Mesa, Ariz.
Mesa Community College is constructing the $13.5 million Saguaro Building on its Red Mountain campus in northeast Mesa, Ariz. Slated for completion in fall of 2009, the 42,000-sf facility will feature vivarium and terrarium space for indigenous animal and plant species. The Saguaro Building will house life science laboratories, ten classrooms, study areas, a theater, a bat nesting area, and a snake pit. LEED certification for sustainable design will be sought for the project. The facility was designed by SmithGroup.
