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Carleton University Opens Academic Health Science Building
Carleton University opened the CAD$52 million Academic Health Science Building in January of 2018 in Ottawa. Designed by Montgomery Sisam Architects and NXL Architects, the seven-story, 120,000-sf facility provides undergraduate teaching labs, research labs, lecture halls, offices, and study spaces to support neuroscience and health science programs. The project includes two floors of shell space to allow for future growth, as well as an animal research vivarium on the seventh floor that will open later in 2018.
Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing Plans Apprentice Academy
The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing is planning to build a $12.7 million apprentice academy adjacent to its existing 62,000-sf facility in Disputanta, Va. Designed by Perkins+Will, the 36,000-sf addition will support training programs in advanced manufacturing with classrooms and workshops for the development of skills in mechatronics, welding, fabrication, and machinery. Completion is expected by 2020.
Prism Capital Partners Creates ON3 Campus
Prism Capital Partners is engaged in the redevelopment of the former Hoffmann-La Roche site in New Jersey to create the ON3 campus. Providing integrated research, office, and recreational facilities, the mixed-use campus currently houses a 73,000-sf laboratory building partially leased by biofabrication firm Modern Meadow, with plans for the construction of an adjacent pilot manufacturing plant under way.
University of New Mexico Completes Farris Engineering Center Renovation
The University of New Mexico opened the renovated Farris Engineering Center in Albuquerque in January of 2018. The $25.5 million project utilized the concrete structural skeleton of the original building that was constructed in 1967 to create a collaborative environment with ample natural light for the departments of chemical and biological engineering, computer science, and nuclear engineering.
Keck Medicine of USC Opens Norris Healthcare Center
Keck Medicine of USC opened the Norris Healthcare Center in January of 2018 in Los Angeles. Located on USC's Health Sciences Campus adjacent to the Comprehensive Cancer Center, the seven-story, 116,000-sf outpatient facility features a patient-centric design for the integrated delivery of multidisciplinary ambulatory care. All women’s specialty care services have been grouped together on a single floor, and urology and urologic oncology are collocated on another level of the building.