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Tufts University Partners with BioRealty on Grafton Science Park
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.
University of Missouri Builds Orthopaedic Facility
The University of Missouri broke ground on the $52.5 million Orthopaedic Institute in Columbia, Mo., on June 5, 2008. Housing outpatient and inpatient care, the 113,512-sf project will house 41 clinic rooms, five operating rooms, two outpatient procedure rooms, radiology, rehabilitation, prosthetic/orthotic services, and a pharmacy. The center will consolidate the university’s orthopaedic treatment operations in a single location and is expected to open in early 2010.
Texoma Medical Center Breaks Ground in Denison
Texoma Medical Center celebrated the groundbreaking of its $137 million replacement hospital in Denison, Texas, in early June of 2008. Designed by HKS of Dallas and built by Brasfield and Gorrie, the eight-story, 370,000-gsf facility houses 252 beds. The facility includes a 32-bed intensive care unit, a 26-bed emergency room, and a 12-room operating suite. Occupancy is slated for spring of 2010.
Banner Ironwood Medical Constructs Pinal County Hospital
Construction will officially begin on Banner Ironwood Medical Center in Pinal County, Ariz., on June 5, 2008. The 220,000-sf hospital will be located on 80 acres near the town of Queen Creek and is slated for completion in fall of 2009. The first $128 million, 24-bed phase will include four inpatient/outpatient operating suites, an emergency room with 19 private treatment areas, imaging, family practice, internal medicine, general surgery, and orthopedics. Subsequent phases will create a total of 86 beds with a build-out capacity of up to 500 beds.
Northwestern University Opens Core Imaging Center
Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine opened the Northwestern Nikon Imaging Center in Chicago on June 4, 2008. The collaborative core microscopy imaging facility was developed in partnership with Nikon Instruments to support biomedical research and the development of advanced imaging technologies. The Feinberg School's Cell Imaging Center will feature Nikon Live Scan Swept Field Confocal microscopes for the study of live cell events.