Hammes Company Engaged by Children’s Hospital and Health System and the Medical College of Wisconsin for Joint Biomedical Research
Brookfield, WI, December 7, 2004— Hammes Company, the nation’s leading healthcare developer and real estate consulting firm, announced today that they have been engaged by Children’s Hospital and Health System (CHHS) and the Medical College of Wisconsin to project manage their 295,000 square foot biomedical research facility expansion project.
The five-story, $117 million research center will include space for shared laboratories and support services, as well as two wings housing research laboratories and offices for the two organizations. The first phase of the project will build out 215,000 feet of space for laboratories, procedure rooms and offices, with an additional 80,000 feet of shell space available for future expansion.
“The development of research facilities such as this validates the progression the healthcare industry is making in biomedical research and more importantly, in the investigation and development of medical treatments,” stated Richard G. Galling, President and Chief Operating Officer at Hammes Company. “We’re honored to be partnering with CHHS and the Medical College of Wisconsin in this unique development opportunity, and truly feel a sense of contribution towards the medical research industry.”
Construction will begin this fall with the completion scheduled for December of 2006.
About the Medical College of Wisconsin
Located in west suburban Milwaukee, the Medical College of Wisconsin is a private, academic institution dedicated to leadership and excellence in education, research, patient care and service. Its core competency is medical knowledge, which underpins every aspect of its mission. In 2003, the Medical College was reaccredited for the maximum of eight years, to 2011, by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
More than 700 faculty physicians with the Medical College of Wisconsin provide adult and pediatric care to more than 260,000 patients, representing more than one million patient-visits annually. For more information visit: www.mcw.edu
About Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, an affiliate of the Medical College of Wisconsin, is a private, independent, not-for-profit, pediatric medical center whose mission is to be one of the nation's premier pediatric hospitals. With premier programs for congenital heart defects and heart disease in children, pediatric bone marrow transplantation, pain management in children from infants to adolescents, and other standard-setting specialties, the primary care pediatricians, pediatric specialist and sub-specialist physicians and care teams at Children's Hospital and Health System and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin deliver the best pediatric care to children in Milwaukee, the Great Lakes region and across the nation. For more information visit: www.chw.org
Hammes Company has Healthcare Group offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Orlando, Richmond, Seattle and Washington D.C.
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