Industry News

Genentech opened its $400 million pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution complex in Hillsboro, Ore., in April of 2010. The 150,000-sf therapeutics filling and packaging facility will distribute Genentech's biologic cancer drugs.

Edgerton Hospital began construction on a $26 million replacement facility in April of 2010. The 56,000-sf hospital will offer inpatient and outpatient services, emergency and urgent care, and rehabilitation. Completion of the facility is expected in fall of 2011. A separate medical office will also be constructed at the site.

Carolinas HealthCare System is initiating an expansion and renovation of Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville. The 245,000-sf project includes construction of a 114-bed patient tower, expansion of the maternity center, and the addition of a new surgical suite. 56,000 sf of space in the existing hospital will be renovated. The general contractor for the project is BE&K Building Group, a subsidiary of KBR Inc.

Pierce College is building the $57 million Center for the Sciences in Woodland Hills, Calif. Slated to open in fall of 2010, the technology-rich facility houses lecture halls and faculty offices for the departments of physics, chemistry, life sciences, nursing, veterinary technology, planetary sciences, and geology. The construction manager for the project is Swinerton Management and Consulting.

The University of Alabama will construct two facilities to complete its science and engineering quad in Huntsville. Site work has begun for the third building, a $43.6 million engineering facility housing research laboratories. The three-story, 208,000-sf project will be built by The Gary C. Wyatt Construction Company of Birmingham. The fourth building will house offices, research labs, and classrooms for the college of engineering. The $70 million, 185,000-sf facility is expected to open in 2013.