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Stanford University School of Medicine Plans Center for Translational Research
Stanford University School of Medicine will begin construction in spring of 2011 on the $21 million Jill and John Freidenrich Center for Translational Research in Palo Alto, Calif. The three-story, 30,690-sf facility will house 250 cancer researchers and space for clinical trials. Occupancy is expected in August of 2012. The center was designed by WRNS Studio and will be built by Devcon Construction.
Intel Plans Fab 42 in Chandler
Intel Corp. will begin construction in mid-2011 on the $5 billion Fab 42 in Chandler, Ariz. The facility will be the most advanced high-volume semiconductor manufacturing plant in the world and will produce microprocessors with 14-nanometer transistors. Completion is expected in 2013.
GlobalFoundries Builds Admin 2
GlobalFoundries will break ground in May of 2011 on the 221,000-sf Admin 2 in Malta, N.Y. The facility will be located in the Luther Forest Technology Campus adjacent to Fab 8. Admin 2 will accommodate up to 1,500 administrative employees and is slated for completion in August of 2012.
Salk Institute Opens Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center
The Salk Institute opened the Waitt Advanced Biophotonics Center in February of 2011 in La Jolla, Calif. The facility houses life science research labs and a core imaging suite with advanced visualization capabilities, including a Libra 120 PLUS Energy-Filtered Transmission Electron Microscope (EF-TEM), an Olympus FluoView 1000 MPE Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman (CARS) microscope, and a Nikon total internal reflection microscope (TIRFM).
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Constructs Bioscience Incubator
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) will break ground in April of 2011 on a $30 million bioscience incubator in Worcester, Mass. Located in Gateway Park, the four-story, 92,000-sf facility will be financed, built, and owned by O’Connell Development Group. The building will house WPI’s Biomanufacturing Education and Training Center, the School of Business graduate program, and the expanded Fire Protection Engineering Department and research laboratory. The building will also provide additional space for the Life Sciences and Bioengineering Center.