Ground was broken Wednesday on the construction of MSU's new Grand Rapids Research Center.
The building is an $88.1 million, six-story, 162,800-square-foot facility that will include research program spaces and five core labs that will benefit the MSU College of Human Medicine scientists and researchers.
"We envision the MSU research building and Grand Rapids Innovation Park to be a gateway to the Medical Mile and a magnet attracting business in life sciences and growth in the biotechnology sectors," MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon told MSU Today.
The new research facility will be located on the corner of Michigan Street and Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids and is expected to be completed and opened late 2017.
When it opens, it is expected to support 260 members of the MSU College of Human Medicine's scientific research teams. Some of the areas of study will include Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, pediatric neurology, autism, inflammation, transplantation, cancer, genetics, women's health and reproductive medicine.
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