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Blake Medical Center Expands Bradenton Facility
Blake Medical Center is engaged in a $14-million renovation and expansion of its Bradenton, Fla., facility. Slated for completion in March 2006, the project is comprised of 45,000 sf of new construction and 30,000 sf of renovated space. Designed by Perkins & Will , the project consists of a new one-story surgery addition housing eight surgery suites and education facilities; expansion of the central plant; and renovation of the existing building including the pharmacy and the same-day surgery unit.
Northeast Association of the Blind Renovates Albany Headquarters
The Northeastern Association of the Blind at Albany celebrated the beginning of its $3-million headquarters renovation in Albany, N.Y. on October 28, 2004. Designed by Collins + Scoville Architects P.C., the project will improve access and double the Association's footprint for a total of 56,000 sf. The general contractor for the renovation is Sano-Rubin Construction. Completion is slated for late 2005.
SSM Cardinal Glennon Expands St. Louis Facility
SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital is planning to expand its south St. Louis facility with the construction of a three-story, 130,000-sf building. The $59-million project will house ten operating rooms and a 60-bed neonatal intensive care unit. The facility, which will connect to the existing structure on two sides, is slated for completion by fall of 2007.
New Millennium Building Systems Breaks Ground on Steel Fabrication Facility
New Millennium Building Systems has broken ground on a 252,000-sf steel fabrication plant in Lake City, Fla. The annual production capacity of the $30-million facility will be approximately 70,000 tons of joists, trusses, and girders, and nearly 50,000 tons of steel roof and floor decking. New Millennium is a subsidiary of Indiana-based Steel Dynamics Inc.
Memorial Hermann Healthcare Develops Houston Heart Institute
Memorial Hermann Healthcare has selected Dallas-based Trammell Crow Healthcare Services to develop and build the 173,000-sf Heart Institute at its Southwest Hospital in Houston. Slated to open in summer 2006, the $65-million, five-story, free-standing facility will initially house 45 beds with space to accommodate an additional 15 beds in the future. The building will also house an intensive care unit, three operating rooms, five cardiac catheterization labs, and a noninvasive diagnostic center.