The promise of more than 500 new jobs, additional lab space, and a larger research team may be just the beginning of the good things the Grand Rapids-based research and medical education facility may bring to the region. Advances in the research of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases are top targets.
According to excerpts from the story:
The Van Andel Institute broke ground Thursday on a $170 million Phase II expansion that will triple its laboratory space and allow for a broadened research focus that includes neurological disorders and other chronic illnesses.
Over the next two and a half years, an eight-story, 240,000-square-foot addition will be built on to the institute's existing facility on Bostwick Avenue, expanding the facility to 402,000 square feet.
"This finally completes the first part of the dream," said CEO David Van Andel.
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