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Drexel University Opens LeBow College of Business
Drexel University opened the $92 million LeBow Hall in Philadelphia in October of 2013. Housing the LeBow College of Business, the 12-story, 177,500-sf facility features a five-story atrium, a 300-seat auditorium, a 100-seat lecture hall, and a financial trading lab. The building also provides 17 classrooms, faculty offices, student lounges, a seminar room, and a behavioral studies lab. The facility was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York and Voith & MacTavish Architects of Philadelphia.
University of Maryland School of Medicine Breaks Ground on Health Sciences III
The University of Maryland School of Medicine broke ground in September of 2013 on the $305.4 million Health Sciences Facility III in Baltimore. The 10-story, 428,970-sf translational research building will provide advanced biomedical laboratories for the study of genomics, cardiovascular science, cancer, regenerative medicine, and neurology. The project team includes architectural firms HOK and Design Collective Inc. with Barton Malow Company as construction manager. Completion is expected in December of 2017.
Gold Coast Private Hospital Builds Queensland Facility
Gold Coast Private Hospital has awarded Watpac a $148 million contract to build its new facility in Southport, Queensland. The 248-bed facility will provide an emergency center, 10 operating rooms, two cardiac catheterization labs, and a hybrid operating suite with advanced surgical technologies. The hospital will also accommodate medical practices in oncology, cardiology, urology, gynecology, orthopedics, and obstetrics. Construction will begin by year-end 2013 with completion expected in late 2015.
Karolinska Institute Constructs Biomedicum Research Laboratory
The Karolinksa Institute will begin construction in late 2013 on the $190 million Biomedicum research facility in Solna, Sweden. The project team includes developer Akademiska Hus, Berg/C.F. Møller Architects, and general contractor Skanska. Providing open, flexible labs for biomedical research, the 678,000-sf interdisciplinary facility will also house offices, conference rooms, and a large central atrium.
Montclair State University Breaks Ground on Center for Environmental and Life Sciences
Montclair State University broke ground on the $55 million Center for Environmental and Life Sciences in September of 2013. Expanding the University's science infrastructure by 50 percent, the 107,500-gsf facility will provide seven interdisciplinary group research suites, six core labs, five office areas, classrooms, seminar rooms, a microscopy suite, and a 150-seat lecture hall.