Biomedical center to tackle R&D, teaching, patient care

Boston-based architecture firm Shepley Bulfinch has begun schematic design for the new Health and Biomedical Science Center for the University of Houston's College of Optometry, scheduled to open in late 2012. The state-of-the-art research and patient care facility will cover 167,600 sf, offering ambulatory surgical center, specialized research laboratories, offices, seminar spaces, a new conference facility, and classrooms.