Sigma-Aldrich Breaks Ground on Life Science Technology Center

Sigma-Aldrich Corp. recently broke ground for its new fast-track $57-million Life Science Technology Center in downtown St. Louis. The project includes construction of a 133,000-sf lab building with three stories above grade and one below grade. Lab and office space will surround a three-story atrium in the center of the building. In addition, an attached one-story, 12,000-sf learning center with auditorium will be constructed. McCarthy is serving as construction manager and general contractor on the project. HOK and Lockwood Greene designed the project; both firms are based in St. Louis. Sigma-Aldrich Corporation is a large-scale, cGMP and custom manufacturer and supplier of high quality organics and biochemicals for the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and industrial markets.