Nationwide Children’s Hospital will break ground in early 2010 on its third research facility in Columbus, Ohio. Part of an $840 million expansion plan, the $93 million Research III building will be constructed adjacent to the existing Wexner Institute for Pediatric Research and Research II. The six-story, 225,000-sf facility is slated for completion in 2012. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
Upstate Medical University will begin construction in mid-2010 on a $72 million expansion of the Institute for Human Performance in Syracuse, N.Y. Doubling existing research space, the 100,000-sf addition will house biomedical research labs, offices, and a vivarium. The facility will support interdisciplinary research on nervous system disorders such as addiction, Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia. Completion is expected in 2013.
Ruhr University will begin construction in 2010 on the 65,000-sf European Protein Research Institute in Bochum, Germany. Supported by $53 million in funding from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the facility will support research on protein biomarkers for cancer, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's diseases. Completion is expected in 2013. The building will house approximately 150 researchers and staff.
The National Institutes of Health has selected Perkins & Will to design the second phase of the Porter Neuroscience Research Center in Bethesda, Md. The construction cost is estimated at $150 million. Slated for completion in the third quarter of 2013, the project will provide generic laboratories, offices, animal holding facilities, and conference rooms. The completed Porter Neuroscience Research Center will encompass 600,000 sf. LEED Platinum sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
The Campus Biometropolis development will be constructed in Mexico City. Designed by Foster + Partners, the 71 hectare medical city will include research, instructional, and healthcare facilities. The mixed-use project will contain a hospital, laboratories, offices, a conference center, a hotel, shops, and apartments. The campus will accommodate companies focused on six key areas of medicine: cancer, cardiovascular, infectious diseases, pharmaceuticals, nutrition, and geriatrics.
The University of Illinois College of Medicine is planning to construct a 24,000-sf cancer research center in Peoria. Construction will begin on the $13 million facility by summer of 2010.
Oregon Health & Science University will begin construction in February of 2010 on the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Located in the Florida Center for Innovation research park in Tradition, the 98,000-sf laboratory is slated for completion in fall of 2011. The general contractor for the four-story building is Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. of Tampa.
Fisher & Paykel Healthcare will break ground in early 2010 on a research and development facility in Auckland, New Zealand. The building will house laboratories, offices, manufacturing facilities, and warehouse space. Completion is expected in late 2012.
The University of Minnesota opened the $69.5 million Medical Biosciences Building in Minneapolis in December of 2009. Designed by Perkins and Will, the 115,000-gsf facility was built by Kraus-Anderson with Sebesta Blomberg as infrastructure engineer. Housing medical research laboratories, offices, and conference space, the facility will support interdisciplinary collaborative research in immunology, neuroscience, cancer research, and infectious diseases. Ground was broken on the project in summer of 2007.
Van Andel Institute celebrated the opening of its $175 million Phase II Expansion in Grand Rapids, Mich., in early December of 2009. Designed by Rafael Viñoly, the 242,000-sf medical research and education facility is comprised of eight floors of labs and offices supporting basic and translational research. The sustainably-designed facility was built by a joint venture of Owen-Ames-Kimball Company and The Hunt Construction Group.
Newsom Eye & Laser began construction in November of 2009 on a 4,600-sf eye surgery center in Tampa, Fla. Featuring operating rooms designed to meet the required standards for FDA research studies, the facility is part of a $7.5 million expansion of Newsom’s existing campus. Completion is expected in spring of 2010.
Site work has begun on Weill Cornell Medical College's $650 million Medical Research Building in New York. The 480,000-sf facility will feature a Cancer Center supporting interdisciplinary and translational research. Laboratories will occupy 13 floors of the building. Completion is expected in July of 2013.
Site work began in fall of 2009 on the Parkville Comprehensive Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Victoria. Delivered as a public-private partnership, the $1 billion facility will support collaborative research for the University of Melbourne, the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Melbourne Health, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, and the Royal Women’s Hospital.
The University of Hawaii has initiated the design phase for the $120 million Cancer Research Center of Hawaii in Kakaako. Construction is expected to begin in summer of 2010. The project manager is Kobayashi Group with Skyline Construction as designer and developer. Wilson Okamoto and Associates will provide project planning services. The facility is expected to open in 2013.
Northwestern University dedicated the $100 million Richard and Barbara Silverman Hall for Molecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics in Evanston, Ill., in November of 2009. The 147,000-gsf interdisciplinary research facility houses the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute and approximately 245 researchers and staff from the physical sciences, life sciences, and engineering. Comprised of four stories above ground and one below, Silverman Hall will support collaborative biomedical research and the creation of new medicines and technologies.
