Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Opens Center for Therapeutic Research

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory opened the Center for Therapeutic Research in late October of 2019 in Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. Designed by Centerbrook Architects and Planners, the $75 million project involved the renovation and expansion of the existing Demerec Laboratory to create a 26,000-sf biomedical facility for the creation of advanced therapies for genetic diseases including cancer, diabetes, obesity, and autism. The completed three-story building offers four wet labs, a chemistry lab, a tissue culture, a glassware kitchen, cold rooms, freezer rooms, conference suites, and offices for principal investigators and post-graduates. Featuring a geothermal heating and cooling system, the facility utilizes innovative mechanical infrastructure to accommodate leading-edge research in the historic structure, which was originally constructed with a floor-to-floor height of 11 feet. Kohler Ronan was the engineering consultant for the project, which broke ground in October of 2017.