Industry News

Centennial Medical Center, a 118-bed hospital in Frisco, Texas, will open in June 2004. A subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare Corp., the hospital cost approximately $125 million in construction and other costs.

PRA International, a clinical research company, broke ground in late April 2004 on a 101,000-sf facility in Lenexa, Mo. The facility, sited in the Renner Ridge Corporate Center, is expected to reach completion in approximately one year. PRA International designs and coordinates clinical drug trials locally and around the world.

Oregon State University has selected Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership (ZGF) to design a new 115,000-sf state-of-the-art facility for the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) in Portland, Ore. The interdisciplinary laboratory and teaching facility will incorporate sustainable design to meet a LEED™ Silver certification. ZGF has offices in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

Clark College is planning to construct a $30-million satellite campus in the Columbia Tech Center in Vancouver, Wash. The 68,542-sf facility will accommodate general education courses, professional and technical training, and workforce development. Building design and construction costs are estimated at $30.5 million. The new east county campus will attract and serve high-tech businesses, and will serve 1,055 full-time students annually.

Arizona State University (ASU) has selected architect SmithGroup and contractor DPR Construction as the project team for the first building on the university’s biomedical campus in Phoenix. The 90,000-sf to 100,000-sf facility will have four to five floors and is expected to begin construction later in 2004 and reach completion in 18 months.