Great Lakes Region Floats into 2015 with Nearly $500 Million in Life-Science Project Construction Starts

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Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Great Lakes region, traditionally considered the heart of industrial manufacturing, has become an essential player in the life-science sector. In just the first three months of the new year, the region is set to launch 27 projects with a total investment value (TIV) of $483 million.

See below for a list of first-quarter 2015 life science project starts in the Great Lakes region.

Encompassing Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, the Great Lakes region is home to nearly 430 operational facilities, ranging from elaborate higher-education research centers to biologic contract manufacturers (CMOs). Employing nearly 5,000 people in the region, the industry is an attractive target for economic development with its higher-than-average pay scale of $60,000 per year.

The largest of the first-quarter 2015 Great Lakes projects is located in Kankakee, Illinois. CSL Behring LLC (Bradley, Illinois) has plans to construct a $240 million plasma fractionation plant. When complete in 2017, the plant will be capable of producing up to 4 million liters per year of albumin/plasma intermediates, which then will be sent on to the company's operation in Bern, Switzerland. There, the intermediates will be used in the production of immunoglobulins, which are used to treat immune deficiencies. Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) (Irving, Texas) is an essential project team member.

In neighboring Indiana, Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) (Indianapolis, Indiana) and subsidiary Elanco Animal Health (Greenfield, Indiana) are planning to invest $16 million to construct an animal health research laboratory in Greenfield. The Buckingham Companies (Indianapolis, Indiana) is the developer and general contractor for the project, which will add a 48,000-square-foot building to develop animal-related therapeutics. Construction is set to begin in March and will be complete in early 2016.

In Michigan, Muskegon Community College tapped the project team of BMA Architects (Muskegon, Michigan) and Clark Construction (Lansing, Michigan) to design and construct the $9.6 million expansion and renovation of an existing 20,000-square-foot science building. The addition of six multi-disciplinary research laboratories will boost the school's ability to offer up-to-date scientific instruction. Construction will be complete by the end of the year.

PROJECT_NO	PROJ_TIV	PROJ_NAME
300185615	$240,000,000	BRADLEY KANKAKEE PLASMA PROTEIN FRACTIONATION PLANT ADDITION
9003000	$104,000,000	CHICAGO ADVANCED CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY BUILDING (ACTB) ADDITION
300118037	$26,000,000	NEWARK UNIVERSITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BUILDING ADDITION
300156273	$26,000,000	MOUNT AIRY (CINCINNATI) HAMILTON COUNTY CRIME LABORATORY ADDITION/RENOVATION
300192963	$16,000,000	GREENFIELD ANIMAL HEALTH RESEARCH LABORATORY ADDITION
300175425	$15,000,000	BATAVIA NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY MU2E & MC BEAMLINE ENCLOSURE ADDITION
200003352	$10,000,000	TERRE HAUTE TECHNOLOGY INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR ADDITION
300148532	$9,600,000	MUSKEGON SCIENCE LABORATORY CENTER RENOVATION AND EXPANSION
300182687	$8,500,000	NOBLESVILLE STERILE ADMIXTURES/COMPOUNDING & REPACKAGING CMO EXPANSION
300165612	$4,000,000	COLUMBUS UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL MED RESEARCH (IBMR) 4TH & 5TH FL LAB RENOVATION
300163838	$3,500,000	BLOOMINGTON PARENTERALS FILL/FINISH CMO PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300163919	$2,500,000	AUGUSTA SURGICAL SUPPLIES FILM COMPONENTS PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300163878	$2,500,000	ABBOTT PARK INJECTABLES, TABLETS & CAPS CMO AP16 PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300163702	$2,200,000	INDIANAPOLIS BULK PHARMACEUTICAL APIS PLANT 1Q15 & 2Q15 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300175400	$1,500,000	NORTH CHICAGO CLINICAL R&D 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300163934	$1,000,000	MANITOWOC CMO PERSONAL CARE LIQUIDS PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300166599	$1,000,000	ZEELAND PHARMACEUTICAL APIS CMO PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300166812	$1,000,000	NORTH CHICAGO COSMETIC APIS 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300162621	$1,000,000	FAIRBORN ORTHOPAEDIC SPINAL IMPLANTS PLANT EQUIPMENT ADDITION
300163511	$1,000,000	MORTON GROVE GENERIC LIQUIDS TOPICAL LOTIONS CMO PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300159959	$1,000,000	VERONA HIGH POTENCY APIS CMO PLANT 2015 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT UPGRADE PROGRAM
300156983	$1,000,000	WARSAW SURGICAL ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANTS 1Q15 & 2Q15 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300147152	$1,000,000	DECATUR GENERIC STERILE PHARMACEUTICAL CMO PLANT 1Q15 MAINTENANCE SHUTDOWN
300160004	$1,000,000	GLASGOW CONTRACT SOLID DOSE PACKAGING PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300154735	$1,000,000	DES PLAINES DENTAL EQUIPMENT PLANT 2015 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300159740	$1,000,000	BOWLING GREEN PERSON CARE INCONTINENCE PLANT 1Q15 & 2Q15 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM
300160025	$1,000,000	EVANSVILLE PEDIATRIC NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS PLANT 1Q15 MAINTENANCE SHUTDOWN

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