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Rensselaer Polytechnic Opens Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute opened the $80 million, 218,000-sf Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies on its Troy, N.Y., campus on September 10, 2004. The facility will accommodate research in drug synthesis, tissue repair and replacement, and biosensors and monitoring. Including 67,000-sf of lab and lab support space and 104,000-sf of public and administrative space, the four-story facility was designed by architects Burt Hill and Bohlin Cywinkski Jackson.
University of Montevallo Completes Student Athletic Center
The University of Montevallo has completed construction on its new 89,000-sf student activity center in Montevallo, Ala. Designed by McKee and Associates of Montgomery, the $11.3 million facility houses a 3,000-seat convocation and concert area, raquetball courts, exercise rooms, a walking track, a 25-yard indoor swimming pool, and athletic department offices. The project contractor was McCrory Building Co. of Birmingham.
Texas Women's University Develops Urban Campus
Denton-based Texas Women's University will initiate an expansion of its Houston Center urban campus in 2005. A $3-million gift from the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation will enable construction of a 10-story, 202,000-sf facility housing several 120-seat lecture halls, a 250-seat auditorium, classrooms, seminar rooms, video conferencing, distance learning, and the Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing.
West Pharmaceutical Services Opens Kinston Facility
Lionville, Pa.-based West Pharmaceutical Services opened its new state-of-the-art molding manufacturing plant in Kinston, N.C., in late August of 2004. Sited on 25 acres, the facility provides over 100,000 sf of industrial space for the production of medical device components. West purchased the previously unoccuppied structure for $2 million and invested an additional $28 million in facility improvements. Replacing a building damaged by an explosion, ground was broken on the plant on July 1, 2003.
GM Expands Kansas Manufacturing Plant
General Motors Corp. is investing $203 million in a 55,000-sf expansion of its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kan. The project will enable GM to start producing a Saturn model at the facility. Additionally, GM will construct a new 404,000-sf parts distribution center in Norton, Mass., that will handle automotive replacement parts shipments to over 400 dealerships in seven states.