Industry News

SRI International will open the $16.7 million Center for Advanced Drug Research in Harrisonburg, Va., in August of 2009. Sited on 25 acres in the Rockingham Center for Research and Technology business park, the 40,000-sf building is being constructed by Nielsen Builders. The three-story facility will house offices and laboratories for pharmaceutical research.

Hamilton Health Sciences is planning to construct the $90 million David Braley Cardiac, Vascular and Stroke Research Institute. Located on the campus of Hamilton General Hospital in Hamilton, ON, the six-story, 165,000-sf facility will house the Population Health Research Institute and the Fraser Mustard Thrombosis Research Institute. Designed to foster interaction and collaboration, the project will include laboratories, offices, meeting rooms, and breakout spaces. Construction will begin in 2010.

Pahang Bioscience is partnering with BCRO Stem Cell Transplantation to create a RM300 million stem cell research center in Temerloh, Malaysia. The facility will include an animal research laboratory, stem cell culture facilities, medical treatment areas, and a closed-colony rabbit farm.

The United Kingdom’s National Health Service will begin construction in the second quarter of 2009 on a £267 million acute care hospital in Enniskillen in Northern Ireland. The four-story, 312-bed facility will include an emergency department, private patient rooms, surgical suites, laboratories, and outpatient care. The facility will also provide obstetric, pediatric, women’s health, and critical care services. Occupancy is expected in 2012.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) opened the $107 million Western Regional Medical Center in Goodyear, Ariz., in December of 2008. Sited on 25 acres, the 24-bed hospital will provide traditional and alternative cancer therapy for up to 300 patients a day.