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Emory Opens School of Medicine Building
Emory University School of Medicine opened the Emory School of Medicine Building in Atlanta in early fall of 2007. The $58.3 million, 162,000-sf medical education facility will allow for a 15 percent increase in class size and will enable Emory to fulfill the teaching needs of its new interdisciplinary curriculum with a focus on integration of clinical sciences and patient interaction. The project is comprised of three buildings, a central building newly constructed and two completely renovated facilities.
Johnson Controls to Supply Chillers to Qatar's Pearl Island
Qatar Cool, the district cooling authority for the Pearl Island of Qatar in the Arabian Gulf, has contracted Johnson Controls to provide 46 water-cooled chiller units with an option to purchase six additional units. The order is the largest in Johnson Control’s history. The YORK centrifugal chillers, each weighing 2,500 tons, will supply 130,000 tons of chilled water daily to cool over 15,000 residential and commercial units on the 985-acre manmade island.
University of Arkansas Dedicates Hunt Transport Center for Academic Excellence
The University of Arkansas dedicated the $30 million J. B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. Center for Academic Excellence in Fayetteville, Ark. in September of 2007. The five story, 110,000-sf facility will accommodate the College of Engineering, the Sam M. Walton College of Business, and the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. Featuring leading edge technology and efficient, flexible laboratories, the center includes wired and wireless high performance network access.
Ware Malcomb Completes 2300 Empire Center Design
Ware Malcomb’s Los Angeles office has completed the design of the 2300 Empire Center located at 2300 West Empire Boulevard in Burbank, California. Higgins Development Partners, along with equity partner Walton Street Capital, both of Chicago, Illinois, are developing the project. Construction began on August 20, 2007 on the 7-story, steel-framed Class A office building totaling approximately 363,000 sf.
University of Virginia Constructs Advanced Research and Technology Building
The University of Virginia is constructing the 85,000-sf Advanced Research and Technology (ART) building in Charlottesville. Sited in the Fontaine Research Park, the four story facility is comprised of three floors above grade and an underground basement. It will contain wet and dry lab space, a vivarium, two MRI rooms and one small animal MRI room, environmental rooms, office space, and conference areas. The 22-month project is slated for completion in March of 2008.