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Hospital for Sick Children Builds Toronto Research Institute
The Hospital for Sick Children is constructing the $400 million Research & Learning Tower Toronto. The 21-story, 750,000-sf facility was designed by Diamond & Schmitt Architects and HDR with EllisDon as general contractor. Housing interdisciplinary research labs, instructional space, and conference rooms, the sustainably designed tower will be built to attain LEED Gold certification. The facility will feature open, flexible labs for team research with a mixture of wet and dry benches to promote collaboration.
University of Louisville Opens Biodefense Lab
The University of Louisville dedicated the $44 million Center for Predictive Medicine in October of 2010. Located on the ShelbyHurst research park in East Louisville, the 50,000-sf project is an NIH-funded Regional Biodefense Laboratory and houses BSL-3 facilities for the study of emerging infectious diseases. The facility was built by Messer of Cincinnati with International Commissioning Engineers as commissioning agent. Ground was broken on the facility in 2006.
University of Florida Breaks Ground on Academic and Research Facility
The University of Florida broke ground on the $44 million Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona in Orlando in October of 2010. Housing biomedical research laboratories and instructional space for the College of Pharmacy, the 100,000-sf facility is slated for occupancy in summer of 2012. The UF Institute of Therapeutic Innovation, an interdisciplinary biomedical research initiative, will be headquartered in the building.
Translational Research Institute Builds Brisbane Facility
The Translational Research Institute (TRI) began construction on its $360 million medical complex in Brisbane in October of 2010. Located adjacent to Princess Alexandra Hospital, the TRI will house integrated facilities for the discovery, production, clinical testing, and manufacture of new biopharmaceuticals and therapies. The complex was designed by Wilson Architects and Donovan Hill with Watpac Construction as general contractor. Occupancy is expected in October of 2012.
Pfizer Completes Bioprocessing Facility
Pfizer completed construction of the Monoclonal Antibodies Small Scale Facility in October of 2010 in Ringaskiddy, Ireland. The cGMP facility will manufacture, purify, formulate, and bulk fill mammalian culture derived proteins for clinical trials. Establishing a biotechnology manufacturing center of excellence, the Small Scale Facility provides 5,500 liters of bioreactor capacity. The architect for the sustainably designed project was Fluor of Greenville, S.C., with Jacobs Engineering as construction manager.