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University of Iowa Designs Performing Arts Center
The University of Iowa has selected Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects to design a new performing arts center in Iowa City. The new Hancher Auditorium will replace a facility damaged in a 2008 flood. Construction will begin on the 144,770-gsf building in spring of 2012. The sustainably designed facility will include a proscenium theater and spaces for teaching and rehearsals.
University of California to Break Ground on Mission Bay Hospital
The University of California will break ground in December of 2010 on a $1.52 billion hospital in San Francisco. Located on the Mission Bay biomedical campus, the 878,000-sf facility will provide women’s, children’s, and cancer care services. The 289-bed hospital will support translational research and is slated for occupancy in 2014.
Buck Institute Builds Novato Stem Cell Facility
Buck Institute for Age Research will begin construction in fall of 2010 on a $41 million stem cell research facility in Novato, Calif. Ground was broken on the 65,600-sf project in summer of 2010 with completion expected in March of 2012. Designed by Perkins + Will of San Francisco, the facility will house twelve open-plan labs, cell and tissue storage space, offices, and a fitness center. The building will include a basement and three floors above ground and will feature a geothermal heating and cooling system.
University of York Opens Centre for Immunology and Infection
The University of York opened the £5 million Centre for Immunology and Infection (CII) in the United Kingdom in September of 2010. The three-story, 1,350-sm facility houses biocontainment suites for the study of high risk pathogens and space for clinical trials. The translational research facility was created in partnership by Hull York Medical School and the Department of Biology at the University of York. The general contractor for the project was GB Building Solutions. Construction began on the facility in July of 2009.
College of St. Scholastica Expands Science Center
The College of St. Scholastica will break ground in April of 2011 on a $15.5 million expansion of its science center Duluth, Minn. Designed by AECOM Ellerbe Becket, the project involves construction of a 40,000-sf addition housing classrooms and labs. The general contractor for the facility is McGough Construction of St. Paul. Completion is expected in fall of 2012.