Arizona Cancer Center (AZCC) is planning to begin construction in late 2011 on a $135 million research and clinical facility in Phoenix. The six-story, 250,000-sf building will be operated in partnership with St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. Occupancy is expected in 2014. The translational research facility will provide care for up to 60,000 patients annually.
Syngenta Biotechnology will begin construction in June of 2011 on a $71 million facility in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The 147,000-sf project will support the creation of crops with optimal agronomic traits. The research and development facility will include laboratories, growth chambers, greenhouses, offices, and a utility plant. Completion is expected in mid-2012.
Sydney University of Technology will begin construction in 2012 on the 290,000-sf Broadway Building. Designed by Denton Corker Marshall, the 12-story facility will house research and teaching labs, lecture halls, seminar rooms, and offices for the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology. Completion is expected in late 2013. The project is supported by $50 million in federal funding. Lend Lease will provide preconstruction services. The highest Green Star rating for sustainable design will be sought for the facility.
Texas State University is planning to build the 20,000-sf Center for Research Commercialization in San Marcos. The $7 million biotechnology business incubator will provide laboratory and office space. Completion is expected in fall of 2012.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will begin renovating an existing 177,000-sf facility in July of 2011 to house a data center, labs, and offices. The sustainably designed facility will feature a modular exhaust system with fanwall and coil bypass technologies to avoid static pressure loss. The data center will utilize evaporative cooling.
Fraunhofer will invest $20 million to create the Center for Sustainable Energy Systems in Boston. The renovated six-story, 50,000-sf facility will provide a living laboratory for the development of advanced building systems and materials. The center is being designed by DiMella Shaffer with Gilbane Building Company as construction manager and BR+A as engineer. Construction will begin in July of 2012 with completion expected by year-end 2012.
Northeastern Ohio Medical University broke ground on the $42 million Research and Graduate Education Building in May of 2011. The four-story, 80,000-sf facility will house laboratories for medical research and will include an 8,000-sf business incubator for biomedical companies. Completion is expected in early 2013. Northeastern Ohio Medical University is located in Rootstown Township.
Stemnion completed construction of two Class 10,000 cleanrooms in May of 2011. Located in Clearwater, Fla., the project is a stand-alone modular facility for the production of regenerative medicine therapies. The cleanrooms were designed and built by HWI Global in collaboration with Turner Construction Company.
Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) opened in May of 2011 in Riyadh. Sited on 800 hectares, the campus includes 15 colleges, a 700-bed university hospital, and research centers for nanotechnology, biosciences, and information technology. PNU will officially open in 2012 as the largest women's university in the world.
The University of Minnesota began construction in May of 2011 on a $200 million cancer and cardiovascular research facility in Minneapolis. The 280,000-sf building is expected to reach completion in spring of 2013. Housing biomedical and genomics research laboratories with advanced instrumentation, the project is part of the second phase of the Biomedical Discovery District. The facility was designed by ZGF Architects of Seattle and Architectural Alliance of Minneapolis.
St. Michael's Hospital celebrated completion of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute in May of 2011 in Toronto. Designed by Diamond+Schmitt Architects, the $100 million translational research facility houses the Keenan Research Centre with three floors of open wet labs and two floors of dry labs. The nine-story building also includes the Li Ka Shing International Healthcare Education Centre and an auditorium. The Institute was built by Eastern Construction Co. and is connected to St. Michael's Hospital by a pedestrian bridge.
Cardiff University began construction in May of 2011 on the 107,640-sf Hadyn Ellis Building in Cardiff, Wales. Designed by Nightingale Associates, the $32.5 million facility will support post-graduate medical research with laboratories, clinics, lecture halls, and offices. The project team includes general contractor BAM Construction, structural engineer BDP, and mechanical/electrical engineer Aecom. BREEAM Excellent sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
Purdue University is planning to construct the 147,000-sf Seng-Liang Wang Hall in West Lafayette, Ind. Housing laboratories and classrooms for the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the four-story mixed-use development will include academic, research, and retail space. Completion is expected in spring of 2013.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture broke ground on an insect nursery in May of 2011 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Located at the Agricultural Research Service's Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, the $16.7 million annex will be used to breed insects used as biocontrols for invasive plant species. Construction will begin in July of 2011 with completion expected in September of 2012.
The University of Louisville is constructing the first building in the ShelbyHurst Research Park. The $20 million, 125,000-sf facility was designed by KlingStubbins and is being built by NTS Development Co. Ground was broken on the four-story building in December of 2010 and completion is expected in January of 2012. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the project.
