Tradeline, Inc. filters and categorizes new-construction and industry news from regional and professional journals across the country. Here you will find new projects, products, and regulatory updates.
Industry News
University of Tennessee Develops UT-Baptist Research Park
The University of Tennessee is developing the UT-Baptist Research Park in Memphis, Tenn. The 10-acre campus will consist of 1.2 million sf of bioscience laboratory, education, research, and incubator space. Baptist Memorial Health Care donated its property in the Memphis Medical District to create the campus. A 924,000-sf building will be imploded to enable new construction to begin in the second quarter of 2006. The project will be built in six phases over ten years.
University of North Carolina Hospitals Breaks Ground on Cancer Hospital
University of North Carolina Hospitals broke ground in October 2005 on the new North Carolina Cancer Hospital in Chapel Hill. Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Seattle is the architect of record for the project with Skanska USA Building of Parsippany, N.J., as general contractor. The seven-story, 320,000-sf clinical building is projected to open in 2009 and will combine cancer treatment and research. The 105,000-sf Physician's Office Building component of the project will open in 2008.
Advanced Micro Devices Plans Austin Campus
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Advanced Micro Devices is planning to construct an 825,000-sf campus on 59 acres in Austin, Texas. General contractor Austin Commercial LLP of Dallas will build the project, which is currently awaiting the approval from the City of Austin. The campus has an estimated construction cost of $200-million. Construction is expected to begin in early 2006 with completion slated for mid-2007. Employee occupancy will begin in early 2007.
Cobey Builds Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility in Buffalo
Cobey Inc., a Clarence-based manufacturer of industrial pump systems, will build a 90,000-sf headquarters and manufacturing plant on 12 acres in the Buffalo Lakeside Commerce Park in Buffalo, N.Y. The $10-million facility will consist of 72,000-sf of manufacturing operations and 18,000 sf of office and administrative space. Construction is slated to begin in late 2005 or early 2006.
McMaster University Opens DeGroote Centre of Learning and Discovery
McMaster University opened the $71-million Michael G. DeGroote Centre of Learning and Discovery on Sept. 22, 2005. Housing over 250 scientists that will work collaboratively to discover new gene-based medicines, the facility includes a specialized robotic microscope, one of three in the world. Featuring primarily open laboratories, the facility houses the Centre for Functional Genomics; the Centre for Gene Therapeutics; the Institute for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology Research; the Robert E.