Industry News

Stanford University is planning to construct the $27.5 million Satellite Research Animal Facility in Palo Alto, Calif. The single-story, prefabricated building is slated for completion in December of 2012. The facility will eventually be replaced by a permanent structure. Additionally, Stanford University is planning to build the $41.2 million, 22,100-sf Research Computing facility. Construction will begin on the two-story project in early 2012 with completion expected in 2013.

Ground was broken on the new Temecula Valley Hospital in June of 2011. The five-story, 178,000-sf acute care facility is being developed by Universal Health Services Design and Construction. The project team includes HMC Architects, DPR Construction, and Turner Construction Company. The 140-bed facility will feature entirely private rooms, a flexible emergency department, a 20-bed ICU, six surgical suites, and advanced imaging technologies.

Christopher Newport University will break ground in July of 2011 on the $54.6 million Joseph W. Luter III Building in Newport News, Va. The 135,622-sf facility will provide advanced teaching and research labs, faculty offices, and classrooms for seven departments. The project will also house the Luter School of Business.

CMC Biologics is expanding its bioprocessing facility in Bothell, Wash., to house a 3,000-liter bioreactor train. Two 5,000-liter commercial-ready manufacturing lines will also be constructed. The project will support cGMP manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals.

Novartis broke ground in June of 2011 on a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant in St. Petersburg, Russia. Part of a five-year, $500 million investment, the facility will utilize advanced technologies to produce innovative therapeutics and generics. Completion is expected in 2014.