Industry News

Saint Mary Mercy Hospital is building the $89 million South Pavilion in Livonia, Mich. The three-story, 154,000-sf project will house inpatient rooms, graduate medical education classrooms, a behavioral medicine treatment suite, imaging, a conference room, and a 45,000-sf emergency department with 55 treatment rooms. Occupancy is expected in October of 2012. The South Pavilion was designed by Hobbs + Black Architects and is being built by Granger Construction Company.

Louisiana State University completed the $10.17 million Multipurpose Academic Center in Alexandria in August of 2011. The 70,000-sf facility provides 58 faculty offices, 17 technology-rich classrooms, a conference room, two computer labs, art and music studios, a 175-seat theater, and four departmental office suites.

Kaiser Permanente broke ground in August of 2011 on a 280,000-sf hospital in Redwood City, Calif. The seven-story, 149-bed facility is being built by general contractor Rudolph and Sletten to meet and exceed state seismic regulations. Completion is expected in late 2014.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America broke ground on a 212,000-sf cancer hospital in August of 2011 in Newnan, Ga. The 50-bed facility will provide intensive care rooms, radiation and infusion therapy departments, surgical suites, an outpatient clinic, and apartments for patients and family members. Occupancy is expected in September of 2012.

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas is planning to begin construction in fall of 2011 on a 27,000-sf research and development facility in Marlborough, Mass. The project will support the testing of electrical generators. Vestas will also lease an adjacent 13,000 sf of office space. The $16 million project is slated for occupancy in 2012.