The Neuroscience Research Center will eventually be a 600,000-square-foot facility including laboratories, offices, animal holding, cafeteria, and meeting rooms.  Phase I, shown here, is complete and occupied. 

Construction of Phase II, with 55% of the space in the complex, will complete the state-of-the-art John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center (PNRC) which was envisioned as a single complex to promote world class biomedical research.  The PNRC II will be a 5 storey 306,476 Gross Square Feet (including interstitial space) laboratory, lab support, animal, imaging, office and public spaces facility that will complete the Phase II portion of the combined PNRC I and II project.  The PNRC II facility will incorporate a number of features aimed at sustainability and energy conservation.  NIH is seeking certification by the two leading green building industry third party assessors (US Green Buildings Council and Green Globes) of achievement in sustainability and energy conservation design.