Bovis breaks ground at medical college

Real Estate Weekly, June 9, 2004

The New York office of Bovis Lend Lease held a groundbreaking ceremony today, to celebrate the start of the Joan And Sanford I. Weill Medical College Ambulatory Care and Medical Education Facility located on 70th and York Avenue.

"We are thrilled to be part of this extraordinary development and are deeply gratified that Weill Cornell has selected Bovis to build what will undoubtedly be a pinnacle for this world class institution," said James Abadie, Principal-in-Charge, New York Office, Bovis Lend Lease.

The new building will constitute the first step in what is envisioned as a state-of-the-art expansion of their campus for this prestigious medical school, as well as be the flagship building for Cornell University in New York City. In addition to housing advanced clinical facilities for departments such as Dermatology, Hypertension, ENT, IVF and Cardiology, the 13-story, 300,000 gross square foot structure will provide a central medical conference center and physician training in its Clinical Skills and Teaching Center.

"This new building will further Weill Cornell's tripartite mission of research, teaching, and patient care," says Dr. Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medical College. "By consolidating many clinical practices under one roof, patients will have a central location to obtain needed medical services. And, by situating Medical College students and physician-scientists closer to clinical care, the building will be a model of medical education and will facilitate the kind of clinical research that leads to medical breakthroughs."