The $32.9 million Wayne T. and Mary T. Hockmeyer Hall was recently constructed at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. The building gives Purdue’s renowned Structural Biology group the space needed to continue to be at the forefront of this field. The 65,690-sf facility includes research laboratories and a BSL-3 suite with embedded electron microscopy.
Nektar Therapeutics opened its new 102,000-sf headquarters in San Francisco's Mission Bay development in December of 2010. The facility will house 150 employees and is sited adjacent to the UCSF Life Sciences and Medical Center. Previously based in San Carlos, Calif., Nektar utilizes an advanced polymer conjugate chemistry technology platform to create novel therapeutics.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities completed the first phase of the Alexandria Center for Life Science in December of 2010. Located in New York City, the life science park is designed as an international hub for scientific, entrepreneurial, and commercial collaboration. The 15-story, 310,000-sf Alexandria Center will house tenants including Eli Lilly & Company, ImClone Systems, Kadmon Pharmaceuticals, and Firmenich.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center broke ground on the $30 million Truhlsen Eye Institute in Omaha in December of 2010. Housing research and clinical space for the department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the 47,000-sf facility will feature a diagnostic imaging center and specialty clinics. Completion is expected in 2012. A planned second phase of construction will provide surgical suites.
The $700 million Singapore University of Technology and Design is slated for completion in 2013. Developed in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the school will provide interdisciplinary education in engineering, architecture, and information systems and will support the development of new teaching paradigms. Ground was broken on the project in July of 2010.
Kemwell is partnering with Boehringer Ingelheim to construct a biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Bangalore, India. Ground was broken on the 15,000-sm greenfield facility in December of 2010. The cGMP plant will support process development, fermentation, purification, and formulation of biologics for early-phase preclinical and clinical studies. The project includes a fill and finish facility and suites for microbial fermentation and the production of protein therapeutics from mammalian cell cultures.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison opened the $205 million Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery in December of 2010. The 300,000-sf facility houses research offices, an atrium, and flexible dry, wet, and combination laboratories. Ground was broken on the interdisciplinary biomedical research building in May of 2008. Built with four stories above ground and one below, the project will support collaborative research in biotechnology, health science, nanotechnology, engineering, and stem cell research.
The Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) will build the 80,000-sm Plastics Application Development Center at King Saud University in Riyadh. The project will house 150 scientists and over 300 advanced research instruments in 43,000 nsm of building space. The construction cost of the facility is estimated at SR475 million. The Plastics Application Development Center will promote the creation of new products for packaging, automotive materials, and compounding.
The University of Wisconsin broke ground on the $75.7 million Wisconsin Energy Institute in Madison in November of 2010. The 200,000-sf facility was designed by HOK and Potter Lawson with M.A. Mortenson as general contractor. The sustainably designed building will house labs, offices, high bay space, and conference rooms for clean energy research and development. A second phase of construction will provide classrooms, a demonstration lab, and offices.
Laurentian University is building the 36,000-sf Living With Lakes Centre in Sudbury, Ontario. Located on Lake Ramsey, the two-building facility will provide research labs and multimedia rooms for the Co-operative Freshwater Ecology Unit. LEED Platinum sustainable design certification will be sought for the $21 million project, which features a geothermal system designed to accommodate the climate of 2050. Completion is expected in May of 2011.
The €200 million ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility is under construction in Cerdanyola del Vallès in Spain. Construction began on the project in 2006 with completion expected in mid-2011. The facility is being constructed by the CELLS consortium and is co-financed by the Catalan and Spanish governments.
The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has launched a €1.2 billion initiative to develop wind, solar, and nuclear power in the European Union. The WindScanner research facility in Denmark will cost between €45 million and €60 million to build. The €960 million MYRRHA nuclear research reactor will be sited in Belgium. The €80 million EU-SOLARIS facility will be built at the Advanced Technological Centre for Renewable Energy in Spain.
The University of Alberta is building the $360.7-million Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science (CCIS) in Edmonton. Construction began on the facility in November of 2008 with completion expected in 2011. The building will provide teaching labs, lecture halls, research labs, and faculty offices. The 53,000-sm project was designed by ONPA and is being built by PCL Construction Management. Consulting engineers included Read Jones Christoffersen, Stantec, and Hemisphere.
The University of Louisville is partnering with Nucleus, Kentucky's life science and innovation center, to develop a research building in Louisville. Designed by Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan and built by Sullivan & Cozart, the facility will provide laboratory and office space for life science companies. Completion is expected in 2012.
The University of Nottingham will partner with GlaxoSmithKline to build a green chemistry research facility on its Jubilee campus in the United Kingdom. The climate-neutral building will provide instructional space and laboratories for the development of safer chemical processes and products.
