Higher Education

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.

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.

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.

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.

Oregon State University will complete the first phase of expansion of its College of Veterinary Medicine in fall of 2004, adding a small animal hospital to Magruder Hall. The entire veterinary medicine program will be brought to Corvallis from where it was previously taught at Washington State University’s Pullman campus. The second $10-million expansion phase will add 33,000 sf to Magruder Hall’s large animal hospital.

Albany College of Pharmacy has purchased a 56,000-sf building in Albany, N.Y., for three million dollars. Formerly a senior residence owned by the Episcopal Diocese of Albany, the facility will accommodate student housing and offices for admissions and financial aid. The building is sited near The Charitable Leadership Foundation’s $60 million, 150,000-sf Center for Medical Science where the College of Pharmacy has additional operations.

The University of Wisconsin Medical School has contracted Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum to design a $265-million Interdisciplinary Research Complex on the school’s Madison campus. The first $135-million phase of the project consists of 437,600 sf of laboratory, vivarium, imaging, and gross anatomy space and is slated for occupancy in 2008. The facility will accommodate interdisciplinary health science research and promote lab-to-clinic research. Zimmerman Design Group of Milwaukee is also on the project team.    

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston is planning a new $22.5-million student housing complex. Comprised of 315 apartment units, the project is slated for completion in August 2005. Additionally, a $9.45-million parking garage will be constructed at UT San Antonio; completion is scheduled for March 2005.