center.

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s $25 million Regional Biocontainment Laboratory is slated for completion in early 2009. Located in the UT-Baptist Research Park in Memphis, the 30,315-gsf (16,250-nsf) project will provide 7,300-sf of BSL-3 research space, 1,257-sf of BSL-2 research space, and 7,695-sf of office and support space. Additionally, UTHSC will initiate construction in the first half of 2009 on a 50,000-sf to 70,000-sf vivarium adjacent to the RBL. Completion is expected in 2010.