Two new research buildings for the Cleveland Clinic along Cedar Avenue were topped-out yesterday in a ceremony. The new buildings are the result of the Clinic’s collaboration with other partners in the realization of a medical innovation district for Cleveland (Cleveland Clinic). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
New buildings are the result of Innovation District
Cleveland Clinic marked a major milestone late yesterday in the construction of two research buildings in the Cleveland Innovation District. A ceremonial beam-lifting event celebrated the placement of the two final steel beams in the skyway bridge that will span East 100th Street, connecting the new facilities.
Cleveland Clinic leaders and researchers signed the beams, sharing messages of hope about the future of research. A significant expansion of laboratory research space on Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus, the two buildings will total 300,000 square feet at the intersection of East 100th and Cedar Avenue.
Designed to foster innovation and collaboration, the facilities will feature advanced research laboratories, dedicated classroom space, offices and a café as well as enhanced greenspace, landscaping and walking paths that will offer a new entrance to the southeast section of the Main Campus., dubbed the Innovation District.
“For more than 100 years, Cleveland Clinic has been at the forefront of scientific discovery,” said Serpil Erzurum, Cleveland Clinic’s chief research and academic officer in a written statement. “These state-of-the-art facilities will provide the infrastructure and technology needed to continue growing Cleveland Clinic’s research efforts.”
Two new buildings comprise the Innovation District portion at East 100th Street along Cedar Avenue, with the larger of the two buildings at right. Yesterday’s ceremony heralded the placement of steal beams for a pedestrian connector between the two buildings, representing the last steelwork for the overall project (Ian McDaniel).
The facilities are a manifestation of the Cleveland Innovation District, a public-private initiative, which brings $565 million from the State of Ohio and JobsOhio together with Cleveland’s healthcare and higher education institutions to create jobs, accelerate research and educate the workforce of the future, Erzurum added.
“They (the new buildings) will serve as a vital resource for our research team, empowering them to discover and develop critically needed new treatments,” she said.
The northeast building, east of East 100th, will be approximately 170,000 square feet and home to a variety of research laboratories, including the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Global Center for Pathogen & Human Health Research.
The northwest building, west of East 100th, will be approximately 120,000 square feet, designed for specialty research facilities and core services. Construction on both buildings began in February 2023 with anticipated completions in November 2025 for the northeast building and March 2026 for the northwest building.
At left, Serpil Erzurum, Cleveland Clinic’s chief research and academic officer, and Bill Peacock, the Clinic’s chief of operations, addressed health care system staff and project construction workers moments before the final steel beam was lifted into place. It was for the enclosed walkway, to be fitted into the opening in the building to the right of Peacock (Cleveland Clinic).
The two new buildings nearing completion were partially funded through philanthropic gifts. The buildings were designed by Cleveland Clinic Buildings + Design in collaboration with HOK Architects & Vanderweil Engineers. The construction manager is Gilbane Building.
In the first phase of the recent research expansion, Cleveland Clinic opened 45,000 square feet of remodeled space that houses leading-edge laboratories starting in late 2023. That lab space is in the NA Building — the A-wing of the Lerner Research Institute, 9620 Carnegie Ave., also called the N Building in the Clinic’s letter-designation system for major buildings.
Several of Cleveland Clinic’s fastest-growing research programs are housed in this space, including the Center for Computational Life Sciences, Center for Immunotherapy and Precision Immuno-oncology, and the Center for Therapeutics Discovery, Clinic official said. The first phase was designed by Perspectus Architecture.
The Innovation District also features commercial facilities for healthcare related partners including the new headquarters for Canon Healthcare USA. There is also a workforce housing and supportive services component as well found in the new mixed-use residential-retail developments along East 105th.
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