LA JOLLA, CALIF.
The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine broke ground in December of 2009 on a $126 million stem cell research facility in La Jolla, Calif. The 145,087-sf building is slated for completion in 2011. The four-story facility will house laboratories, offices, a conference center, and core facilities with advanced imaging technologies. The general contractor is Lankford & Associates of San Diego, a subsidiary of Colorado-based Hensel Phelps Construction Co. The members of the Sanford Consortium are the University of California San Diego, the Burnham Institute for Medical Research, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and The Scripps Research Institute.
