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ABB Builds Wauwatosa Facility
ABB, a developer of power and automation technologies, is creating a headquarters and engineering facility on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Innovation Campus in Wauwatosa. The three-story, 90,000-sf building will accommodate research and development, administration, and sales. The developer of the facility is Zilber Property Group. ABB is the anchor tenant of the UWM Innovation Campus, a project designed to foster collaboration between industry and academia.
New Toronto Public Health Lab Planned at MaRS Centre
The new Toronto Public Health Laboratory will be built on the top four floors of the MaRS Phase II Tower in Ontario, Canada. Merrick & Company, Diamond Schmitt Architects, and HH Angus are planning and designing the facility, which includes CL-2 and CL-3 labs, associated support systems, and offices. The project will provide flexible research space designed for ease of adaption to new testing platforms, workload surges, and changing research activities.
University of Wyoming Plans Energy Engineering Facility
The University of Wyoming is planning to build the $30 million Energy Engineering Research Facility (EERF) in Laramie. The 81,000-sf building will feature large-scale, flexibly configured research laboratories, offices, and meeting areas. The project team includes Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects of Seattle, Malone Belton Abel of Laramie, and GSG Architecture of Casper. Construction will begin in fall of 2014 with completion expected in spring of 2016.
Northwestern Medicine Plans Biomedical Research Facility
Northwestern Medicine is planning to build a new biomedical research facility in Chicago. Connecting to the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on every level, the building will provide between 300,000 and 500,000 sf of advanced translational research space. Total build-out is estimated at 1.2 million sf. The $1 billion project also includes the renovation of 250,000 sf of lab space in existing facilities.
Saint Luke's Hospital Opens Neuroscience Institute
The newly renovated Saint Luke's Neuroscience Institute opened in January of 2013 in Kansas City, Mo. The $32 million project was designed by ACI/Boland with J.E. Dunn Construction as general contractor. Integrating research with clinical care, the project provides four dedicated neurological operation rooms, a 13-bed recovery unit, three neurointerventional suites, an 18-bed ICU, and 68 private patient rooms. The duration of construction was one year.