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Research and Development

UC San Francisco Completes Genentech Hall

Published 9/19/2002

The University of California at San Francisco will complete the $22-million Genentech Hall next month. The hall is the first facility of the planned 20-building, 43-acre Mission Bay campus encompassing  2,650,000 sf of instructional, support, and biomedical lab facilities. Part of Catellus Development Corp.'s massive 303-acre project, the facility is ready for support staff occupancy as early as October and will see equipment moved in through the end of the year.

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Cedra Clinical Research Relocates in North Austin

Published 9/12/2002

Raleigh, N.C.-based Cedra Clinical Research, a firm engaged in asthma and allergy studies, will soon open its new 25,000-sf facility in Far North Austin's Reunion Park. Cedra is relocating from its current Northeast Austin location.

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Northwestern Develops Phase One of Life Sciences Pavilion

Published 8/29/2002

Northwestern University is developing Phase One of the Gladys & Arthur Pancoe Life Sciences Pavilion, a new 88,000-sf research facility housing the Center for Experimental Animal Research on the university's Evanston campus. The project will accommodate research for the University and Northwestern Healthcare’s Evanston Hospital. Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Los Angeles, the four-story building with basement will house flexible research labs, faculty offices, vivarium, auditorium, and a café.

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Degussa Corp. Breaks Ground on Headquarters

Published 8/29/2002

Degussa Corp. recently broke ground on the 18,000-sf future headquarters of the company's fruit systems unit in Philadelphia. The division, which designs new products based on the interaction of fruit, flavors, and other ingredients, began relocation to its new home in summer of 2002 from Langhorne, Bucks County. Degussa currently operates a 150,000-sf production plant at the same location and aims to increase collaboration between its manufacturing, R&D and technology departments with the relocation.

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ACET Plans New R&D Lab

Published 8/29/2002

Advancing California's Emerging Technologies (ACET), an Alameda incubator, will invest $6.44 million received from the Commerce Department in a new 35,000- to 40,000-sf office, lab, and R&D building. The facility will be able to accommodate up to 40 biotechnology, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and environmental technology companies.

 

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Northwestern's Center for Nanofabrication Nears Completion

Published 8/29/2002

Construction of Northwestern University’s $32,250,000 Center for Nanofabrication and Self Assembly is nearing completion. Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership of Los Angeles, the 43,800-sf Evanston campus facility will house research laboratories for the Chemistry department, analytical and laser laboratories, and office space. Contractor Turner Construction Company is joined on the project team by structural engineer Chris P. Stefanos Associates of Oak Lawn, Ill., mechanical engineer Bard, Rao + Athanas of Chicago, and civil engineer Terra Engineering of Chicago.

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USDA Modernizes Ames Research Facility

Published 8/29/2002

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum (HOK) of St. Louis contracts to oversee initial projects of the Ames Modernization Program, a five-year, $430-million upgrade of the USDA animal disease research facilities on a 480-acre site in Ames, Iowa. The program will rebuild and centralize multiple laboratory and research centers, creating state-of-the-art laboratory and office environments in a campus designed for optimum functionality, flexibility, security, and future expansion.

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University of Missouri Builds Life Sciences Center

Published 8/29/2002

The University of Missouri Columbia is building a new 124,000-nsf Life Sciences Center (LSC). Construction began in December of 2001 on the $60-million project which will include a DNA research facility, five teaching/computer labs, a 250-seat auditorium, 50 research labs, technologically advanced classrooms, a greenhouse, and multipurpose equipment rooms. The facility will provide flexible space to maximize interactions and foster interdisciplinary team research.

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Assembly Square Development Planned in Somerville

Published 8/22/2002

The proposed Assembly Square redevelopment project in Somerville will include approximately 2 million sf of R&D and office space, 1.8 million sf of residential space, 605,000 sf of retail, and 30 acres of open space. Sited on 126 acres, the project is being developed by Sturtevant Partnership, a collaboration of Boston-based Taurus New England Investments Corp. and Gravestar Inc. of Cambridge.

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Northwestern University Builds Medical Research Center

Published 8/22/2002

 Northwestern University began construction on the Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center on its Chicago campus in March, 2002. Designed by lead architect Davis Brody Bond, LLP of New York and engineer BR+A of Boston, the 12-story building will house 9 laboratory floors with offices, a campus center on the ground floor, and two floors below grade for vivarium and mechanical rooms. Mechanical operations will also be housed on the second floor and the penthouse.

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North Carolina State University Develops Centennial Campus

Published 8/21/2002

North Carolina State University is developing the 1,334-acre Centennial Campus in Raleigh, N.C., a mixed-use "technopolis" of university, corporate and government R&D facilities. With 1.3 million sf built in 16 major building modules, the Centennial Campus will also include a town center, business incubators, housing, and an executive conference center and hotel. The campus is comprised of the 1,120-acre Centennial Campus and the 214-acre Centennial Biomedical Campus.

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Trimeris Seeks RTP Site

Published 8/20/2002

Durham, N.C.-based Trimeris is considering the purchase of 40 acres of land in Research Triangle Park to consolidate its operations in a campus-like setting. Trimeris, developer of a potentially successful AIDS treatment, has already selected a developer to plan the project.

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State of Connecticut Renovates Biocontainment Lab

Published 8/19/2002

The State of Connecticut has selected Flad & Associates to design a renovation to their emergency response laboratory facility in Hartford. Flad is providing full architectural design services including programming and planning for the renovation of 2,500 sf of biosafety level 3 (BSL-3) laboratory and support space to provide the State Department of Public Health with state-of-the-art holding and testing areas for hazardous substances and material.

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Stanford University Develops Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering

Published 8/15/2002

Stanford University's Clark Center for Biomedical Engineering and Science, currently under construction, is slated for completion in summer of 2003. The multi-disciplinary 225,000-sf facility will bring researchers from a variety of different fields together. There are no walls inside the building. Work spaces are adjustable, with wheeled benches, shared fume hoods, and electrical outlets and ventilation ducts available every ten feet.

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