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Medical College of Georgia Expands Interdisciplinary Research Building
The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) has completed construction of the Interdisciplinary Research Building (IRB) Phase II, a 94,000-sf expansion project. Designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent of Atlanta, the $27.3-million, five-story project includes a mechanical penthouse and a life sciences incubator for developing biotech business from scientific discoveries. The facility provides research laboratory and office space for the MCG Department of Physiology, the Center for Biology and Genomic Medicine, and the Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development.
North Carolina Central University Plans Biomanufacturing Research Ctr
North Carolina Central University will receive $200,000 in federal funds toward the construction of the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Training Enterprise facility on the university’s Durham campus.
Denver Children's Hospital Plans Relocation and Expansion
Children’s Hospital in Denver will relocate to the Fitzsimons campus in Aurora in 2007. Sited on 41 acres at the University of Colorado’s Health Sciences Center biomedical campus, the new 1.1 million-sf, 270-bed hospital will cost $462.8 million. The facility will be one of the most technologically advanced pediatric hospitals in the country. The move to the Fitzsimons campus, which will include the research and education buildings, will reach a total of $1.3 billion. Parking will be added at the new campus, bringing the spaces from 1,700 up to 2,450.
Epixtar Corp. Develops Dumaguete Call Center
Epixtar Corp., a Miami-based call center holding company, will lease 28,000 sf of office space for a 400-seat, three-story call center to be constructed in the Philippines. The center will be located in Dumaguete, the capital of Negros Oriental, a province in the Visayan Island region of the Philippines.
Kaiser Permanente Builds West Los Angeles Replacement Tower
Kaiser Permanente officially broke ground on May 7, 2004 on a new patient tower at West Los Angeles Medical Center. Developed by contractor McCarthy of Newport Beach, Calif., the new West Wing Tower will replace one of the existing hospital towers built in 1974. The $80-million project includes construction of the five-level, 200,000-sf tower and a 65-foot long connecting structure that will join all five floors of the tower to the existing south and center towers.