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The University of California Riverside is constructing Engineering Building Unit 2, a 125,000-gsf (89,686-asf) facility. The $44-million facility is slated for occupancy in 2005.

The University of California Riverside’s Undergraduate Student Housing Phase 2 is slated for completion in fall of 2002. The $42.8-million, 173,162-gsf (138,530-asf) project consists of eight residence halls with a total of 666 beds. The development also includes facilities for undergraduate student administrative operations.

The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) is building a $26-million, 55,000-sf facility in Fresno to accommodate up to 45 students in its UCSF Fresno residency program. Located on the Community Regional Medical Center campus, the three-story building will function as a headquarters, housing the Associate Dean's office, a library, seven residency programs, and an auditorium with videoconferencing capabilities. Groundbreaking for the facility is scheduled for Oct. 22.  

The Universityof California Riverside has completed the pre-design phase of the new Interdisciplinary Studies Building. The $32-million, 69,397-asf facility will house 13 new general assignment classrooms, dry instructional and research labs, faculty and administrative offices, and support space.

The University of Michigan is building the $96-million, 235,000-gsf Life Sciences Institute comprised of six floors and a mechanical penthouse. Part of the of Palmer Drive Development, the facility will house the newly created Life Sciences Institute, established to enhance education, basic research and translational research in the life sciences. The Life Sciences Institute will house 150,000 nsf of wet research labs, lab support, core lab areas, principal investigator offices, interaction spaces, administrative offices, a combined gallery/lobby space, and a small library.