U. OF CHICAGO BUILDING $215M RESEARCH CENTER

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago is developing the new William Eckhardt Research Center, a $215 million project located on campus on the site of the current Research Institutes Building. The structure, along with the Low Temp Building and the Astronomy and Astrophysics Center, will be demolished to make way for the 265,000-square-foot Eckhardt Center. The new building will contain five stories above grade and two below grade. It will feature laboratories, offices and conference rooms for the Division of Physical Sciences. A bridge will connect the new building to the existing Accelerator Building. In addition, the new Institute of Molecular Engineering will be housed within the Eckhardt Center. Thornton Tomasetti is serving as structural engineer of record.