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Wyandot Center Breaks Ground on Kansas City Facility
The Wyandot Center for Community Behaivoral Healthcare broke ground on December 3, 2004, on a new 39,000-sf mental health facility in Kansas City, Kan. The $6-million center is sited on 17 acres and will act as the county's designated mental health facility. Completion is expected in early 2006. The Eby Group of Olathe is the project coordinator.
City of Milwaukee Restores City Hall
The City of Milwaukee is engaged in a $44-million restoration of its historic 108-year-old City Hall. Designed by architectural firm Engberg Anderson, the restoration project includes eight stories and a basement and is slated for completion in 2008.
University of Louisville Plans Biomedical Research Building
The University of Louisville has received $10.25 million from a bill approved by the U.S. Senate to fund the construction of a 134,700-sf biomedical research building. The facility will be constructed on the university's health sciences campus. The funding is part of $28 million the university will receive to support research initiatives.
FivePrime Therapeutics Occupies San Francisco's Mission Bay
FivePrime Therapeutics will sublease an entire floor in the new 190,000-sf J. David Gladstone Institutes building at Mission Bay in San Francisco. The Gladstone building was dedicated on December 6, 2004. The facility will enable FivePrime to develop new protein and antibody therapeutics utilizing an accelerated drug discovery approach. FivePrime will relocate its South San Francisco operations to the Gladstone building in San Francisco, a city which has a payroll tax exemption for biotech companies.
Washington Hospital Initiates Fremont Expansion
Washington Hospital Healthcare System is planning a $282-million expansion and seismic retrofit of Washington Hospital in Fremont, Calif. Construction on a new power plant at the site will break ground in 2005. The initial development phase describes an expansion of the hospital's emergency department, ICU, cardiac care, and lab and radiology facilities, as well as the addition of beds and operating rooms. The cost of the hospital's comprehensive expansion plan over the next ten years is estimated at $476 million.