3/11/2009
Construction on the $100,000,000 Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC) new research facility in New Orleans has broken ground. The 250,000-square-foot facility will be located on a 2-acre site between the LSU Health Sciences Center and Tulane University Health Sciences Center. Construction began in February 2009 and is scheduled to be complete in August 2011. Design services are being provided by RMJM Hillier Architecture. The mission of the LCRC, a joint venture between LSU Health Sciences and Tulane Health Sciences, is to discover and develop innovative cancer therapies that lead to clinical treatment programs. These programs will offer new opportunities for early detection, treatment and prevention of cancer. The facility will create more than 300 jobs and is the first major healthcare project in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.lcrc.info/aboutus.htm