University of Arizona’s Grand Challenges Research Building

The University of Arizona’s $99 million Grand Challenges Research Building officially launched a new era of scientific innovation, opening in October.

The seven-story, 115,000-square-foot facility is located north of Cherry Avenue Garage and connected via walkway to the Meinel Optical Sciences Building. 

It will house laboratories, offices and research facilities for the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences and the Office of Research, Innovation and Impact, as well as cross-campus interdisciplinary programs such as the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Quantum Networks, the New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center, the Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics and the Space4 Center. 

Kitchell served as the general contractor.