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University of New Mexico Completes Farris Engineering Center Renovation
The University of New Mexico opened the renovated Farris Engineering Center in Albuquerque in January of 2018. The $25.5 million project utilized the concrete structural skeleton of the original building that was constructed in 1967 to create a collaborative environment with ample natural light for the departments of chemical and biological engineering, computer science, and nuclear engineering.
Keck Medicine of USC Opens Norris Healthcare Center
Keck Medicine of USC opened the Norris Healthcare Center in January of 2018 in Los Angeles. Located on USC's Health Sciences Campus adjacent to the Comprehensive Cancer Center, the seven-story, 116,000-sf outpatient facility features a patient-centric design for the integrated delivery of multidisciplinary ambulatory care. All women’s specialty care services have been grouped together on a single floor, and urology and urologic oncology are collocated on another level of the building.
Athenex Plans Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Facility
Athenex is planning to break ground by April of 2018 on a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Dunkirk, N.Y. Supporting the production of advanced cancer therapies, the 320,000-sf project will include a 281,000-sf building providing manufacturing, research, office, and warehouse space. Completion is expected in 2019. A second phase of development comprising a 39,000-sf expansion is slated for occupancy in 2020. The general contractor for the project is M+W Group and the estimated cost of construction is $210 million.
Purdue University Develops Discovery Park District
Purdue University broke ground in January of 2018 on an $86 million apartment complex in West Lafayette, Ind. Providing 835 beds, the three-building, 387,000-sf project will be built by a joint venture of Balfour Beatty, Walsh Construction, and Smoot Construction. Completion is expected by August of 2019.
UTHealth Plans Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health
UTHealth will break ground in early 2019 on the $125 million Continuum of Care Campus for Behavioral Health in Houston. Designed to deliver a transformative model of psychiatric care, the 200,000-sf project will provide approximately 300 beds for acute, subacute, and residential patients. Completion is expected in fall of 2021. UTHealth is also known as the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.