Sault Ste. Marie -
Here's an interesting one -
Lake Superior State University broke ground in 2018 on a new building to serve as the hub of its new Center for Freshwater Research & Education (CFRE). The "CFRE" is a rebranding and expansion of the school's existing Aquatic Research Laboratory (ARL). It was originally set to open in 2020, but that has been pushed to Fall 2021 (I suspect, no doubt, due to COVID-19 delays). It is a ~$13.2 million project, and it is located on the east side of
Cloverland Electrical Cooperative’s St. Marys River hydroelectric plant. BTW, that historic hydropower plant building is one of the more interesting structures in the entire Great Lakes. I've stood next to it before, but never been inside.
You can read more about the new center and the groundbreaking here -
This article includes a rendering, but I think it is bit out of date -
Source:
LSSU
Here are what I think to be the most current renderings. The full name of the facility is the "
Theresa and Richard Barch Building, Center for Freshwater Research and Education" -
North
South
Source:
LSSU Laker Log: Spring 2019
Here is a photo of construction progress from about three weeks ago -
Source:
LinkedIn | Spence Brothers
There is a construction camera, too (
here). Here's a screen shot from tonight -
Source:
public.earthcam.net
Lastly, there is a Youtube video, from back in 2015. It looks like this was more visionary in nature, before the final design of the new building was worked out. Still interesting to watch though -
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