The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is constructing a $60-million integrated ophthalmology center for the Hamilton Eye Institute at its Memphis campus. Combining research, academic, clinic, and surgery space, the facility will develop advanced treatments for the management of ocular diseases and complex vision problems.
Stanford University Hospital opened its new $147-million outpatient cancer center on March 1, 2004. More than doubling Stanford’s previous outpatient cancer footprint, the 165,000-sf center features 47 faculty offices, a PET/CT scanner with 3-D imaging capabilities, an increase from 37 to 57 chemotherapy stations, and more space for clinical trials.
The University of Florida will fund the renovation of one of two buildings purchased as the home for the Center of Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology with a $2 million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Commission. The center, sited in the Progress Corporate Park in Alachua, Fla., will focus on the transformation of laboratory discoveries into medicines suitable for clinical trials.
N.C. State University will construct the 122,000-sf Randall B. Terry Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center on the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Raleigh campus. Slated for completion in 2009, the $35-million veterinary teaching hospital will offer veterinary diagnostics and therapeutics.
Clark University has selected Consigli Construction of Milford to build a $15-million, 50,000-sf science building on its Worcester, Mass., campus.
Florida Atlantic University has selected Boca Raton-based Kaufman Lynn General Contractors to build the $2.4-million first phase of the Louis and Anne Green Alzheimer’s Research Center and Care Facility in Boca Raton. Designed by Saltz Michelson Architects of West Palm Beach, the building will house the gerontological research program, the memory and wellness program, and the college of nursing’s Alzheimer’s-related teaching and outreach programs.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas will construct the Cecil H. and Ida Green Comprehensive Center for Molecular, Computational and Systems Biology with a $12.9 million donation from the Cecil and Ida Green Foundation. Featuring the latest tools in computer science, engineering, and imaging technology, the center will link basic research on molecules and cells with analysis of the function of whole biological systems.
Harrisburg University worked with architects Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates to create the master plan for an 18-acre campus in downtown Harrisburg, Pa. Construction will begin on the first administrative building in May 2006. Student housing and a business incubator will be developed in 2007. Residential buildings with retail space will be constructed in 2009, as will the remaining research area. Construction of more educational space, student housing, a 300-car and 800-car parking garage, and a corporate center will follow.
San Jose State University (SJSU) has opened the Space Technology Center and the Metropolitan Technology Center in the NASA Research Park in Mountain View, Calif. Both centers are sited in building 583C and share laboratory, office, and classroom space. The Space Technology Center, led by SJSU, is a government, industry, and educational consortium that includes Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and The Aerospace Corp.
DeVry University broke ground on the 84,000-sf Taylor Hall on February 6, 2004. Sited in Fremont, Calif., the dormitory features a gymnasium and a cafeteria. The facility is the first student housing constructed on any of DeVry’s 24 campuses and 42 centers in North America.
Edward Waters College has selected the Jacksonville office of Skanska USA Building as construction manager for its campus expansion in Jacksonville, Fla. The six building expansion includes a multipurpose athletic building for court games, a library, classrooms, retail shops, a 200-room dormitory, and a hotel. The expansion will proceed in phases. Four facilities are currently being designed and construction is scheduled to start in early 2004 and will reach completion for the incoming 2005 fall class. A second wave of construction will follow close behind.
The University of New York State at Albany will use the proceeds from the sale of $3.2 million in bonds to initiate site work on its $45-million cancer research center.
Arizona State University’s ASU Research Park in Phoenix will be the home of the Army Flexible Display Center, a government-industry collaboration center for the research, development, and manufacture of multi-functional display technology. The 250,000-sf building previously accommodated Motorola’s flat panel display R&D operations.
Nova Southeastern University has relocated from Winter Park to a 60,000-sf building sited on ten acres at Millenia Center in south Orlando, Fla. The 3-story facility features a 900-seat lecture hall, a 300-seat meeting facility, a large conference center, multiple computer labs, and more than 700 parking spaces. Enabling Nova Southeastern to expand its Orlando programs, the $12-million building will accommodate more than 1,100 students in 38 classrooms. The grand opening was celebrated on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004.
Construction has begun on two new buildings on the University of Arizona, Tucson campus: the Institute for Biomedical Science and Biotechnology (IBSB) and the Medical Research Building (MRB). Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, both facilities are comprised of four levels of highly flexible research, office, and support spaces with a connection to a below-ground vivarium. A physical link, inside and out, will facilitate collaboration among multidisciplined sciences. The buildings will frame a central courtyard envisioned as the social heart of the new research community.
