The University of North Carolina is constructing the $87 million Dental Sciences Building in Chapel Hill. The five-story, 216,000-sf building will house research, academic, preclinical, and administrative facilities. The architect of record for the project is Flad Architects with KBR as general contractor. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility. Completion is expected in January of 2012.
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center is initiating a 4,156-sf renovation of the Center for Translational Molecular Imaging in Baltimore. Supported by $7 million in federal stimulus funding, the project will create an imaging suite with a dual modality PET scanner and a reagents manufacturing laboratory. The sustainably designed facility will feature HEPA filtration and is slated for completion by January of 2012.
Texas A&M University is partnering with M.D. Anderson Cancer Center to build the National Center for Therapeutic Manufacturing. The 153,000-sf research and development complex is under construction in College Station with completion expected in late 2011. Designed to accelerate the development of oncology therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, the facility will provide research labs, biological pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities, and modular cleanroom pods.
Banner Alzheimer’s Institute is initiating an expansion of its Phoenix research facilities. Supported by $6.5 million in federal stimulus funding, the 18,000-sf project will house advanced imaging instrumentation for the study of neurological diseases and cancer. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2011.
Shared Facilities for Stem Cell Research was awarded $27.3 million by the state of New York to build and operate core facilities for stem cell research. Nine other institutions in the state also received funding for biomedical research infrastructure development. A total of $30.5 million was awarded in May of 2010 by the New York State Stem Cell Science (NYSTEM) program.
The University of California Los Angeles will begin construction in November of 2010 on the $115.6 million Edie and Lew Wasserman Eye Research Center. Housing the Jules Stein Eye Institute and the departments of neurosurgery and urologic oncology of the Geffen School of Medicine, the six-story, 100,000-sf project will provide research laboratories, surgical suites, a conference center, medical training and simulation facilities, a telemedicine center, and patient care. The facility is being designed by Richard Meier & Partners Architects.
Indiana University School of Medicine is initiating a renovation at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis to house pediatric translational research. The 18,500-sf facility will provide laboratories, bio-storage, a videoconferencing suite, and office space. Completion is expected in late 2012. The renovation is supported by nearly $8.4 million in federal stimulus funding.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine broke ground in May of 2010 on the $187 million Health Sciences Education Building. Located on the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, the 268,000-sf interdisciplinary facility will provide classrooms, laboratories, pre-clinical training suites, faculty offices, and study areas. The building will also house programs for the UA College of Pharmacy, Northern Arizona University’s College of Health and Human Services, and Arizona State University’s College of Nursing.
Hartford Hospital was awarded $3.2 million in federal stimulus funding in early 2010 to construct two additions to the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center in Hartford, Conn. The two-story, 6,700-sf facility Research Staff Addition will be built as an expansion of the Huntington Building. A new MRI instrument will be located in the 1,800-sf ONRC Magnet addition.
The University of Cincinnati is planning a renovation of 8,910 sf in Kettering Laboratory to house environmental health research. Supported by $4.8 million in federal stimulus funding, the project will also include conversion of an existing 4,355 gsf atrium to create interdisciplinary research space. Designed to optimize energy performance and efficiency, the completed facility will house the transdisciplinary Center for Epigenetic Epidemiology.
Ohio State University is planning two research facility renovation projects in Columbus. Both projects are supported by federal stimulus funding and are slated for completion in 2014. An award of $8 million will support the buildout of 24,000 asf in the Biomedical Research Tower to accommodate the Experimental Therapeutics Program of The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Case Western Reserve University is initiating a $2 million laboratory renovation for the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Supporting cancer research, the 3,600-sf project will provide space for four additional investigators and a shared instrumentation core. The renovation is funded by an award from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Completion is expected in May of 2011.
Emory University is partnering with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to construct the $90 million Health Sciences Research Building in Atlanta. The planned 190,000-sf facility will support translational research, including pediatric research, cancer research, and drug discovery. The building program will include modern wet and dry laboratories, a BSL-3 laboratory, an auditorium, support spaces, and formal and informal collaboration spaces. A minimum of LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
The Translational Research Institute (TRI) selected Watpac Construction in May of 2010 to construct its $354 million research facility in Brisbane. Located at Princess Alexandra Hospital, the TRI will house integrated facilities for the discovery, production, clinical testing, and manufacture of new biopharmaceuticals and therapies. Occupancy is expected in mid-2012.
The University of Florida dedicated the $90.5 million Biomedical Sciences Building in Gainesville in May of 2010. Supporting translational research, the eight-story, 163,000-sf multidisciplinary facility houses the Health Science Center Colleges, the Biomedical Engineering Department of the College of Engineering, and Animal Care Services. The project team included HuntonBrady Architects as architect of record, Ellenzweig as design architect, and Whiting-Turner Contracting Company as general contractor.
