Featuring a 45,000-sq-ft, two-level building expansion with a 10,000-sq-ft retrofit of existing space, this project more than doubles Rentschler Biopharma’s commercial cGMP biopharmaceutical manufacturing capacity aimed at treating multiple diseases, such as cancer and COVID-19.
Delivering this large 252,170-sq-ft middle school—a building with three academic wings that surrounds a central area of lab space— took careful planning and risk mitigation efforts.
The five-floor, 190,000-sq-ft headquarters implements technology and modern amenities to enhance productivity. Visitors are greeted with a bright entryway and branded wall on the first floor, which also contains a test kitchen where staff members can work with clients, vendors and guests.
A 345,000-sq-ft building that looks like a stack of books placed on a podium was designed to ease its impact on busy Commonwealth Avenue, but it was a challenge to align the structure with other buildings along the busy boulevard.
This 135,770-sq-ft build-out included 20 new operating rooms, eight interventional procedure rooms and 60 surgical pre- and post-anesthesia recovery units as well as renovations across existing spaces to update the 40-year-old surgical facilities.
The $41-million project was a redevelopment of a former nursing home into an 82-bed behavioral health care facility that treats people with mental illness and substance abuse issues.