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Bourbon Community Hospital Completes Medical Offices and ER Modification
Bourbon Community Hospital has completed construction of a medical office building and emergency room modification in Paris, Ky. The single-floor, 11,200-sf, $1-million office facility will accommodate five tenants. The $1.3-million emergency room renovated the existing 1,700-sf department and expanded it by 6,300 sf. Both projects were designed by Sims Architectural Studio of Birmingham, Ala.
University of Oregon Plans Nanotechnology Research Facility
The University of Oregon is planning to begin construction on a nanoscience and microtechnology research facility adjacent to its Eugene campus in the next two years. Sited on 3.75 acres in the Riverfront Research Park, the facility may be as large as 60,000-sf.
Oregon State University Develops Corvallis Research Park
Oregon State University is planning a technology research park on 52 acres near its Corvalis, Ore., campus. The RFP process is expected to reach completion by year-end 2004, with the first building opening in July of 2006. Comprised of as many as three anchor buildings housing multiple companies, the project will also house laboratory and office space. Targeted industries include bioscience and health, mixed signal processing, and pharmaceuticals. The first multiclient building will be between 40,000 sf and 85,000 sf.
Columbus State Community College Plans Second Campus
Columbus State Community College is planning to construct a second campus on 108.66 acres in Delaware County. Campus plans describe three 70,000-sf facilities constructed at a cost of $43 million. The first building will house classrooms, computer labs, and various business functions. The campus, which will relieve space pressure at Columbus State’s downtown campus, may take up to four years to open.
Johns Hopkins Hospital Plans Baltimore Complex
Johns Hopkins Hospital has completed the design of a new $47-million complex to be located in Baltimore, Md. Linked to the existing campus and the planned cardiovascular care tower and children’s hospital by a pedestrian bridge, the complex will include a 750,000-sf parking garage with 2,200 spaces, a 24-truck loading dock, a service tunnel, a central kitchen, and a distribution center. Designed by Thornton-Tomasetti-Cutts of Washington, D.C., the project is expected to reach completion in 2005.