Industry News

Pfizer will occupy 15,000 sf at the Alexandria Center for Life Science in New York in March of 2011. Located in Manhattan, the research facility will house Pfizer’s Center for Therapeutic Innovation. The $700 million Alexandria Center will comprise three towers housing biomedical research companies. Construction began in 2007 and is expected to reach completion by 2017.

DSM Pharmaceutical Products is building a $65 million biologics manufacturing facility in Brisbane. The 6,500-sf project is part of the Translational Research Institute at the Princess Alexandra Hospital campus. Completion is expected by 2013.

Ameridose opened its 70,000-sf cleanroom in January of 2011 in Westborough, Mass. The facility will provide manufacturing space for sterile admixing preparations and pre-filled syringes. Exceeding USP 797 standards and meeting cGMP requirements, the project features condensing boilers, ultrasonic humidification, and 400 fan-powered HEPA filter units rated at 99.9 percent efficiency with motion sensor controls.

The University of Michigan will begin construction in spring of 2011 on a 62,500-sf addition to the G.G. Brown Memorial Laboratories in Ann Arbor. The $46 million facility will house the Center of Excellence in Nano Mechanical Science and Engineering. Supported by $9.5 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the three-story addition will house faculty and graduate student offices and 60 laboratory modules. The project architect is Perkins + Will. Completion is expected in late 2014.

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory will construct a $54.4 million a solar energy research center in Berkeley, Calif. The 21,471-sf, three-story lab and office building will accommodate research on materials science and biofuels. The sustainably designed facility will feature advanced lighting and building systems.