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University of Philadelphia Builds Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is building the $425 million Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care in Philadelphia. The 12-story, 700,000-sf project will provide advanced outpatient clinical care facilities and will include a 14,000-sf rooftop garden, a 2.6-acre landscaped outdoor plaza, and five levels of underground parking for 1,500 vehicles. Occupancy is expected in 2015.
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Michigan State University Breaks Ground on Bio Engineering Facility
Michigan State University broke ground in June of 2013 on the $60.8 million Bio Engineering Facility in East Lansing. The 130,000-sf interdisciplinary building will provide modular open-plan laboratories and offices for faculty from the colleges of Engineering, Human Medicine, and Natural Science.
Washington University School of Medicine Plans Research Facility
Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis is planning to break ground on a $75 million research building in summer of 2013. The 138,000-sf interdisciplinary facility will provide flexible, open labs for the Center for Genome Sciences & Systems Biology and the departments of medicine, genetics, and developmental biology. The design team includes Goody Clancy of Boston in association with Christner of St. Louis. Clayco is the general contractor. Completion is expected in June of 2015.
DOE Opens Energy Systems Integration Facility
The Department of Energy opened the $135 million Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) in June of 2013. Located at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., the 182,500-sf facility provides 15 labs and four outdoor test sites for electrical grid integration research. The center features a petascale supercomputer for advanced modeling and simulation as well as a hardware-in-the-loop system for product testing.
Emory University Opens Health Sciences Research Building
Emory University began occupying the $90 million Health Sciences Research Building in Atlanta in June of 2013. Designed by ZGF Architects and built by Brasfield & Gorrie, the 200,000-sf facility provides open labs for research on immunology and vaccines, neurosciences, drug discovery, pediatric health, cancer, gastroenterology, biomedical engineering, and human genetics.