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Pfizer Opens New Product Technology Laboratory in Ireland
Pfizer opened the $30 million New Product Technology Laboratory in May of 2014 in Ireland. Located at Pfizer’s Ringaskiddy campus, the facility will produce advanced therapeutics for cancer, high cholesterol, and related health conditions.
University of Colorado Renovates Boulder Facility for Animal Research
The University of Colorado is planning to renovate an existing facility in Boulder to accommodate life sciences research. Providing vivarium and laboratory space, the 60,000-sf facility will enable several animal research programs to be consolidated in a single location. The cost of the purchasing the property is $7.5 million and the University will invest $10.4 million to renovate the building. Construction is expected to begin in spring of 2015 with occupancy in the fall.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plans MIT.nano
Massachusetts Institute of Technology will begin construction in summer of 2015 on the $350 million MIT.nano in Cambridge. The 200,000-sf interdisciplinary project is being designed by Wilson Architects to accommodate advanced research in nanoscale materials and processes. The four-story facility will include one floor of teaching labs and two interconnected cleanroom lab floors with prototyping areas, fabrication suites, materials growth labs, and support.
Texas A&M Breaks Ground on Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Education Complex
Texas A&M University broke ground on a $120 million expansion and renovation of the Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences Education Complex in late April of 2014 in College Station. Designed by SHW Group, the project includes construction of a 330,000-sf facility providing flexible classrooms and laboratories for teaching and research. The existing Small Animal Hospital will also be renovated and expanded. The $93 million construction contract has been awarded to Skanska USA Building and completion is expected in April of 2016.
Vanderbilt University Breaks Ground on Engineering and Science Building
Vanderbilt University broke ground in May of 2014 on the $109 million Science and Engineering Building in Nashville, Tenn. The seven-story, 230,000-sf facility will be physically connected by a two-story atrium to the adjacent Olin Hall. Designed by Wilson Architects, the interdisciplinary building will include a cleanroom, advanced imaging facilities, research labs, a student commons, and the Innovation Center to support technology transfer and commercialization.