CORTEX Develops St. Louis Biotech Building

Ground has been broken on a new 170,000-sf research laboratory and office facility in St. Louis for the Center of Research, Technology and Entrepreneurial Exchange (CORTEX), a non-profit collaboration of Washington University, St. Louis University, The Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation, and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Designed by HOK, the $36 million project incorporates sustainable design principles and will pursue LEEDTM  certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. HOK is providing lab, site and architectural design services for the three-story facility in collaboration with architect of record Forum Studio. The design and construction manager is Clayco Construction Co. Slated for completion by December 2005, the facility is over fifty percent leased by Washington University Medical School and biotech firm Stereotaxis.