GVSU Cook-DeVos Center For Health Sciences
The GVSU Cook-DeVos Center for Health Sciences is a 273,000-square-foot (25,400 m2) facility opened in 2003 by Grand Valley State University. The project cost was $32 million, and is located with Michigan Street on the south side and Lafayette on the west side. It currently has four specialized laboratories dealing with different rehab services. It also houses a portion of the GVSU library system in the Frey Foundation Learning Center. This portion of the system deals with medical fields. The center also houses the 150 seat Hagar Auditorium, the 120 seat Steelcase lecture hall, and six conference rooms with 12 to 20 seats each. Also in the facility is the West Michigan Science & Technology Initiative, a GVSU project that is designed to aid medical business by providing lab space and allocates around 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) allocated for this purpose. It was founded in 2003 by GVSU, VAI, GRCC, the City of Grand Rapids, and the Right Place, a Grand Rapids based strategic alliance.
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