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University of Toledo Constructs College of Pharmacy
The University of Toledo is planning to construct a 43,000-sf College of Pharmacy facility on its Ohio health sciences campus. Providing additional laboratories and research space, the $15 million project will be constructed on the site of the Medical University of Ohio; the two institutions merged in summer of 2006. Poggemeyer Design Group of Bowling Green, Ohio is the project architect. Construction of the new building will allow the College of Pharmacy to utilize its existing home in Wolfe Hall for other laboratory classes.
Binghamton University Builds Science and Technology Facilities
Binghamton University is planning to initiate construction on a new research facility, Science V, in spring or fall of 2008. Currently in the design phase, the project will provide additional research and surge space and will be located between Science III and Science IV on the school's Binghamton, N.Y. campus. Completion is expected in fall of 2010. The University will also construct a new engineering facility in the Innovative Technologies Complex, which opened in fall of 2006.
Texas Woman's University Plans Pickens Health Sciences Center
Texas Woman's University is planning to break ground in 2008 on the $32-million T. Boone Pickens Institute of Health Sciences in Dallas. Combining two of TWU's existing educational sites, the new facility will be located in the Southwestern Medical District at the TWU Parkland location. Accommodating programs in nursing, physical and occupational therapy, healthcare administration, and library science, the 143,000-sf multi-building campus will also house the TWU Stroke Center.
Novartis Plans Shanghai Biomedical R&D Center
Novartis is planning to build an integrated research and development center in Shanghai, China. As the eighth site in the company's R&D network, the center will focus on infectious causes of cancer endemic to China and Asia and pharmaceutical research. Scientists will initially occupy a 5,000-square meter facility slated to open in May of 2007. Construction will begin in July 2007 on a permanent 38,000-square meter building to house 400 scientists.
UC Davis Medical Center Plans Center for Regenerative Science and Therapies
The University of California Davis Medical Center is planning to construct the $75-million Center for Regenerative Science and Therapies in Davis, Calif. The University-funded sterile stem cell research laboratory will include testing and manufacturing capabilities and will partner with the California National Primate Research Center and other campus laboratories. Initial construction fees, yet to be approved by the UC Board of Regents, are estimated at $22 million.