UTMB $42M addition to research facility in Galveston

GALVESTON – The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston will add a $42 million, 93,000-sf addition to its current research facilities.
The research facility to get the addition is at Building 17 on the Galveston campus.

The ground floor of the six-story facility will house noncritical functions such as a lobby and meeting space.

Two other floors will include research support facilities, including veterinary and pharmacy space.

Another floor will house mechanical space and two floors will be shelled out for future laboratory space. The new addition replaces a prior research facility that was damaged beyond repair by Hurricane Ike.

Read more at Texas Government Insider.