Industry News

The Jackson Laboratory is working with Boston-based Einhorn Yaffee Prescott in the design of a new Genetics Resource Building. In addition, the East Research Building will be expanded by 55,000 sf to accommodate offices, research labs, conference rooms, and support space.

 TherImmune is expanding near its headquarters in Gaithersburg. The company will move its lab services division into a 14,000-sf facility down the street in March 2002, and corporate offices will occupy 8,000 sf across the street, for a total of 90,000 sf occupied by TherImmune in Gaithersburg. TherImmune handles contract research and tests drugs for pharmaceutical and bioscience companies.

CryoLife Inc. has completed the build-out of its 7,500-sf facility for the manufacture of BioGlue, a surgical adhesive being commercially rolled out in domestic and overseas markets. The manufacturing facility is located at CryoLife's headquarters and labs in suburban Atlanta.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is proposing a new 52l,000-sf research facility and distance learning center for the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences and the Oak Ridge Center for Advanced Studies. The building’s design, completed by Harley Ellis of Detroit, Mich., includes a computer center lab; large lecture hall; specially equipped high-end distance learning center; four self-contained incubator suites for computer-based collaborations; four team suites for multi-disciplinary research.

ARAMARK today announced that it has completed the acquisition of ServiceMaster Management Services, the facility services business of ServiceMaster.