Denton-based Texas Women's University will initiate an expansion of its Houston Center urban campus in 2005. A $3-million gift from the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation will enable construction of a 10-story, 202,000-sf facility housing several 120-seat lecture halls, a 250-seat auditorium, classrooms, seminar rooms, video conferencing, distance learning, and the Nelda C. Stark College of Nursing.
Montgomery College has selected Foulger-Pratt to develop a potential $150 million life science and technology park on its Germantown, Md., campus. With a focus on developing wet lab space, the 35-acre parcel will house 700,000 sf to 800,000 sf of offices and lab space. The estimated development cost is between $100 million and $150 million; completion of the first phase is slated for early 2007. A technology incubator will be developed on a five acre section of the site.
Cal State Hayward will initiate construction in fall of 2004 on a $23-million, 67,000-sf Business and Technology Center . Slated for occupancy in 2006, the building will house classroom space for education and engineering students, as well as the Business and Economics Department. State-of-the-art technology will include satellite links to the university’s overseas campuses and built-in wireless and fiber-optic communications systems.
The University of Denver opened the $8.6-million Merle Catherine Chambers Center for the Advancement of Women on September 9, 2004 . The 32,000-sf facility will house three organizations: The Women’s Foundation of Colorado, the Women’s College of the University of Denver , and Higher Education Resource Services, Mid-America (HERS).
Otterbein College is engaged in $5.75 million in planned or ongoing construction projects at its Westerville , Ohio campus. Project currently under way include
The California Academy of Sciences has opened its new transitional museum facility in San Francisco . While the permanent facility in Golden Gate Park undergoes a major renovation, the museum has relocated to 875 Howard Street . The new museum offers two floors of exhibit space with a 20,000-gallon, two-story coral reef tank, an aquarium housing thousands of live animals, an interactive learning center, and a new natural history exhibit. The interior build-out includes five stories of administration, research and storage facilities.
The University of California Riverside has selected Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott (SBRA) of Riverside to design its new Genomics building. The 110,000-sf building will provide the University’s Genomics Institute with state-of-the-art research laboratories for its faculty, researchers, and support staff. SBRA is designing the $34.4-million project in association with RBB Architects of Los Angeles .
The University of Kansas Edwards Campus dedicated the new 82,000-sf Victor and Helen Regnier Hall classroom facility on August 13, 2004. The $17.8-million building includes a 240-seat auditorium, 21 classrooms, and 45 faculty offices. The facility is the first phase of a $71-million, ten-year expansion plan for the 36-acre Edward Campus. Plans describe a total of four buildings forming a quadrangle.
Southwestern Illinois College (SWIC) is planning to build a $9-million academic liberal arts facility on its 186-acre Belleville , Ill., ampus. Designed by Peckham, Guyton, Albers and Viets Inc., the 40,000-sf building will house ten classrooms, office space, and a bookstore The project will replace five temporary classroom buildings. The community college expects to break ground on the facility in 2005 and reach completion is summer of 2006. SWIC is also engaged in $960,000 in renovations to existing campus facilities.
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory is leasing 81,500-sf of a 150,000-sf building that will be constructed in Cambridge. Housing office and R&D space, the facility will consolidate three Cambridge locations into a new state-of-the-art facility located in the 40-acre wooded Cambridge Discovery Park, which is owned by the Bulfinch Cos. Inc. Occupancy is slated for the fourth quarter of 2005.
Rice University in Houston has completed the renovation and remodeling of 3,000 sf in Abercrombie Hall to accommodate nanotechnology research. The facility houses a Class 100 cleanroom, a Class 1000 cleanroom, a conference area, and lab support space. The contractor for the design/build project was McCarthy Building Companies of Dallas .
Emory University School of Medicine has selected The S/L/A/M Collaborative to provide architectural, engineering, and interior design services for the renovation and expansion of the Anatomy and Physiology buildings in Atlanta. Slated for completion in year-end 2007, the $37 million project involves comprehensive renovation and adaptive reuse of two historic buildings; programming, design, and construction of 100,000-sf of new space; and demolition of an outdated connector building.
The University of Hartford celebrated the groundbreaking of the $32-million Integrated Science, Engineering and Technology (ISET) Complex in West Hartford, Conn., on June 16th, 2004 . The complex is comprised of the new 37,000-gsf ISET Building , the renovated 105,000-gsf Dana Hall, United Technologies Hall, and East Hall. These buildings will house the Engineering and Technology schools, the Integrated Technology program, and the Computer Science, Math, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Health Professions, and Psychology departments.
Texas Tech University is developing two new facilities, the Clinical Tower & Research Center (CT&RC) and the International Pain Institute (IPI) at the Health Sciences Center Campus in Lubbock , Texas . The new CT&RC will consolidate much of the clinical care currently in two other buildings into one patient-friendly building. Valued at $33,000,000, the CT&RC is composed of 142,000-sf of new construction and 23,000-sf of renovated space.
The Arizona State University Foundation is working with contractor McCarthy to construct its signature facility on a 3.4-acre site at ASU’s Tempe c ampus. The project includes a six-story, 140,000-sf office building; a 1,200-space parking structure; and a 15,000-sf, two-story annex for retail tenants. LEED™ certification will be sought for the building. Sustainable design features include opaque glazing, CO2 monitoring, sub-grade parking, and a 25% use of construction materials that include recycled content.
