Max Planck Dedicates Jupiter Research Facility

The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience was dedicated in December of 2012 in Jupiter, Fla. Located on six acres on the MacArthur campus of Florida Atlantic University, the three-story, 100,000-sf facility provides 58,000 sf of lab space for wet and dry bench research, vibration-isolated instrumentation suites, core imaging labs, and computational space. The $64 million center also provides research and administrative offices, conference rooms, a 100-seat auditorium, and a large atrium. The project team included Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects, associate architect PGAL, laboratory design consultant Research Facilities Design (RFD), BR+A Consulting Engineers, program manager Jones Lang LaSalle, and construction managers DPR and The Weitz Company. Ground was broken on the facility in June of 2010. LEED Gold sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.