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Colorado State University Breaks Ground on Rockwell Hall Expansion
Colorado State University broke ground on a $17.5 million expansion of Rockwell Hall in Fort Collins on October 2, 2008. Housing 40,500 sf for the College of Business, the project will feature nine technology-rich classrooms, a financial data laboratory, a 112-seat auditorium, and a student forum. Completion is expected in January of 2010.
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies Completes Florida Headquarters
Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies (TPIMS) completed its $40 million, 103,000-sf headquarters in Port St. Lucie, Fla., in September of 2008. Built by Suffolk Construction in the Florida Center for Innovation, the project began construction in February of 2008 and was completed three months ahead of schedule. The LEED-certified facility is comprised of office space and seven biomedical research laboratories. The project developer was Port St. Lucie-based Core Communities. Occupancy is slated for November of 2008.
Turbotec Expands Production Facility
Turbotec, a manufacturer of high performance heat exchangers, will expand its campus in Hickory, N.C., with the construction of a 20,000-sf production facility. The project will employ an additional 25 workers when operations commence in January of 2009. Turbotec will implement Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma strategies for production management in the new facility.
Pfizer Expands Kalamazoo Animal Genetics Operations
Pfizer is investing $3 million to expand its Animal Genetics unit in Kalamazoo, Mich. Twenty employees will be relocated to Building 300 from a site in Louisiana that will be closed. The new Animal Genetics unit will open in March of 2009. The project is part of Pfizer’s $50 million consolidation of its Veterinary Medicine Research and Development operations to the Kalamazoo campus. Researchers will be transferred from sites in Richland Township, Pa., and Sandwich, U.K.
UC Davis Plans Robert Mondavi Institute Phase II
The University of California, Davis is planning to construct the second phase of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science. The $16.5 million, 32,000-sf project will feature a teaching and research winery, a food science laboratory, and a brewery. Construction will begin in June of 2009 with completion slated for July of 2010.