Industry News

The Strategic Partnership for Research in Nanotechnology has been granted $10 million in funding from the Senate to establish a network of nanotechnology research centers. The Strategic Partnership for Research in Nanotechnology is a consortium comprised of The University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Austin, and Rice University.

Omnicare is planning a 56,235-sf expansion of its 56,600-sf headquarters in Covington, Ky. Project startup costs are estimated at approximately $3.2-million. Omnicare provides pharmaceutical services to the elderly.

Raleigh Community Hospital is constructing a new 21,000-sf cancer center. The $7.2-million facility will house the radiation therapy center, conference facilities, and medical education space. The hospital also began work on a $21.3 million cardiac center in September 2003. Both facilities are expected to reach completion in spring of 2004.

The Buffalo Federal Court is planning to construct a new $100-million courthouse in Buffalo, N.Y. Designed by Kohn Pederson Fox of New York, the ten story, 262,000-sf facility will begin construction in 2004 and reach completion in late 2006 or early 2007.

Harvard Medical School (HMS) has completed the New Research Building (NRB) at its Cambridge, Mass., campus. Designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, the 525,000-sf building is the largest expansion of the medical campus in nearly a century. The NRB houses approximately 800 researchers and staff from various disciplines that will work to pursue treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other diseases.