Phoenix
Arizona State University (ASU) has selected architect SmithGroup and contractor DPR Construction as the project team for the first building on the university’s biomedical campus in Phoenix. The 90,000-sf to 100,000-sf facility will have four to five floors and is expected to begin construction later in 2004 and reach completion in 18 months. Housing an educational collaborative including ASU, Northern Arizona University, University of Arizona (UA), and Maricopa Community College District, the facility is funded by $10 million from ASU and $17 million from UA. Additionally, both SmithGroup and DPR Construction are working on the Translational Genomics Research Institute facility that is located immediately north of ASU’s new building.
