Industry News

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.

The University of Missouri–St. Louis began building the $32 million Science Learning Building on October 29, 2013. Designed by Christner, the four-story, 75,000-sf facility will feature technology-rich teaching labs and a central collaboration atrium. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project and completion is expected in December of 2015. The general contractor is K&S Associates of St. Louis.

White Plains Hospital is expanding and renovating its New York campus. Phase Two of the hospital's $108 million capital transformation campaign began in October of 2013. Designed by Perkins Eastman, the project will provide a six-story patient care building with two medical/surgical floors and 24 private patient rooms; a five-room surgical suite; an expanded radiology department; and a front entrance and lobby. Phase Two comprises 42,000 sf of new construction and 22,000 sf of renovation. Completion is expected in 2015.

Carthage College will begin construction in spring of 2014 on a $45 million upgrade of its science center in Kenosha, Wis. The 70,000-sf Center for Natural and Social Sciences will be renovated and a new 35,000-sf wing will be constructed. Built by Riley Construction, the project will provide collaborative teaching and research space and will feature a two-story glass atrium. Completion is expected in fall of 2015.

The $105 million Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital will open in November of 2013 in Birtinya, Queensland. Providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient care, the 200-bed hospital will provide six operating rooms, a cardiac catheterization lab, a day surgery unit, ICU, a procedure room, an eight-bed day oncology unit, medical offices, imaging, pathology, and entirely private patient rooms. The facility is located on a shared campus with the $2 billion Sunshine Coast University Public Hospital which is currently under construction.