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Cancer Center on target for June opening

By Jim Harger

The Grand Rapids Press

GRAND RAPIDS -- As construction workers prepare the new Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion for completion in six months, Spectrum Health announced a lineup of specialists who will coordinate how cancers will be treated at the $78 million out-patient facility.

Five cancer specialists will join a team headed by oncologists Alan Campbell and Mark Campbell.

I was actually looking at this building today thinking that it seemed to be moving pretty rapidly now.

You be me to the punch!

I went past the building yesterday and noticed they have been working on the facade near the buildings entrance.

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There was also an article today related to the MSU Medical School. Although it is not about the building specifically it shows the work that goes on behind the scenes to get this new facility running.

Vision for MSU Med School Includes eye 'sub-specialist'

Dr. Christopher Glisson isn't just a specialist. His medical practice is so niched that he's a "subspecialist."

Glisson, 34, is one of eight neuro-ophthalmologists in Michigan and the only one in Grand Rapids.

He is among the first physicians recruited to teach at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in Grand Rapids, thanks to a partnership between MSU and Saint Mary's Health Care.

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Didn't see this posted, but I'm signing up for this InForum Talk:

Life Sciences: Repositioning West Michigan for the Future

Thursday, January 17

GVSU Eberhard Center

4:45 p.m. Registration/Reception

5:30 p.m. Dinner/Presentation

Cost: $40 members; $50 non-members

Grand Rapids is reinventing itself! The Michigan Street area known as "Medical Mile" is becoming a prominent center of biomedical research facilities, medical treatment, training and patient care, reflecting a $1 billion investment by the area's most prominent families and medical institutions. Come feel the excitement and hear how and what it means to the economy of our city, our state and you!

While many of you have heard about what this exciting development means to the economy of our city and state, this presentation will consider next step issues regarding attracting and retention of talent to the region for the highly skilled work force needed; competition within the medical world and how Grand Rapids "Medical Mile" plans to brand itself to the greater medical research community; and how we as female leaders in the community can play a part in making the "Medical Mile" a success for the region!

Presented by:

Birgit Klohs, President, The Right Place

Marsha Rappley MD, Dean, Michigan State University College of Medicine

InForum is an offshoot of the Women's Economic Club, but both men and women attend these events. I really enjoy them, hope to see some of you there!

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wow thats going to take some to get done. Just thinking about the number of towers that would need to be done like that and then figure at least a few days between floors. You could be talking a while before the floors will get installed. But with the amount of strength in this building I doubt it will ever fail as a building system.

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My recollection of VAI I is that they seemed to take forever (but I'm sure they were constantly working on them). I'm sure we have a slow and painful wait for VAI II as well! :(

wow thats going to take some to get done. Just thinking about the number of towers that would need to be done like that and then figure at least a few days between floors. You could be talking a while before the floors will get installed. But with the amount of strength in this building I doubt it will ever fail as a building system.
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wow thats going to take some to get done. Just thinking about the number of towers that would need to be done like that and then figure at least a few days between floors. You could be talking a while before the floors will get installed. But with the amount of strength in this building I doubt it will ever fail as a building system.

Two years from now is when it's supposed to open, so I'd suspect much of next year will be taken up by the construction of "Stonehenge" (series of multiple concrete column supports), and we won't see steel and glass until 2009.

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Some more images of the Secchia Center for the New Year. The atrium looks nice and large, although I think it will only be about 3 - 4 floors tall. And interestingly, you can see River House under construction through the windows:

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The Southeast corner of the building:

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I'm so glad they have decided to clad the med school's parking ramp in stone instead of the camaro "louvre" look.

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Some more images of the Secchia Center for the New Year. The atrium looks nice and large, although I think it will only be about 3 - 4 floors tall. And interestingly, you can see River House under construction through the windows:

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The Southeast corner of the building:

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I'm so glad they have decided to clad the med school's parking ramp in stone instead of the camaro "louvre" look.

Thanks for the update. Hopefully the stone cladding doesn't get value engineered out.

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Some more images of the Secchia Center for the New Year. The atrium looks nice and large, although I think it will only be about 3 - 4 floors tall. And interestingly, you can see River House under construction through the windows:

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You can see the atrium will have a nice view of Bridgewater and Riverhouse.

Some day you have to share your secret on how you come up with all these renderings before anyone else.

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Well as a regular internet savy person I can find a lot of stuff. Now given how he knows so much about the planning of GR it begs the question. As for the drawing. It was done by taking a picture from the new towers building a then placing it in background of the windows. Pretty cool if I must say so myself. most image editors can do that pretty easily. As for the ramp coverages, well i think they just want diffrentiate the parking ramps from each other.

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Because he's a ninja...

I like the look of the parking structure as well. It will make MSU look much more vertical than the other buildings (ok, it is much more vertical, but still ;)).

I'd like to see what color the material will look like. My only gripe is there is a lot of white going up on that hill (except for Chad Vader across the street).

Joe

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Because he's a ninja...

I like the look of the parking structure as well. It will make MSU look much more vertical than the other buildings (ok, it is much more vertical, but still ;)).

I'd like to see what color the material will look like. My only gripe is there is a lot of white going up on that hill (except for Chad Vader across the street).

Joe

I should end all my posts with this guy. :ph34r:

Well you won't be happy to hear this then Joe:

"A cast stone, of the same light color as the adjacent building, was selected to clad the building and garage. Metal fins, painted the same color as the stone, fulfill the dual roles of facade accents and sun shade."

I think the wild blue color and cable bridge of the Children's Hospital will capture most of the attention. :w00t:

:ph34r:

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Interesting. I think as long as they match and one doesn't look like a dirty shade of the other, it will be ok. I definitely think it will make the Children's Hospital stick out, surrounded by mostly white facades. I can't wait to see this beast go up (and honestly, I'm most excited about the bridge).

Joe

I should end all my posts with this guy. :ph34r:

Well you won't be happy to hear this then Joe:

"A cast stone, of the same light color as the adjacent building, was selected to clad the building and garage. Metal fins, painted the same color as the stone, fulfill the dual roles of facade accents and sun shade."

I think the wild blue color and cable bridge of the Children's Hospital will capture most of the attention. :w00t:

:ph34r:

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Well as I said in other posts I had some issues with the overview map above. So I been thinking of a way to have one. I think I got it licked now. Here is the new image that I made. Of course when I mean made is that I took an existing image cough the one above and just eliminated all of the satillite parts to it. That way it cant be said to be using a copyrighted image. All thats left is the color layouts that Dad did originally for us. This has been extended as well along with adding some more to spectrum healths block. In anycase enjoy the new image. Overview.jpg

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Center for Molecular Medicine (GR) selected to provide DNA analysis for Children's Oncology Group - Google Newswire

Center for Molecular Medicine Selected to Provide DNA Analysis for Children's

Oncology Group Leukemia Study

World's Largest Childhood Cancer Research Organization Looks to CMM for

Professional Services in Finding Genetic Markers That May Improve Treatment

http://www.childrensoncologygroup.org/

http://www.cmmdx.org/news/read/26

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Center for Molecular Medicine (GR) selected to provide DNA analysis for Children's Oncology Group

Center for Molecular Medicine Selected to Provide DNA Analysis for Children's

Oncology Group Leukemia Study

World's Largest Childhood Cancer Research Organization Looks to CMM for

Professional Services in Finding Genetic Markers That May Improve Treatment

http://www.childrensoncologygroup.org/

Allow me to pull a GRDad move after my comment.

Thats BIG News... :ph34r:

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Allow me to pull a GRDad move after my comment.

Thats BIG News... :ph34r:

Hmmm. Interesting wayneoh. Is there more news to come?

BTW: I had to change the link because for some reason Reuters won't allow hotlinks to its site, except through Google. :silly:

Question for anyone who knows: Would the CMM now be considered a Contract Research Organization (CRO)? Are there any other CRO's in Grand Rapids?

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How's the children's hospital looking?

Like a big pile of rebar and concrete :) . I keep wandering past it to see if anything discernible and interesting has happened, but it's just not at a good point to shoot right now. The lower level parking decks are definitely filling up the hole, and have risen above grade at the East end. If there were a way to get up above it, it would make for better picture taking. The Spectrum ramp is pretty far away.

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Like a big pile of rebar and concrete :) . I keep wandering past it to see if anything discernible and interesting has happened, but it's just not at a good point to shoot right now. The lower level parking decks are definitely filling up the hole, and have risen above grade at the East end. If there were a way to get up above it, it would make for better picture taking. The Spectrum ramp is pretty far away.

Just use your jetpack.

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