NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center said it will use a newly-acquired building adjacent to its campus in Seattle's South Lake Union section for research support facilities as well as offices — and possibly could expand its lab research space as a result.
"This offers an outstanding opportunity to expand our solid tumor, infectious disease, and immunotherapy research as well as work toward the goal of consolidating all of the Center's research activities onto one campus," Doug Walker, chairman of the Hutchinson Center's board, said in a statement.
The Hutchinson Center paid $36 million to acquire the 177,000-square-foot building, at 1100 Eastlake Ave. E., from the Blume 1100 Partnership, a group of investors led by Seattle developer Bruce Blume, CEO of The Blume Company
The Hutchinson Center said in the statement that it plans to occupy the building in June 2012.