Industry News

The University of Missouri will break ground in early 2012 on a $45 million expansion of the Discovery Ridge Research Park in Columbia. The project will be built in phases and the first building has an estimated construction cost of $15 million. The completed three-building, 225,000-sf campus will provide mixed-use lab and office space for life science companies as well as supporting commercialization of research discoveries.  The project is being developed by CarrBaierCrandall.

North Dakota State University dedicated the Beef Cattle Research Complex in June of 2011. Supporting research in animal nutrition and physiology, genetics, and food safety, the $3.3 million center includes accommodation for 192 cattle, a feed mixing and storing facility, a laboratory, and office space.

Pioneer Hi-Bred broke ground on a 26,000-sf crop research center in late June of 2011 in Kinston, N.C. The $2.3 million project will enable the DuPont subsidiary to create advanced agribusiness products including corn and soybean seeds suited to local soil conditions. Completion is expected in fall of 2011. 

Lakeland Regional Cancer Center celebrated the opening of its newly expanded facility in July of 2011. Heery International served as architectural, engineering, interior design, and environmental consultant for the 27,000-sf expansion project. The cancer center now offers additional physician offices, 26 new exam rooms, a special procedures center, light-filled lobby and waiting areas, a high-dose radiation suite, two cystology rooms, urodynamics room, resource library, boutique, healing gardens, and a cafe. 

Virginia Tech opened a 144,000-sf research facility in Arlington in July of 2011. The facility houses the Advanced Research Center, the Virginia Tech Bioinformatics Institute, and the Center for Geospatial Information Technology. The center’s proximity to federal government agencies and corporations will promote collaboration and the development of industry partnerships.