National Cancer Institute Constructing 332,000 square foot Advanced Technology Research Facility in Frederick, Maryland.

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... The National Cancer Institute's 332,000 square foot Advanced Technology Research Facility at Riverside Research Park in Frederick, Maryland ... is slated for delivery in early 2012 to enable scientists to more rapidly develop a new generation of highly targeted treatments for cancer patients...

... Morgan-Keller, Inc. (M-K) is constructing the core and shell of the National Cancer Institute building. Site work and construction of the core and shell will take approximately 16 months to complete ... Morgan-Keller, Inc. is one of Maryland's largest and most respected commercial builders, with offices in Frederick and Columbia...

... As part of the larger 177 acre Riverside Research Park, the National Cancer Institute 62 acre site will have expansion capacity for another 470,000 square feet, reserved for life-science and advanced technology partner organizations. This site will be the center of an intensive new effort to bring together government, industry, academic, and nonprofit partners, working side-by-side, utilizing technological resources second to none, to more rapidly translate our
latest genetic and molecular discoveries about cancer into effective new treatments that benefit patients, said John E. Niederhuber, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute...

... Riverside Research Park is the first biomedical research and development park of its kind in Frederick Maryland ... Frederick has a vibrant biotech community servicing NIH, the National Cancer Institute and Fort Detrick, Riverside can accommodate up to a total of 1.8 million square feet of lab, R &D, and office space  ... until now there hasn't been a destination for these companies to come together in a collaborative campus type environment

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