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Piedmont Triad Research Park Planned as Biotech Incubator
Piedmont Triad Research Park at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem is slated to become a growing biotech incubator. Expanding the 10-acre park into a 180-acre biotech complex, the development will extend North Carolina's biotechnology corridor to the western portion of the state. The Piedmont incubator is being designed by Sasaki Associates, a firm based in Watertown, Mass., with an additional office in San Francisco.
Norfolk Cancer Center Completed
Construction of the new Norfolk Cancer Center in Brockton has been completed by East Coast Commercial Construction. The facility is one of the few stand-alone cancer centers in the South Shore area.
Naval Training Center Foundation Renovates Point Loma for Cultural Center
The Naval Training Center Foundation will utilize a $300,000 grant from California's Office of Historic Preservation to renovate Building 5 of the Liberty Station base conversion project at the former Point Loma Naval Training Center. Building 5, a 12,658-sf, two-story facility, was constructed in 1923 and is one of 26 historical buildings slated for renovation on the site. The Liberty Station civic, arts and cultural development, housing office, studio, gallery, museum, educational, performance, retail, and restaurant space, is expected to open in 2005.
South Shore Hospital Completes Newton Expansion Project
The construction of SouthShoreHospital's maternity/surgery/emergency expansion project in Newton, Mass., is now completed. The expansion, involving 125,000-sf of new construction and 55,000-sf of renovations on four levels, was designed by TRO/The Ritchie Organization. The new surgical department, one of the region's most technically advanced, includes 14 operating rooms, 1 cystoscopy room, a 30-bed ambulatory surgical unit, and a 30-bed post-anesthesia care unit.
UCSD Builds Moores Cancer Center
The University of California San Diego (UCSD) began construction on the $100-million Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center located on the school's east campus in La Jolla. Slated for completion in 2004, the 270,000-sf facility will be one of 40 buildings in the nation designated by the National Cancer Institute as a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Consolidating people and programs currently dispersed in various campus buildings, the center will house over 300 scientists, physicians and staff engaged in clinical, research, education, and outreach operations.