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Kellogg Company Expands Institute for Food and Nutrition Research
Kellogg Company is engaged in a $54 million expansion of the W.K. Kellogg Institute for Food and Nutrition Research in Battle Creek, Mich. Slated for completion in fall of 2009, the expanded facility will encompass 400,000-sf of laboratory, office, and pilot plant manufacturing space. Kellogg is also planning to build a $25 million office tower in Battle Creek.
UNC Charlotte Plans Energy Production and Infrastructure Center
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is planning to construct the $76 million Energy Production and Infrastructure Center (EPIC) on the Charlotte Research Institute campus. Designed by Narmour Wright Creech Architects, the 200,000-sf collaborative teaching and research facility will house the departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Groundbreaking is expected in late summer of 2009 with completion slated for 2011.
Novartis Plans Flu Vaccine Manufacturing Facilities
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Novartis a $486 million contract in early 2009 to build pandemic flu vaccine manufacturing facilities in Holly Springs, N.C. The funding will support the design, construction, and validation of flu vaccine production centers over the next eight years, enabling Novartis to supply 150 million doses of cell-based influenza vaccine within six months of the onset of a pandemic.
Intel Upgrades Chandler Fab
Intel is investing $3 billion to renovate its chip fabrication facilities in Chandler, Ariz. The project will combine two buildings, Fab 22 and Fab 32, to create an upgraded facility for the manufacture of 32-nanometer chips. The project is expected to reach completion by year-end 2010.
St. Cloud State University Opens Wick Science Building
St. Cloud State University opened the $15 million Robert H. Wick Science Building in St. Cloud, Minn., in January of 2009. The 36,000-sf addition houses classrooms and laboratories for chemistry and biology. Labs feature individual fume foods and distilled water at each bench. The Wick Science Building supports research in areas including immunology, genetics, cancer, and water toxicology. Additionally, St. Cloud State began construction in January of 2009 on a $15 million, 75,000-sf renovation of Brown Hall to provide instruction in nursing, communication, and physics.