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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.
FBI Constructs Tampa Field Office
The Federal Bureau of Investigation celebrated the groundbreaking on its new Tampa field office on May 19, 2004. Located in the West Shore business district, the $26.6-million, 12,000-sf build-to-suit project is being constructed by Highwoods Properties of Raleigh, N.C. Replacing the bureau’s existing downtown Tampa facility, the new office is expected to reach completion in 2005.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Opens Hamilton Eye Institute
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis opened the first phase of the Hamilton Eye Institute in early May 2004. The project includes ten research laboratories and a technologically advanced administrative suite equipped to provide telemedicine service. The facility will encompass 60,000-sf when it reaches completion in 2005. The final construction phase will create clinical facilities on the second, third, and fourth floors.
Diagnostic Biotech Research Center Planned in Houston
A new diagnostic biotech facility will be constructed on 100 acres south of the Texas Medical Center. The $80-million facility will be funded by $25 million from the Texas Enterprise Fund, $25 million each from the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and the University of Texas Health Science Center, and $5 million from the University of Texas System.