Oregon Health and Science University recently announced that they have accumulated enough funding to fully begin construction of the new life sciences building on Portland's South Waterfront.
Tags: Oregon Health Sciences University, Northwest, Oregon, OHSU, new construction
Rochester, Minnesota's Mayo Clinic plans to develop a $10 million outpatient cancer treatment center in Northfield, Minnesota. It will serve an estimated 200 million people.
Tags: Midwest, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic, new construction
Mount Sinai School of Medicine is taking steps to establish itself among the best medical schools in the nation. The university is developing the second phase of a strategic plan authored by the Dean, Denis S. Charney. Currently the school is ranked 18th by US News and World Report, and is making an active attempt to become a global leader in medical research.
Tags: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Northeast, New York, new construction
The University of Southern California announced that it will be teaming up with Children's Hospital Los Angeles to develop a new research complex dedicated to improving medical devices and technology for children.
Tags: University of Southern California, California, new construction, Southwest Region
The University of Nevada, Reno recently unveiled the new MacLean Astronomy Building and Observatory Complex. The new buildings were largely made possible by new funding from the Jack Van Sickle Foundation which gave generously to UNR in 2010.
Tags: University of Nevada Reno, UNR, Nevada, Southwest, new construction
The Oregon University System plans to build a new life science building on Portland's South Waterfront. The building will be shared by Portland State, The University of Oregon, Oregon State, and OHSU. The main tenant will be OHSU which plans to house several of its science research programs in the new space.
Tags: Oregon Health Sciences University, Northwest, Oregon, new construction
New Sorenson Molecular Biotechnology Building at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City: due to open in 2012.
Tags: Utah, university of utah, UUtah, July 2011, BioResearch Product Faire Event, Salt Lake City, new construction, Southwest Region
In 2009 the University of Michigan bought the shuttered Pfizer campus adjacent to its North (Ann Arbor) Campus for $108 Million. The 174-acre, 30-building, 2-million-square-feet of research and administrative space have since been renamed the North Campus Research Complex, and the Complex' Venture Accelerator has just opened with five startup companies as tenants. The 16,000 sf Accelerator facility is designed to fast-track new businesses based on UM technology by providing lab and office space, IT infrastructure, business services, and mentorship. The Accelerator is a branch of U-M's Tech Transfer, which also moved onto the new campus, along with the Business Engagement Center and the Medical School Business Development.
Tags: University of Michigan, Michigan, new construction, Midwest Region
Doug Walker, the Board chair of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, recently announced that the center has acquired a new facility that will house new offices and laboratory space.
Tags: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Washington, Seattle, new construction, Northwest Region
If committing to funding a new research building weren't daunting enough, try doing it on a dense urban campus in an historic neighborhood in our nation's capital. This is the situation of Georgetown University, located in northwest Washington DC on the Potomac River. The Georgetown Independent aptly calls the challenge a "massive logistical nightmare." Yet buildings do go up, and more are always under construction and in the pipeline, as evidenced by the latest Campus Plan submitted by the University to the city's Planning Department yesterday.
Tags: Georgetown University, District of Columbia, Northeast Region, new construction