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Princeton Partners with BioLabs on Business Incubator and Coworking Facility
Princeton University is partnering with BioLabs to create the 31,000-sf Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs on the James Forrestal Campus in New Jersey. Accommodating up to 25 startup companies, the business incubator and coworking space will offer 68 lab benches, private offices, and hot desks in a collaborative environment designed to foster entrepreneurial innovation. Occupancy is expected in April of 2018. BioLabs is a national provider of shared lab and office facilities, with locations in San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, and New York.
California State University-Chico Plans Physical Sciences Building
California State University-Chico will break ground in fall of 2018 on a $101 million physical sciences building. Providing teaching labs for chemistry, physics, geology, and science education, the four-story, 110,200-sf STEM facility will include active learning classrooms, graduate research studios, collaboration spaces, administrative and faculty offices, and an interactive lab for elementary school programs.
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Constructs Prairie Springs Science Center
The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is building the $82 million Prairie Springs Science Center. Designed by SmithGroupJJR and River Architects, the 187,000-sf facility will provide 36 instructional labs and 23 research labs. The LEED-certified project will create a distinctive new home for the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Geography/Earth Science, Mathematics, Microbiology, Physics, and River Studies, as well as housing the offices of the Dean of the College of Science and Health.
Gibbs Cancer Center & Research Institute Expands in Greer
Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute will begin construction in spring of 2018 on a $65 million expansion project in Greer, S.C. Located at Pelham Medical Center, the seven-story, 198,000-sf addition will offer multidisciplinary specialty care as well as accommodating clinical trials. Completion is expected by early 2020. Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute is part of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.
Southwestern University Breaks Ground on Second Phase of Fondren-Jones Science Center
Southwestern University broke ground in February of 2018 on the second phase of a $37 million expansion of the Fondren-Jones Science Center in Georgetown, Texas. The 58,000-sf project includes 20,000 sf of new construction and 38,000 sf of renovated space, providing eight research labs, four classrooms, four teaching labs, three seminar rooms, three computer labs, and 42 offices. Designed to promote inquiry-based learning, the facility will feature an atrium to foster interaction between students from all disciplines and collaborative learning studios on each floor.