Corporate

The Medical College of Wisconsin opened the $90 million Hub for Collaborative Medicine in February of 2018 in Wauwatosa. Designed by Flad Architects, the eight-story, 318,000-sf administrative building can house 1,500 occupants, including clinicians, researchers, faculty members, and administrative staff. The facility is physically connected to the existing Medical Education and Health Research Center buildings to the north at multiple levels, and connected to the Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratory Building to the south by an enclosed elevated skywalk.

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories began construction in February of 2018 on three new facilities in Chalk River, Ontario. Representing an investment of over CAD$100 million, the project includes:

Mercedes Medical, a national distributor of laboratory products, will construct its 54,667-sf headquarters in the Lakewood Ranch development in Bradenton, Fla. The $7.5 million building will provide executive offices, a distribution center, and air-conditioned warehouse space. The project was designed by Flad Architects and Stantec and will be built by Halfacre Construction Company. Completion is expected in fall of 2018.

Prism Capital Partners is engaged in the redevelopment of the former Hoffmann-La Roche site in New Jersey to create the ON3 campus. Providing integrated research, office, and recreational facilities, the mixed-use campus currently houses a 73,000-sf laboratory building partially leased by biofabrication firm Modern Meadow, with plans for the construction of an adjacent pilot manufacturing plant under way.

Mass Innovation Labs, a provider of life science research space solutions, signed a ground lease in December of 2017 for 54,0000 sf at Innovation Square Seaport (iSQ) in Boston. Located in the Raymond L. Flynn Marine Park, the 375,000-sf iSQ campus is being built by Related Beal, a real estate developer, owner, and operator. Mass Innovation Labs will anchor the first two floors of the multi-tenant facility, which will include coworking spaces and a collaboration center.

The University of Central Florida and Valencia College are partnering with Creative Village Development to create a 68-acre mixed-use campus in downtown Orlando. The project includes:

Roche Diagnostics has leased research space in NB Development Group’s Boston Landing. Roche will take occupancy of the approximately 29,000-sf facility, which is located in a 246,405-sf structure at 80 Guest Street, in early 2018. Proteostasis Therapeutics will also occupy a similar footprint in the building in early 2018.

The Abbey Group is planning to construct Exchange South End, a 1.6 million-sf bioscience research campus located on the site of the Boston Flower Exchange. Designed by Stantec, the mixed-use development will provide approximately 841,000 sf of research space and 640,000 of office space. Arranged around a 30,000-sf public park, the four-building project will include:

Rexnord Industries is planning to construct a 248,000-sf building in Downers Grove, Ill. The project will accommodate manufacturing operations as well as providing a headquarters facility for Rexnord’s aerospace division. Completion is expected by 2019. Based in Milwaukee, Rexnord is comprised of two strategic platforms, Process & Motion Control and Water Management. The Process & Motion Control platform designs, manufactures, and services sophisticated mechanical components used in complex systems.

Banner Engineering, a leading provider of technology for industrial automation, broke ground in August of 2017 on a 50,000-sf research and development building at the company’s global headquarters in Minneapolis. Designed by HCM Architects to support the creation of smart sensors, the addition will provide labs, training spaces, and offices to accommodate over 225 new employees. Kraus Anderson Construction Company is the general contractor for the project, which is slated for completion in summer of 2018.

Micron Technology opened a $200 million semiconductor research and development facility in Boise in August of 2017. The four-story, 100,000-sf building will feature engineering laboratories with sophisticated manufacturing systems for the production of advanced memory chip technologies. Construction began on the project in October of 2015. Micron is also planning to build a three-story, 225,000-sf office facility on its Boise campus.  

3M Co. is planning to construct a 272,000-sf campus in Austin, Texas. Designed by STG Design and developed by Trammell Crow, the state-of-the-art facility will replace operations currently located in northeast Austin. Sited in the Parmer business park, the project will accommodate approximately 800 employees engaged in R&D, supply chain management, and marketing. Construction will begin on the facility by late 2017 with completion expected by April of 2019. 

Abcam, a leading supplier of protein research tools for the life sciences industry, is constructing its global headquarters on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in the United Kingdom. Designed by NBBJ to promote collaboration, the 100,000-sf laboratory and office building will accommodate over 450 staff, enabling Abcam to consolidate three existing sites in the area. Ground was broken on the project in June of 2017 and completion is expected in late 2018. 

AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group is creating a $113 million pharmaceutical campus in Carrollton, Texas. Designed by Gensler, the 300,000-sf build-to-suit facility will be leased by AmerisourceBergen for 12.5 years and will ultimately accommodate up to 2,000 employees. Occupancy is expected in 2019. AmerisourceBergen is a pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution company based in Valley Forge, Pa. 

BELIMO Americas has attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification for its North American Headquarters in Danbury, Conn. Designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative, the 195,000-sf facility comprises 129,000 sf of logistics and manufacturing space, 15,000 sf of testing labs, and 51,000 sf of office space. BELIMO is a Switzerland-based company engaged in the development, production, and marketing of actuators, valves, and sensor solutions for controlling heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems.