Montclair, N.J.
Montclair State University broke ground on the $55 million Center for Environmental and Life Sciences in September of 2013. Expanding the University's science infrastructure by 50 percent, the 107,500-gsf facility will provide seven interdisciplinary group research suites, six core labs, five office areas, classrooms, seminar rooms, a microscopy suite, and a 150-seat lecture hall. The center will support programs and research in environmental science, pharmaceutical biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, geoscience, and geography, as well as housing the Sokol Institute for the Pharmaceutical Life Sciences, the Institute for Sustainability Studies, and the Passaic River Institute. Completion is expected in spring of 2015.