Georgia Institute of Technology has renovated its existing 1996 Olympic swimming and diving venue into a new student recreation center. Designed by St. Louis-based Hastings & Chivetta Architects, the project creates a 175-foot continuous floor span, the longest ever known. This was accomplished by the construction of an interstitial floor at the fourth level above the existing pool complex, creating 60,000 sf of gymnasium and multi-purpose space.
Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif., completed its Learning Resource Center in January 2003. The centerpiece of the new campus “gateway,” the 90,000-sf facility expands and upgrades library functions and houses a new distance learning center, an 8,000-sf audio/visual/television production studio, flexible meeting spaces, and a gallery. Designed by LPA, the Learning Resource Center includes the latest state-of-the-art technologies including computer and non-print services.
The Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), a former incubator, will lease an additional 10,500 sf on the ninth floor of One Broadway in Cambridge’s Kendall Square. The lease will add to the 18,000-sf that CIC currently occupies in the facility, which is owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Emory University is creating the Epithelial Pathobiology Research Development Center in Atlanta. The center will be comprised of three core facilities including imaging and gene expression analysis operations. Housing 15 investigators from four School of Medicine departments, the center is being funded by a five-year, $2.6-million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
The University of South Florida College of Nursing has received a $750,000 donation from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida to establish the Center for Advanced Nursing. Matched by funds from the state’s Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program, the facility will be a major component of the new USF Healthcare & Education Center that will house the College of Nursing and a center for integrated education and clinical care.
The Advanced Technology Center at Florida Community College at Jacksonville received the design excellence merit award from the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects on August 2, 2003. Designed by KBJ Architects, the 122,000-sf, three-phase technology center is a partnership between the business community and the college. Equipment for the classes taught in the $17.9-million center is donated by businesses, who utilize some of the space.
ITT Technical Institute has opened a new campus in Duluth, Ga. The newly constructed building accommodates ten classrooms, ten laboratories, and several administrative offices. ITT is one of the nation’s largest technical schools, with 75 campuses in the United States.
The University of Louisville has selected architects Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan Inc. of Louisville and SmithGroup of Detroit to design its third biomedical research building at the downtown Health Sciences Campus. The $98 million, 250,000-sf facility is expected to reach seven or eight stories in height and will be constructed on a former U of L parking lot.
The University of Nuevo Leon (UANL) has designated 4,000 sf in Monterrey as Mexico’s first DNA diagnostics lab. Providing the university with a place to conduct clinical drug trials, the facility will focus on the commercialization of biotechnology research.
Louisburg College is initiating a $12-million renovation of its North Carolina residence halls. Nashville, Tenn.-based Athena Housing Partners will begin renovation of the first facility in August, 2003. Athena will fund the construction in exchange for the right to lease and operate the facilities, which were originally built in the 1950s and 1960s. Completion of the project, which will include the construction of one new residence hall and renovation of the three existing dorms, is slated for fall 2005.
The Medical College of Georgia is developing a new research laboratory. The $1.9-million construction project will include the renovation of approximately 11,800 sf of lab and office space. Some existing synapses and cell signaling research labs will be torn down and replaced by new labs housing an electron microscope and two photon microscopes.
The Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP) of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health System (UPMC) is relocating to the campus of the former St. Francis Medical Center in the Lawrenceville area of Pittsburgh, Pa. This $575 million replacement hospital will house approximately 900,000-sf of clinical, procedure, treatment, support, and research space. Occupancy of the Lawrenceville hospital is expected in late spring of 2009.
The University of Florida has recently completed a modular research complex of BSL-2 and BSL-3 laboratory space. Buildings for Science, a division of Britz-Heidbrink, completed the design, production, and installation of this world-class research facility in less than one year. The complex has its own mechanical room area, an office-break area, a unisex bathroom/change area, a pass-through shower into the BSL-3 lab with accommodating locker space, and two separate procedure areas.
Heritage Harbor Museum has selected Westwood-based StrategIT to design the IT infrastructure for its planned Providence facility in Rhode Island. The 250,000-sf museum, created by a consortium of 19 cultural and historical organizations, will house exhibit space, offices, collections, and library documents and books. Slated for completion in December 2005, the museum will be the first Smithsonian Institution affiliate in New England.
The city of St. Paul will develop a 125,500-sf office warehouse facility on 11 acres near the University of Minnesota as a biotech incubator. The facility will be sold to University Enterprise Laboratories, a university nonprofit created to develop the incubator.
