Industry News

Southwest Washington Medical Center will develop a $123-million expansion of its Medical Center Campus on the 2.5-acre former Chrysler/Plymouth auto dealership site in Vancouver, Wash. The facility will add new surgery suites and 82 patient beds.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center received a $2-million grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to support the construction of the “North 8” wet lab shell space in St. Louis. The funding will be combined with $13-million in existing investments to construct a 60,000-sf “post-incubator” development sited next to the Danforth Center. The project will support plant and life science business growth in St. Louis. Future plans include expansion of the facility to 180,000 sf. 

Amatrol Inc. is planning to build an 80,000-sf facility in the Northport Business Centre in Jeffersonville, Ky. Designed by Kovert-Hawkins Architects of Jeffersonville, the facility will house the company’s headquarters, R&D operations, client training center, and manufacturing operations. Project contractor AML, based in Floyds Knobs, will begin construction in September 2003 with completion expected in January 2004. Amatrol, a producer of skill-based technical learning systems for use in education, is currently housed in 45,000 sf in the Jeffersonville Industrial Park.  

FedEx Ground is planning a $50-million distribution center on 96 acres in Boone County’s Enterprise V Industrial Park in Northern Kentucky. The 335,000-sf hub will include the latest automated package sorting technology when it opens in 2005. The facility will process 45,000 packages per hour at full capacity and may employ over 235 workers.

California Polytechnic University is planning to construct the new $25-million Performing Arts and Digital Media Studio Center on its Pomona campus.