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Wells Fargo Opens Chandler Facility
In June 2004, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo will begin relocating 2000 members of the company’s Services team to a new 400,000-sf facility sited on 6.25 acres in Ocotillo Corporate Center in Chandler, Ariz. The $75-million, two-building facility is the first phase of a potentially one million-sf development that could house 7,000 Wells Fargo employees.
Logan College of Chiropractic Opens Research Center
Logan College of Chiropractic has opened a $4-million research and learning center in Chesterfield, Mo. Housing a distance learning facility, a computer lab with 75 Internet-equipped workstations, a library, and a collection of human skeletons and skulls, the center will accommodate anatomy and human science studies for students, teachers, and area chiropractors.
Seton Healthcare Breaks Ground on Children's Hospital at Mueller Airport Site
Seton Healthcare Network broke ground in early June 2004 on a 451,000-sf children’s hospital on the former site of the Robert Mueller Municipal Airport in Austin, Texas. The $175-million, 169-bed hospital, called the Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas, is slated for completion in 2007. The facility will include a 34-bed emergency department.
UC San Diego Completes Leichtag Biomedical Research Building
The University of California, San Diego has completed construction of the new $45-million Leichtag Family Foundation Biomedical Research Building sited on the School of Medicine campus. General contractor McCarthy’s contract included construction of a four-level, 163,000-sf building with one below-grade level. The research building houses 40,000-sf of wet and dry lab space on four levels with 30 lab modules per floor, cold rooms, procedure rooms, dedicated dark rooms and research offices. The fourth floor houses Howard Hughes Medical Institute-supported research.
St. Joseph Hospital Breaks Ground on New Emergency Department
St. Joseph Hospital, an affiliate of Catholic Health System, broke ground on June 4, 2004 on an $11-million emergency department in Cheektowaga, N.Y. Slated for completion in 2005, the 15,000-sf department will be paperless, with all records, tests, and results transmitted electronically. Tripling the size of the current emergency department, the new ED will be able to treat over 40,000 patients annually.