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Sutter Health Plans Castro Valley Medical Center
Sutter Health is planning to construct a $300 million medical center in Castro Valley, Calif. Services at the seven-story, 130-bed hospital will include emergency, trauma, neuroscience, maternity, and acute care. The facility, which will feature all private beds, will house 90 medical/surgical beds, 24 critical-care beds, and 16 maternity beds. A separate 40-bed “universal care unit” will provide acute care, lab services, pre- and post-surgery care, radiation therapy, and cardiology services.
University of Rochester Develops Clinical and Translational Science Institute
The University of Rochester has received $50 million from the State of New York’s Upstate Revitalization Fund to construct the Clinical and Translational Science Institute. The 150,000-sf facility will house labs and offices for the development and commercialization of medical research.
National Science Foundation Creates Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is planning to construct the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) in Lead, S.D. Providing research space 8,000 feet underground, the laboratory will be located in the former Homestake gold mine. Construction will begin in 2012. In the interim, the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority is constructing the Sanford Underground Laboratory in the Homestake shaft at a depth of 4,850 feet. The Sanford lab will initiate its first physics experiments beginning in late 2008.
University of Maryland Develops BioPark Facilities
The University of Maryland, Baltimore dedicated Building Two at its BioPark development in April of 2008. The six-story, 238,000-sf research facility will house tenants including the Institute for Genome Services, Gliknik, Paragon Bioservices, Westat, and the 38,000-sf Baltimore City Community College’s Bioscience Institute. The first two BioPark buildings were developed by Wexford Science & Technology. UMB broke ground on Building Three in spring of 2008. BioPark’s $500 million, 1.2 million-sf campus will be comprised of ten buildings upon completion.
Cummings Research Park Opens HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
The $60 million HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will officially open in the Cummings Research Park in Huntsville, Ala. in April of 2008. Housing 12 for-profit companies and 900 employees, the facility will support Alabama’s high tech, biotech, and clinical research industries to address a variety of diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neurodegenerative diseases. Designed by Cooper Carry, the 270,000-sf project is the cornerstone of the 150-acre CRP Biotech Campus.