Industry News

Tufts University has selected BioRealty Inc. of Irvine, Calif., to develop the Grafton Science Park in Grafton, Ma. The planned 702,000-sf research park will house laboratory, office, and manufacturing space. The Grafton Science Park is the home of Tuft’s 40,000-sf Regional Biocontainment Laboratory which is slated for completion in January of 2009.

London Health Sciences Centre has selected EllisDon Corporation to construct and finance an expansion and renovation of Victoria Hospital in London, ON, Canada. The $211.8 million project includes completion of 465,000-sf of shell space in the North Tower and renovations of existing facilities totaling 100,000-sf.

Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin is constructing a 425,000-sf patient tower in Wauwatosa. The 12-story facility will increase bed count from 236 to 294, with the ability to add an additional 72 beds in the future. Completion is slated for 2009. Children’s is also partnering with the Medical College of Wisconsin to construct a 298,000-sf, $140 million translational research facility.

The National Institutes of Health awarded Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) a $20 million Clinical and Translational Science Award in June of 2008. STSI is a collaboration between The Scripps Research Institute and Scripps Health in partnership with other San Diego institutions. The award will support biomedical research in genomics, stem cells, and applications of wireless technology.

South Shore Hospital is building a $66 million cancer treatment center in South Weymouth, Mass. Site work began on the 85,000-sf facility in January of 2008 with construction commencing in July of 2008. Completion is slated for late 2009. The cancer treatment center will house adult and pediatric outpatient care with radiation oncology, linear accelerators, medical oncology, chemotherapy infusion, and an MRI. The center is affiliated with Dana Farber Cancer Treatment Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital.