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Loyola Marymount University Breaks Ground for New Building
The $110 million Life Sciences Building is expected to be completed in two years.
Loyola Marymount University is preparing for a milestone with the groundbreaking of its new multi-million dollar Life Sciences Building.
As the crowd cheered, university officials savored the moment.
"This is an essential and remarkable moment in the life cycle of LMU," President David W. Burcham said. "The Life Sciences building speaks to our hearts and our minds. It is infrastructure we need to continue the intimate learning that is the hallmark of an LMU education."
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The 103,000-square-foot building will house biology, chemistry, biochemistry, environmental science and other science classes, according to LMU spokesman Peter Warren.
There will also be glass walls in some of the building's classrooms as well as a research garden and a more than 290-seat auditorium.
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The building will feature 50 offices for faculty and staff members, an outdoor lab, a green roof and more than 30 teaching and research labs and is designed to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, ratings, according to Warren.
The first classes are expected to take place in 2015 in the new Life Sciences building, Warren said.
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