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University of Michigan Health System Expands MRI Imaging Suite
The University of Michigan Health System is initiating a $10 million upgrade of its MRI suite in Ann Arbor. Designed by Integrated Design Solutions, the project includes renovation of 21,000 gsf at University Hospital South and the construction of a 11,000-sf addition at University Hospital. The completed facility will feature expanded patient areas, a new MRI scanner, support, and shell space.
James Madison University Builds College of Health and Behavioral Studies
James Madison University is building a $65 million facility for the College of Health and Behavioral Studies (CHBS) in Harrisonburg, Va. Designed by EYP Architecture & Engineering, the six-story, 150,000-sf project will provide collaborative labs and classrooms for four of the university’s CHBS programs, including nursing. The building will include simulation training suites as well as administrative and faculty offices. Construction began on the facility in fall of 2014 and completion is expected in June of 2016.
Felix Platter-Spital Builds Basel Teaching Hospital
Felix Platter-Spital will begin construction in mid-2015 on a new $81 million teaching hospital in Basel, Switzerland. Located on a 194,000-sf site, the 240-bed, four-story facility will provide advanced geriatric medicine and rehabilitation services. Designed by Wörner Traxler Judge and Holzer Kobler, the project will include outpatient clinics, diagnostic suites, research space, and instructional areas. Occupancy is expected in July of 2018.
Winthrop-University Hospital Opens Research and Academic Center
Winthrop-University Hospital opened the $110 million Research and Academic Center in February of 2015 in Mineola, N.Y. Designed by Perkins Eastman, the five-story, 95,000-sf facility will support translational research on pediatric and adult diabetes in conjunction with patient care and community education. The center provides classrooms, a clinical trials center, a simulation training suite, a 350-seat auditorium, and core labs for the study of diabetes, obesity, cardiopulmonary disease, and neurology.
Michigan State University Plans Grand Rapids Research Center
Michigan State University is planning to build an $85 million research facility for the College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids. The 163,000-sf facility will feature opens labs for team-based research and is slated for completion in fall of 2017. SmithGroupJJR is providing architectural and engineering services for the project, and the facility will be built by a joint venture of Rockford Construction and Clark Construction Company.