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San Diego State Plans Fraternity Row
San Diego State University plans to redevelop 131 acres surrounding its campus with the $14.3 million, 1.4-acre Fraternity Row, a Greek housing model composed of eight free-standing chapter houses surrounding a four-story, 62-unit apartment complex. Fraternities may own or lease the 2,278-sf to 4,360-sf houses, which provide a private backyard courtyard, a multipurpose room, chapter room, food/prep kitchen area, unisex bathrooms, computer/study room, offices, and residential suites.
University of Pennsylvania Plans Riverview Campus
The University of Pennsylvania Riverview Campus master plan was completed in April 2001 by Cambridge, Mass.-based Tsoi/Kobus & Associates. The 20-acre Philadelphia Civic Center site will be transformed into a mixed-use healthcare and research center serving the needs of the Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania.
UC San Francisco Builds New Mission Bay Campus
The University of California, San Francisco's new 43-acre research campus at Mission Bay is under construction. Phase one includes a 385,000-sf research building; a 165,000-sf center for human genetics, developmental biology, and developmental neuroscience; and a campus community center sporting food courts, a health club and pool, and a library'all scheduled to open by 2003. The developer of the huge project is Catellus.
University of Kentucky-Lexington Plans New Biomed Research Facility
University of Kentucky-Lexington's new Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building is currently in the schematic design phase. The 200,000-sf building is scheduled for occupancy in 2004. HERA, Inc., of St. Louis, is providing lab planning, programming, and design services for the facility. A.M. Kinney, of Cincinnati, is the prime architect and engineer, and Philadelphia-based Venturi Scott Brown Associates is the design architect.
Western Michigan University's New Engineering/Research Building
Western Michigan University's new College of Engineering and Applied Sciences Research Building has been designed and engineered by HarleyEllis of Southfield, Mich. in collaboration with design consultant Rossetti Architects of Birmingham, Mich. It houses teaching, lab, and support spaces for the College's six departments. The $56-million, 350,000-sf facility is situated within the University's newly developed Business-Technology Research Park in Kalamazoo. The building is designed with three wings radiating from a central 'hub' that houses lecture halls and common areas.