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Clark University Dedicates Center for Bioscience
Clark University will dedicate the new Cathy '83 and Marc '81 Center for Bioscience on April 28, 2005. Designed by Tsoi/Kobus and Associates of Cambridge, the 50,000-sf facility houses two classrooms; twelve research labs; seven teaching labs; two conference rooms; fourteen faculty offices; a sequencing facility; a dark room; and three lounges.
Christus St. Catherine Hospital Expands in Katy
Christus St. Catherine Hospital is engaged in a $45 million expansion that will increase inpatient bed count from 60 to 100. Designed by the Houston office of Perkins + Will, the 50,000-sf project is slated for completion by spring 2007. The expansion will more than double emergency room bed count from 9 to 20. Additionally, Christus St. Catherine is currently constructing an 80,000-sf outpatient surgery center and medical office building on its South Fry Road campus.
Target Corp. Constructs Midway Distribution Center
Target Corp. will begin site work in 2005 on a new 1.5 million-sf regional distribution center in Midway, Ga. Located in Liberty County's 4,700-acre MidCoast Business Center, the facility will initially employ 500 when it reaches completion in summer of 2007.
Manitowoc Co. Builds Crane Manufacturing Plant in China
The Manitowoc Co. is planning to construct a new crane manufacturing facility in Zhangjiagang, China. Replacing and more than doubling the footprint of an existing 120,000-sf factory that produces Potain power cranes, the project is slated for completion in early 2006. Additionally, construction is currently under way on a 190,000-sf manufacturing and training facility near Hangzhou, China, to expand The Manitowoc Co.s' ice, beverage, and refrigeration equipment markets. Completion is expected in the third quarter of 2005.
Atlanticare Expands Regional Medical Center
Atlanticare will break ground in September 2005 on a $98 million expansion and renovation of Atlanticare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, N.J. Including the construction of a 198,000-sf, seven-story tower adjacent to the existing hospital, the project will also feature a new intensive care unit with 26 private rooms, a new radiology department, emergency department, helipad, and two medical/surgical floors housing 30 private patient suites each. Completion is slated for 2008.