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Huntsman Cancer Institute Plans Research Facility
Huntsman Cancer Institute is planning to build the $100 million Primary Children’s and Families’ Research Center on the campus of its Salt Lake City headquarters. Accommodating 300 investigators, the 220,000-sf facility will provide advanced facilities for the study of genetic cancers. Construction is expected to begin in spring of 2014.
Bayer HealthCare Opens U.S. Headquarters
Bayer HealthCare opened its new headquarters in Hanover Township, N.J., in October of 2013. The two-building, 700,000-sf office project consolidates operations from four separate locations and will accommodate 2,400 employees. The headquarters was constructed by transforming two obsolete structures into a spacious and sustainable facility featuring a five-story glass atrium.
Dartmouth College Builds Williamson Translational Research Building
Dartmouth College is building the $116.5 million Williamson Translational Research Building in Lebanon, N.H. Located on the campus of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, the six-story, 165,000-sf facility will provide collaborative research space for the Geisel School of Medicine. The project will house advanced research laboratories, the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, and a pathology lab. The Dartmouth SYNERGY program will also be headquartered in the building.
University of Nottingham Builds Centre for Sustainable Chemistry
The University of Nottingham began construction in October of 2013 on the $32 million Centre for Sustainable Chemistry in the United Kingdom. Designed by Fairhursts Design Group and created in partnership with GlaxoSmithKline, the 48,000-sf carbon-neutral building will provide research labs, a teaching lab, and instrumentation suites. The facility will be located in the University's Innovation Park and will accommodate 100 investigators.
Vassar College Builds Integrated Science Center
Vassar College is constructing the $125 million Integrated Science Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. The project includes a new 80,000-sf teaching and research building designed by Ennead Architects that will bridge a ravine. Three existing facilities will also be renovated. Supporting programs in earth science, biology, chemistry, and physics, the Integrated Science Center will feature the collaborative Earth and Environment Lab housing two faculty research labs, a shared teaching lab, a cleanroom, a coldroom, and a student-faculty joint use lab.