GROUND BREAKS FOR $35 MILLION ENGINEERING FACILITY

MILWAUKEE — Marquette University and Opus North Corp. have broken ground for the development of the five-story, 115,000-square-foot Discovery Learning Complex. Located along Wisconsin Avenue between 16th and 17th streets in Milwaukee, the $35 million facility will feature a Discovery Learning Laboratory, a two-story engineering materials and structural testing laboratory, teaching and research laboratories, common areas and office space. The building is the first phase of a $100 million, 250,000-square-foot complex. Completion is slated for August 2011. Opus North is the design-builder, along with Opus Architects & Engineers as the designer and architect of record. Hammel Green & Abrahamson also provided design services.