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Pharmaforce Builds Pharmaceutical Research Complex
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.
University of New England Dedicates Pickus Center for Biomedical Research
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 Builds HealthPlex
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.
University of Tennessee Biocontainment Lab Nears Completion
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.
Purdue University Plans Seng-Liang Engineering Facility
Purdue University is planning to construct the $18 million Seng-Liang Wang Hall in West Lafayette, Ind. Housing the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the 39,370-sf facility is slated for completion in 2010. The project will include the Robert and Janet Fenwick Very-Large-Scale Integration and Circuit Design Complex, a computational lab, research laboratories, conference rooms, interaction space, and faculty offices. The project will include specialized research laboratories for optics, photonics, circuit design, and computational nanoelectronics.