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The plans call for the Chevy Chasre nonprofit institute to build new temporary campus housing for graduate postdoctoral researchers and visiting scientists near the main entranced of its first standalonweresearch campus, a 689-acre expanse that opened thre e years ago as the first of its kind in Northerhn Virginia. The project, entailing 60 new one-bedroom is meant to help the research institute attractt more scientific talent from around the world toits 240-stronb staff. “Graduate students and post docs are with us for a relativelyy short period of time and they placde a high value on livingg close totheir laboratories,” said Gerry Rubin, Janelia Farm’s director.
This marks the firsyt major expansion forJanelia Farm, touted as a $500 milliob biomedical crown jewel for Northern Virginia, and a rare construction projecr in an otherwise gloomy commercial real estats market hit hard by the recession. WDG Architecture of D.C., is helping design the new 80,000-square-foot building, whicg will boast the same curved shape asthe campus’ glass-walled research building. Ashburn-based Dietzd Construction Group willoversee construction, expected to begimn this Labor Day weekenf and be complete in a year’s time. The four-story building will include a ground floor with commoh areas and covered parking for 61 all topped by threeresidential floors.
Each floor, incorporating natural light and loft-like configurations, will contain 20 one-bedroom apartments, most including an additional den. They will join Janelia Farm’s housing village, already composerd of 21 studios and32 multi-bedrooj apartments and by now full occupied by visiting staffers. The institutes will charge the short-term residents rent to help cove r monthly expenses of thenew “It is intended to break said Avice Meehan, institute spokeswoman.
“There’s no immediate planx for additionalhousing [after this This will satisfy our needs for some time to The Howard Hughes institute has applied for up to $23 million in tax-exempt bonds with the Loudoun County Industrial Developmentg Authority to finance the apartment buildingt project and related costs -- an applicatiom that must also go before the Loudouhn County Board of Supervisors. With a $17.5 billion endowment, Howars Hughes Medical Institutefunds long-term biomedical researchy by its 2,400 scientist employeesd or collaborators nationwide, to the tune of $658 million last fiscakl year alone.
Janelia Farm, anticipating to be fully staffed in the next two spentroughly $100 million on research projectws and operations last fiscao year.