Biomedical

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) broke ground on its 281-acre research campus at Janelia Farm in Northern Virginia on May 5. The $500 million development will accommodate over 300 scientists and staff and is slated to reach completion in 2005. The project’s first 650,000-sf phase includes lab, research, housing, conference, and meeting space. The project manager for the first phase of construction is Jacobs Facilities, a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering of Arlington, Va. HHMI is based in Chevy Chase, Md.

The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center is engaged in the demolition and renovation of 24,000 sf of advanced cell biology workspace in Dallas. Omniplan Architects of Dallas designed the project, which will be completed by contractor McCarthy in two distinct phases.

Biodynamic Research Corp. (BRC) will lease 38,000 sf in a new 70,045-sf single-story tech building in San Antonio. Ground was recently broken on the facility, the second phase of the University Heights Tech Center, by developer R.L. Worth and Associates of San Antonio. The building will feature a high degree of office finish-out and large floorplates, as well as a high parking ratio: 6.16 cars per 1,000 rentable square feet. BRC is a professional services and research firm and a leading consultant in biodynamics research.

UCSF Genentech Hall, a new biomedical research and teaching building at the University of California San Francisco's new Mission Bay campus, opened in January. Designed by the San Francisco office of SmithGroup, the new five-story, 434,000-sf facility is the first structure to be completed on the 303-acre Mission Bay campus. Once fully occupied, the building will house approximately 900 faculty, students, and staff.