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Columbia St. Mary's Constructs Cancer Center
Columbia St. Mary’s will open the new 161,700-sf Cancer Center and Water Tower Medical Commons in Milwaukee in 2008. The project broke ground in April of 2006 and was designed by architects HOK and KahlerSlater. The six-floor Water Tower houses medical offices and will open in fall of 2007. The Cancer Center will occupy approximately 40,000 sf on the garden level and first floor of the tower. The project is sited on 22 acres that also includes the first phase of Columbia St.
The University of Connecticut Creates Center of Innovation
The University of Connecticut has purchased the 113,000-sf FarmTech building in Farmington and will spend $35-million to renovate it as a Center of Innovation for stem cell, genetics, and bioengineering research. Sited on 24 acres, the cross-disciplinary, collaborative facility will house wet and dry laboratories, business incubator space, classrooms, and the University’s human embryonic stem cell core laboratory. Sustainable design features of the building will include heat recovery systems and gray water recycling. The Center of Innovation is expected to open in 2009.
Swedish Neuroscience Institute Opens Seattle Complex
The Swedish Neuroscience Institute opened its new $30-million clinical complex at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle in February of 2007. The facility includes four technology-rich operating rooms at 900,000 sf each, with four additional operating rooms in shell condition that will be developed in the future.
Elan Corp. Plans South San Francisco Expansion
Elan Corp. is planning the $100-million construction of two buildings in South San Francisco. Totaling 185,000 sf, the three-story facilities will be owned by developer Chamberlin Associates and leased by Elan, enabling the pharmaceutical firm to hire an additional 500 employees. The project is being designed by Dowler-Gruman Architects.
Cadence Breaks Ground on San Jose R&D Facility
Cadence Design Systems broke ground in February 2007 on a five-story, 208,000-sf R&D center in San Jose, Calif. Housing engineering research in integrated circuits and electrical systems for the electronics industry, Building 10 will enable the consolidation of Cadence’s research and development operations in a single collaboration-enhancing technology center.