University of Pittsburgh Initiates Biomedical Renovation

The University of Pittsburgh will renovate 44,525 sf in the Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower to house the Vascular Medicine Institute and the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine. The project is supported by $14 million in federal stimulus funding. The renovation will create modern, open laboratory space with associated support and chemical fume hood alcoves. These changes will increase the efficiency of space usage, incorporate natural lighting, modernize utility distribution systems, improve overall workflows, and create a dynamic environment for open resource sharing. The renovated space will be used to consolidate and expand research activities of the Vascular Medicine Institute and the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine.