Mayo breaks ground on biomedical research building
Summary:
Representatives from the Mayo Clinic, TGen, and City of Scottsdale turned out today to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Mayo Clinic Collaborative Research Building, a biomedical research facility to be located at Mayo's Scottsdale campus. The facility will include research laboratories for a new TGen initiative called the Center for Translational Drug Development (TD2) in addition to lab space for Mayo Clinic and other research entities.
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Representatives from the Mayo Clinic, Translational Genomics Research Institute, and City of Scottsdale were in attendance today as the Mayo Clinic broke ground on the Mayo Clinic Collaborative Research Building, a biomedical research facility to be located at its Scottsdale campus.
The ceremony took place from 11 a.m. to noon, and was by invitation only. Representatives of Hornaday Development, the local real estate development firm that is financing the building, were also present.
As its name implies, the 110,000-square-foot building will be used to facilitate collaboration between Mayo and other groups, including providing research laboratories for a new TGen initiative called the Center for Translational Drug Development, or TD2. It will also include laboratory space for Mayo Clinic and shell space to accommodate future research collaborations.
The Weitz Company of Phoenix will manage construction of the new facility. No cost or estimated completion date has yet been announced.
For more information:
"Scottsdale developer behind research facility," Arizona Republic, 02/25/2004
"Scottsdale begins foray into biotech research," Arizona Republic, 02/25/2004
"The Bottom Line: Scottsdale research center set for construction," East Valley Tribune, 02/18/2004