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MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper Opens in Camden
The $100 million MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper opened in October of 2013 in Camden, N.J. The four-story, 103,050-sf comprehensive cancer facility represents a partnership of the Cooper University Health Care and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Supporting multidisciplinary, team-based patient care, the project provides examination and procedure rooms, conference areas, a healing garden, and instructional and administrative space for the School of Radiation Therapy.
Rowan University Breaks Ground on College of Engineering Expansion
Rowan University broke ground in October of 2013 on a $71 million addition to the College of Engineering in Glassboro, N.J. The three-story, 90,500-sf building is slated for completion in 2017.
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.