| The UM Life Science & Technology Park is planned to open R&D Building 1 in Q2 2011 |
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| Architectural Specifications |
- Six floors
- 252,000 rentable square feet (SF)
- 38,000 rentable SF floor plates
- 14 feet 8 inches, slab-to-slab
- Cast-in-place concrete frame with glass, curtain wall, metal panel, and stucco façade
- 100-PSF floor loading
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| Research Resources |
- Flexible, modular wet laboratories and prep rooms
- Exhaust shafts for tenant laboratory use
- Modular mechanical system for easy expansion.
- Available tenant power capacity at 15 watts per
square foot
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| Transport and Safety |
- Three traction passenger elevators with 3,500-pound capacity
- One traction service elevator with 5,000-pound capacity
- Fire and life safety life
- Hurricane-resistant design
- 24/7 mixed-use functionality via sufficient on-site surface parking (parking garage in later phases), campus shuttle and tram access, connections to Metrorail and public bus services, and card-key security
- Automatic fully sprinklered fire protection with electric fire pump
One 1,000-kw emergency generator for life safety with expansion for tenant generators
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| Shared Features |
- Rain garden (Phase II) and indoor/outdoor community spaces with casual seating and landscaping
- Comprehensive amenities of an urban research and business park, including ground floor retail space, casual dining and convenience shopping
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| Sustainability and Energy Efficiency |
- Active chilled beam laboratory and office suite cooling system to maximize tenant temperature control
- Building chiller systems with total heat recovery to maximize energy efficiency
- Environmentally friendly building design and operation in accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and United States Green Building Council Gold Rating standards
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