ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan Regents, at their April 13-14 meeting, approved the proposed Medical Research Laboratory Facility.

“The Zina Pitcher Street site, located on the block bounded by Huron Street on the south, Zina Pitcher on the east, E. Ann Street on the north and Glen Avenue on the west, is the site for two connected medical research buildings,” said Robert Kadsin, U-M executive vice president, and Gilbert S. Omenn, U-M executive vice president for medical affairs.

“The Medical School Kresge Medical Research Complex, built in the 1950s and 1960s, currently houses significant research functions in the Medical School. The buildings have systems and components that have reached the end of their useful lives and can no longer adequately support contemporary biomedical research. We are proposing the replacement of portions of the complex in a facility large enough to accommodate existing and new research initiatives.

“We are in the process of completing a program for the project that describes the facilities—two connected buildings. It would include approximately 430,000 gross square feet. Although we are very early in the project’s development and costs are preliminary, we are estimating a construction component of $105 million; fixed and moveable equipment (including lab benches) component of $35 million; and a fees and contingency component of $40 million.”

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