Novartis is planning to build an integrated research and development center in Shanghai, China. As the eighth site in the company's R&D network, the center will focus on infectious causes of cancer endemic to China and Asia and pharmaceutical research. Scientists will initially occupy a 5,000-square meter facility slated to open in May of 2007. Construction will begin in July 2007 on a permanent 38,000-square meter building to house 400 scientists.
The University of Queensland opened the $70-million Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) in Brisbane on Oct. 23, 2006. Located on the school's St. Lucia campus, the six-level facility will accommodate research combining the biological, physical, and chemical sciences. Housing over 250 staff and students with a maximum capacity of 350, the center houses state-of-the-art microfabrication facilities, a GMP-ready bioprocessing facility, world-class microscopy facilities, and advanced data storage and visualization capabilities.
Millipore Corp. opened its 110,000-sf Bioprocess R&D center in Bedford, Mass., in October of 2006. Designed by ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, the facility contains 47,000 sf of laboratory space. The $50-million building will accommodate development of full-scale applications performance data and processes that simulate commercial conditions and will increase the speed and quality of biopharmaceutical production.
UC Berkeley will open the $162-million Stanley Hall in January of 2007. The 285,000-sf biosciences and bioengineering facility will house approximately 40 research labs, administrative and bioengineering department offices, and up to 10 core facilities. One of these core facilities, the 11,000-sf Biomolecular Nanotechnology Center, will manufacture chips for biochemical and medical applications. Stanley Hall will serve over 30 faculty and over 100 graduate students and is designed to foster multi-disciplinary collaboration.
Gemini Science Inc. (GSI) and La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) completed a new 145,000-sf collaborative research facility in La Jolla, Calif., in July of 2006. Located in the UC San Diego Science Research Park, the facility was designed by Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker and built by DPR Construction.
Nexus Properties is constructing the 141,157-sf University City Science Center in La Jolla, Calif. The two buildings comprise 50,925 sf and 90,232 sf and will accommodate biotechnology and R&D companies. The two-story project was designed by Pacific Cornerstone Architects and is slated for completion in late 2007. Staples Construction Company is the general contractor with CB Richard Ellis as leasing manager.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) opened its new $22-million Science and Technology Facility in Golden, Colo., in July of 2006. Designed to consolidate its research facilities into a single campus, the building enables NREL scientists to collaborate with private sector companies in photovoltaics and energy efficiency research. The Science and Technology Facility will also house the Department of Energy's local field office and 130 employees. Three additional facilities are planned at the site with construction beginning in 2007.
Johns Hopkins University is expanding operations at its Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. The engineering and R&D center will occupy a six-story, 243,000-sf facility that is under construction in the adjacent Montpelier Research Park. TC MidAtlantic Development, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow, is developing the six-story facility in partnership with Lovell America Inc. The project will break ground in late July of 2006 and reach completion by October of 2007.
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) opened the $970-million National Security Sciences building in May of 2006.
Site preparation is under way by Sundt Construction for SkySong, Arizona State University (ASU) Scottsdale's 34-acre Innovation Center. Higgins Development Parters of Chicago along with Peoria, Ill.-based The Plaza Cos. are developing the $300-million high-tech research park. The two-building first phase will provide over 300,000 sf for office and retail space, of which ASU will occupy 80,000 sf. The scheduled opening of phase one is early 2007.
The Science Center, a West Philadelphia business incubator providing facilities and services for early-stage life science and technology companies, plans to double its capacity with a 1.8-million-sf expansion program. Wexford Science & Technology, LLC has been selected as the development partner for Phase I of the project. The architect is Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership in conjunction with Ueland, Junker, McCauley, Nicholson of Philadelphia.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory dedicated the $85 million Molecular Foundry in Berkeley, Calif. on March 24, 2006. Construction began on the six-story, 95,000-sf nanotechnology center in December of 2003. Designed by the architectural firm SmithGroup, the facility is one of five U.S. Department of Energy nanotechnology research centers.
Pfizer has selected Gilbane Building Company in a joint venture with Tarlton Corporation as the Construction Manager for Pfizer's new research facility in Chesterfield, Mo. The four-story, 330,000-sf facility is part of a nearly $200-million expansion of Pfizer's existing four-building site. Gilbane's Chicago office and Tarlton's St. Louis office will oversee the project with the design team of Kling Architects.
The University of South Florida (USF) will break ground in spring of 2006 on the 70,000-sf Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation at the University Research Park in Tampa. Expected to cost between $60-million and $70-million, the center will house laboratories for physician skill training, medical product development, and a virtual hospital and simulation center. The facility will bring R&D and surgical skills training together under one roof. Completion is expected in late summer to late fall of 2007.
The University of North Carolina has selected Turner Construction to build the 311,000-sf Core Laboratory Building at the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis. Financed by David Murdock and designed by Narmour Wright Creech Architecture, the five-story facility will be the first structure in a planned 350-acre biotech campus. Ground will be broken on the project in late February 2006 with completion expected in late 2007.
