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Fordham University Breaks Ground on School of Law
Fordham University broke ground on a $250 million facility in New York in February of 2011. The 22-story, 468,000-sf building will provide nine floors for the School of Law and thirteen residential floors. The project is located on Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus and will feature a two-story atrium, courtrooms, and a law library with 562,000 volumes. The general contractor is Mayrich Construction. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. Completion is expected in 2014.
UC Merced Opens Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry
The University of California, Merced opened the $7 million Stem Cell Instrumentation Foundry in February of 2011. Located on the first floor of the Science and Engineering Building, the 3,905-sf facility includes two cleanrooms and a microscopy room. The interdisciplinary project was supported by $4.36 million in funding from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The facility will produce lab-on-a-chip devices for use in biomedical research.
National Cheng Kung University Opens Expanded Lab Animal Division
National Cheng Kung University Medical College opened its expanded Small Laboratory Animal Division in February of 2011. The facility includes a 3,552-sf animal breeding addition. The project provides a sterile environment with HEPA filtration and individually ventilated cages to house animals used in biomedical research.
Stanford University School of Medicine Plans Center for Translational Research
Stanford University School of Medicine will begin construction in spring of 2011 on the $21 million Jill and John Freidenrich Center for Translational Research in Palo Alto, Calif. The three-story, 30,690-sf facility will house 250 cancer researchers and space for clinical trials. Occupancy is expected in August of 2012. The center was designed by WRNS Studio and will be built by Devcon Construction.
Loyola Opens Center for Health in Burr Ridge
Loyola University Health System will open the Loyola Center for Health in March of 2011 in Burr Ridge, Ill. The 100,000-sf outpatient facility will provide primary care, urgent care, rehabilitation services, and specialty care including neurology and orthopedics. Designed to maximize integration, the center will enable patients to get all their health services on a single visit with reduced waiting times.