Tufts University has selected BioRealty Inc. of Irvine, Calif., to develop the Grafton Science Park in Grafton, Ma. The planned 702,000-sf research park will house laboratory, office, and manufacturing space. The Grafton Science Park is the home of Tuft’s 40,000-sf Regional Biocontainment Laboratory which is slated for completion in January of 2009.
The University of Missouri broke ground on the $52.5 million Orthopaedic Institute in Columbia, Mo., on June 5, 2008. Housing outpatient and inpatient care, the 113,512-sf project will house 41 clinic rooms, five operating rooms, two outpatient procedure rooms, radiology, rehabilitation, prosthetic/orthotic services, and a pharmacy. The center will consolidate the university’s orthopaedic treatment operations in a single location and is expected to open in early 2010.
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine opened the Northwestern Nikon Imaging Center in Chicago on June 4, 2008. The collaborative core microscopy imaging facility was developed in partnership with Nikon Instruments to support biomedical research and the development of advanced imaging technologies. The Feinberg School's Cell Imaging Center will feature Nikon Live Scan Swept Field Confocal microscopes for the study of live cell events.
North Dakota State University broke ground on two agricultural research facilities in Fargo, N.D., on May 30, 2008. The $12 million Greenhouse Facility will house research in plant breeding, pathology, and nutrition to create higher yield crop varieties. The Beef Cattle Research Center will support research in animal nutrition and physiology, feed efficiencies, genetics, and food safety. The first phase of construction for the Beef Cattle Research Center will cost $1.6 million. Completion is expected in October of 2008.
Emory University broke ground on the Claudia Nance Rollins Building in Atlanta on May 30, 2008. The 160,000-sf facility is part of the Rollins School of Public Health and is supported by a $50 million philanthropic donation. Connected by a glass bridge to the existing 137,000-sf School of Public Health facility, the multistory building will open in 2010. Designed to foster collaboration with industry partners and the U.S.
The Air Force Research Laboratory is partnering with University of Dayton Research Institute to build and operate an alternative fuel research facility at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. The 4,000-sf Alternative Aerospace Fuels Research Facility, located near the existing Fuels and Lubricants Laboratory, will support the creation of jet fuel from coal and biomass. Completion is slated for summer of 2010.
Colorado State University’s $30 million Rocky Mountain Regional Biocontainment Laboratory received select agent research approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in May of 2008. Sited on the Foothills Campus in Fort Collins, the 38,000-sf facility houses BSL-3 laboratories for infectious disease research. The laboratory features a $600,000 mass spectrometer, autoclaves, seven-layer epoxy floors, and rigorous HEPA air filtration.
The University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) is planning to construct the $105-million, 180,000-sf Neuroscience Research Building. Housing laboratory and clinical space for 78 principal investigators, the facility will built at the University’s Mission Bay campus.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s $160 million Interdisciplinary Research Complex is slated for completion by fall of 2008. Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, the 473,000-sf facility will centralize and expand genetics, cellular, and virology research and will include pilot-scale fermentation capabilities. The project contractor is Oscar J. Boldt Construction of Madison.
Florida A&M University (FAMU) broke ground on its $1.2 million Animal Healthcare Facility in Quincy in May of 2008. Housing research facilities, a clinical lab, veterinary training facilities, and a technology center, the building will open in April of 2009.
Texas A&M University at Galveston broke ground in May of 2008 on the 100,000-sf Science Complex on its Mitchell campus on Pelican Island. Construction will begin in summer of 2008 on the $53.2 million teaching and research complex; completion is slated for 2010. The facility will be comprised of a laboratory wing for marine biology and engineering research and an instructional wing housing classrooms, undergraduate teaching laboratories, and faculty offices.
The University of Chicago will begin building the Joe and Rika Mansueto Library in Chicago in summer of 2008. Designed by architectural firm Murphy/Jahn, the partially underground facility will feature a glass dome and storage for the University’s entire 3.5 million volume collection. Slated for occupancy in the fall of 2010, the library will include a state-of-the-art conservation and preservation facility; a special collections service area; a high-density, automated shelving system; and a grand reading room.
The University of Louisville is constructing the 150,000-sf Clinical and Translational Research Building on its Health Sciences Campus in downtown Louisville, Ky. The $143.1 million facility broke ground in February of 2006 and is slated for completion in June of 2009. Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan of Louisville and SmithGroup of Detroit, the project is being built by Messer Construction of Cincinnati.
The University of Minnesota is developing a $292 million biomedical research park in Minneapolis. The project includes the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, slated for completion in summer of 2010; the Cancer Biomedical Research and the Lillehei Biomedical Research buildings, to be completed in 2012; and the Infectious Disease and Neuroscience Biomedical Research Building, slated for completion in 2013.
Cornell University broke ground on the $80 million New York State Animal Health Diagnostic Center in Ithaca in May of 2008. Slated for completion in late summer of 2010, the 126,000-gsf facility will house over 200 researchers, consolidating operations currently dispersed in 12 locations. The three-story building will house BSL-2 and BSL-3 labs, diagnostic labs, wet labs, and a state-of-the-art necropsy facility able to accommodate large animals.
