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Oxford Automotive Completes Manufacturing and Distribution Facility
Oxford Automotive has completed an $18.7-million manufacturing and distribution facility in the Jefferson Metropolitan Park in Birmingham. The 400,000-sf facility was designed by DesignForm and constructed by Doster Construction Co., both of Birmingham. The plant will produce assemblies and underbody stampings for the Mercedes-Benz plant in Vance.
Jewish Hospital HealthCare Services Constructs Sustainably Designed Outpatient Care Center
Jewish Hospital Healthcare Services will break ground on $35.5-million outpatient care center in Hillview, Ky. in summer 2004. Designed by Meta Associates and Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan Inc., the facility is expected to receive LEED™ certification for sustainable design. Housing four operating rooms/endoscopy suites, 16 pre-op/recovery beds, CT scanner, diagnostic imaging, mammography, MRI, bone densitometry, 24-hour emergency services, four observation rooms, and 14 private-primary care exam rooms, the facility is slated to open in February 2006.
Medical College of Georgia Expands Interdisciplinary Research Building
The Medical College of Georgia (MCG) has completed construction of the Interdisciplinary Research Building (IRB) Phase II, a 94,000-sf expansion project. Designed by Lord, Aeck & Sargent of Atlanta, the $27.3-million, five-story project includes a mechanical penthouse and a life sciences incubator for developing biotech business from scientific discoveries. The facility provides research laboratory and office space for the MCG Department of Physiology, the Center for Biology and Genomic Medicine, and the Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development.
North Carolina Central University Plans Biomanufacturing Research Ctr
North Carolina Central University will receive $200,000 in federal funds toward the construction of the Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Training Enterprise facility on the university’s Durham campus.
Denver Children's Hospital Plans Relocation and Expansion
Children’s Hospital in Denver will relocate to the Fitzsimons campus in Aurora in 2007. Sited on 41 acres at the University of Colorado’s Health Sciences Center biomedical campus, the new 1.1 million-sf, 270-bed hospital will cost $462.8 million. The facility will be one of the most technologically advanced pediatric hospitals in the country. The move to the Fitzsimons campus, which will include the research and education buildings, will reach a total of $1.3 billion. Parking will be added at the new campus, bringing the spaces from 1,700 up to 2,450.