VULCAN INC. COMPLETES SECOND PHASE OF UW MEDICINE PROJECT

SEATTLE — Vulcan Inc. has completed the second phase of UW Medicine’s research hub in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood. Located at 815 Mercer St., the second phase consists of a 170,000-square-foot laboratory building and an 86,000-square-foot office building. In an effort to foster greater synergies and collaboration, several research groups are co-locating in the building, including the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, the Center for Lung Biology, the Diabetes & Obesity Center of Excellence, and a proposed Mitochondria and Metabolism Center run by the Department of Anesthesiology. Perkins+Will provided architectural services for the project; Sellen Construction served as general contractor; Magnusson Klemencic Associates served as structural engineer; Affiliated Engineers NW provided electrical and mechanical engineering services; Coughlin Porter Lundeen served as civil engineer and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol provided landscape architectural services.