Industry News

Mercy St. John's broke ground on a $105 million orthopedic hospital on March 30, 2011. Located in Springfield, Mo., the 27,970-sf facility will provide 64 exam rooms and 48 inpatient beds. The general contractor for the project is McCarthy Building Companies of St. Louis. Completion is expected in mid-2013.

Boeing began building a second avionics facility in Oklahoma City in March of 2011. The six-story, 320,000-sf building is slated for occupancy in mid-2012. The design-build contractor for the facility is Gardner Tanenbaum Group. Boeing is headquartered in St. Louis.

Auburn University broke ground on the $6.3 million Poultry and Animal Nutrition Center on March 30, 2011. The facility will support teaching and research in feed science, technology, and manufacturing. The feed mill will be constructed using a modular design. Completion is expected in December of 2011.

Colorado State University broke ground on the $64 million Engineering II facility in Fort Collins in March of 2011. The 122,000-sf building will house laboratories arranged in research pods for maximum collaboration between students and faculty. The facility will provide space for the College of Engineering and a 24-hour study atrium. Occupancy is expected in fall of 2013.

Baylor University Medical Center opened the $154 million Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center in Dallas in March of 2011. The 10-story, 459,717-sf facility was developed by a joint venture of Duke Realty and Mutual Life Insurance Co. The building is occupied by Baylor Health System and Texas Oncology with space for physician offices. The center houses linear accelerators, diagnostic imaging, multidisciplinary clinics, infusion therapy suites, research facilities, and space for clinical trials.