Agricultural R&D firm AgBiome is creating a 30,000-sf mixed-use complex in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Located at The Lab, the leased facility will provide laboratory, office, and greenhouse space. The project is being developed by the Research Triangle Foundation, and occupancy is expected in December of 2015.
Oregon State University is planning to build a $60 million Forest Science Complex in Corvallis. The 85,000-sf project includes construction of the 20,000-sf Advanced Wood Building Products Laboratory, which will feature a strong floor for full-scale product testing, high-bay research space, and robotic manufacturing systems. An academic building supporting programs in forestry, wood science, and renewable materials will also be constructed. Both facilities will open in fall of 2017.
BASF opened a $55 million research center in July of 2015 in Ludwigshafen, Germany. The 118,400-sf facility provides laboratories and offices for approximately 200 employees in the Advanced Materials & Systems Research division. The seven-story project is strategically sited between other research buildings to foster collaboration. The center, built using BASF’s innovative construction technologies, features high-performance insulation panels based on inorganic aerogel.
Colorado State University is planning to build the $47 million Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Family Equine Hospital in Fort Collins. The 180,000-sf project will provide advanced diagnostic and surgical services, and house eight biosecure isolation stalls for the treatment of horses with infectious diseases. Supporting 27 equine clinicians, the hospital will feature imaging technologies, including a high-resolution computed tomography (CT) scanner. A 3 Tesla MRI will be installed in a new CSU research building adjacent to the facility.
OhioHealth opened its $300 million Neuroscience Center in Columbus in July of 2015. Located on the campus of Riverside Methodist Hospital, the 10-story, 409,000-sf tower provides 224 private inpatient rooms, 11 procedure rooms, and a radiation therapy suite. Clinical space supports a dynamic collaboration between the disciplines of neuroscience, heart and vascular care, and oncology.
Abu Dhabi University began building a $10 million egnineering facility in July of 2015. Designed to meet international teaching and research standards, the 99,000-sf addition will provide 30 laboratories for civil, mechanical, electrical, computer, and chemical engineering, as well as supporting programs in architecture, interior design, information technology, and aviation. The building will also house 12 classrooms, 110 faculty offices, and conference rooms. Occupancy is expected in August of 2016.
The University of Maryland is building a state-of-the-art engineering teaching and research building for the era of convergence science. It is designed to facilitate the practical integration of bioscience, medicine, and engineering to develop new biomedical devices and other health-related advancements. When it opens in 2017, the six-floor, 184,000-sf A. James Clark Hall will serve as a national center for innovation that combines engineering with biology, medicine, and information technology in support of private and government partnerships.
Quotient Clinical has expanded its existing campus in Nottingham with the construction of 8,000 sf of laboratory space for pharmaceutical research, development, and analysis. Additionally, Quotient has acquired a 3,000-sf GMP manufacturing facility at the MediCity innovation hub in Nottingham. The lab provides eight production suites with integrated controls for high potency molecule containment and will begin operations in late 2015.
Oregon State University is planning a $60 million expansion of the Oregon Forest Science Complex in Corvallis. The 85,000-sf building will provide additional teaching and research space for the College of Forestry as well as housing the 20,000-sf Advanced Wood Building Products Laboratory. Constructed with a strong floor to accommodate full-scale experiments, the lab will feature a high bay area and an advanced manufacturing center utilizing robotoic technologies.
The Pennsylvania State University opened the $59 million Health and Human Development Building in University Park in July of 2015. Designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, the 140,000-sf facility provides laboratories, classrooms, conference rooms, a student commons, faculty offices, and administrative space to support the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project, which includes 40,000 sf of renovated space in the former Henderson Building South.
Frontage Labs opened a 36,000-sf clinical research center in Secaucus in July of 2015. Designed by DMR Architects, the facility provides a biomedical laboratory, 160 observation beds, exam rooms, administrative offices, dining facilities, a recreation center, and a pharmacy. The project was developed by retrofitting an existing building to meet the specifications of Frontage Labs, an early-stage drug development company based in Exton, Pa.
llumina is partnering with BioMed Realty Trust to develop a 155,000-sf research center in Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Supporting the creation of advanced biopharmaceutical and bioinformatics technologies, the leased facility is designed for ease of expansion, enabling the project to grow by 70,000 sf to provide a total of 225,000 sf of collaborative lab and office space. Illumina is headquartered in San Diego.
The Infectious Diseases Institute at Makerere University opened the McKinnell Knowledge Centre in June of 2015 in Kampala, Uganda. Located at the College of Health Sciences, the $3.3 million disease detection and surveillance facility will include space for research, training, and outreach. The project will act as a strategic data management hub to support regional healthcare initiatives. The center features distance learning capabilities to provide medical training courses created by Stanford University and other institutions.
Stanford University began site work in July of 2015 for the $107 million Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Biology Research Building in Palo Alto, Calif. The 123,450-gsf facility will provide laboratory space for biochemistry and computational research as well as including classrooms and offices for the Department of Biology. The building will have four stories above ground with a core lab for mass spectroscopy located below grade.
Cornell Tech began building the Roosevelt Island campus in New York in June of 2015. The site plan for the $2 billion project was created by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and James Corner Field Operations. The sustainably designed campus represents a partnership between Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Cornell University. The 12-acre campus will feature the Bloomberg Center designed by Morphosis to be one of the largest net-zero buildings in the United States.
