Brown U. Integrated Life Sciences Building

[lilrhody]

Brown University quietly dropped a teaser image for their planned Life Sciences Building in the Jewelry District. The building is planned for 233 Richmond Street (though the project may encompass adjacent lots). In the teaser image, the brick building at 60 Ship Street is visible to the left of the planned structure. Brown's facilities site puts the project completion date at Winter 2026. If we use the construction timeline of BU's Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences, the project will probably take around 2 years from groundbreaking to occupancy (meaning construction is likely anticipated to begin by fall/winter of next year). If the new state health lab ever gets built, these buildings will face one another from opposite sides of the little square at Richmond and Ship, hopefully activating that space a bit.

 

[lilrhody]

This morning, Brown released some images of the proposed design for their new Integrated Life Sciences Building. As planned, the building is seven-stories and 130 ft tall. This height is comparable to the new state health lab and the CIC building at 225 Dyer St.

 

[nicanbot]

I guess they don’t own that sliver of land against Ship to build out to the street?

 

[MjolnirMan]

Private parking lot next to (but unrelated to) the Narragansett beer corporate office building, I believe.

 

[Frankie811]

City approval enables Brown to proceed with life sciences building, athletics practice facility

Providence’s City Plan Commission approved a new Brown Institutional Master Plan, offering a key approval to create laboratory space for cutting-edge life sciences research and a new indoor athletics training facility.

www.brown.edu

 

[nicanbot]

Seems this one is chugging along: https://pbn.com/providence-design-review-panel-moves-forward-with-brown-life-science-building/ Hopefully see designs soon.

 

[nicanbot]

I can't find anything else but here is a more current rendering for the Brown life sciences building in the Jewelry District from TENBERKE ARCHITECTS D.P.C. Here's the story from PBN on approval from DDRC: https://pbn.com/brown-life-science-...BN+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=Daily_2023_1219

 

[lilrhody]

Here are the materials from the December 11th Downtown Design Review Committee meeting (and the staff report). Renderings attached below.

 

[New England Born & Raised]

No signs of any construction activity yet for this project. Took this photo of the site today:

 

[Frankie811]

Brown is slated to begin construction on a seven-story laboratory this summer. https://www.browndailyherald.com/ar...ruction-on-seven-story-laboratory-this-summer​

 

[New England Born & Raised]

Visible site work has finally started on this project.

Jewelry District buildings demolished ahead of Brown 'integrated life sciences' project

PROVIDENCE – Brown University is continuing its expansion in the Jewelry District, demolishing two buildings next to the university’s Warren Alpert Medical School to make way for a seven-story laboratory building. The recent destruction of the buildings at 233 and 261 Richmond St. – a...

pbn.com

 

[MjolnirMan]

Some live webcams:

Integrated Life Sciences @Brown - Construction Cameras

Live construction camera feeds from the ILS@B Project

facilities.brown.edu

 

[New England Born & Raised]

One of those Brown live cams also shows the progress of the RI State Lab project diagonally across the street. This corner will soon be a lot different with two 7 or more floor structures full of activity and workers.

 

[New England Born & Raised]

The prep work for the site is progressing quite fast. Took these photos this past Sunday:

 

[Frankie811]

Designs released for planned life-sciences laboratory in downtown Providence.​

Designs released for planned life-sciences laboratory in downtown Providence

Serving the Brown community since 1891

www.browndailyherald.com

 

[Frankie811]

Brown has released the design of its umpteenth medical research center in Providence's Jewelry District.

Rubik’s Cube of life sciences

Brown has released the design of its umpteenth medical research center in Providence’s Jewelry District. It looks just like every other building of its sort, a bland, inoffensive glass and st…

architecturehereandthere.com

 

[sdarcy274]

New to this wonderful group. I have lived in PVD for over a decade and I am a homeowner in the city. I didnt see the renderings from the development firm here so here it is. cheers!

TenBerke - Brown University Danoff Laboratories

TenBerke, in collaboration with Ballinger, is designing the new 300,000-square-foot integrated life sciences research facility at Brown University. With Ballinger leading the project’s laboratory…

tenberke.com

 

[nicanbot]

Always shocked about what a massive footprint it is when walking by.

They must have acquired the little parking lot at Richmond and Ship St.? It’s fenced off and cleared like the rest. Some renderings have that parcel integrated but earlier ones not as much it seems…

 

[lilrhody]

Here are some additional images including construction diagrams and a dusk rendering that hasn't been posted yet. The third image shows the site encompassing the parking lot at Richmond and Ship St that @nicanbot pointed out.

As for progress, the project site says that this week the contractor is: continuing installation of ground improvements, conturing earthwork and soil hauling, and forming and pouring the tower crane footing. The tower crane should go up before Thanksgiving.

 

[New England Born & Raised]

Brown doesn't waste time. Structure is already going up after a short site prep time.