Cubist Pharmaceuticals Opens Biomedical Labs

Cubist Pharmaceuticals has completed a 104,000-sf expansion of its headquarters facility in Lexington, Mass. The Richmond Group managed the design/build project, which provides additional laboratories for the development of antibiotics and acute care products. Due to site restrictions and the existing building's footprint, the most cost effective solution for expansion was to build vertically. Richmond oversaw the planning and construction of two floors of laboratory, administration, and technical support space, a new central utility plant, a new mechanical penthouse, and renovations to existing laboratories on the building's first floor. The project also incorporated a pre-cast 299-car parking garage. High-efficiency plumbing and light fixtures, distribution-controlled heating and cooling systems and updated mechanical equipment combine to offset the constant operations of the lab facility, which is designed to attain LEED Silver certification. Other project team members include R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, Spagnolo Gisness & Associates, Olson Lewis + Architects, Highpoint Engineering, Goldstein-Milano, and Rolf Jensen & Associates.