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Kyle Carson, left, and Randy Stone, right, of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, select blood specimens to test for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus and mosquito borne Zika virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
lessKyle Carson, left, and Randy Stone, right, of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, select blood specimens to test for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus and mosquito borne Zika
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Kirsten St. George, director of the Virology Laboratory at Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, speaks during an interview on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at the David Axelrod Institute in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
lessKirsten St. George, director of the Virology Laboratory at Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, speaks during an interview on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at the David Axelrod Institute in Albany, N.Y. (Will
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A binder filled with with test data for Powassan virus is displayed at a lab the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
A binder filled with with test data for Powassan virus is displayed at a lab the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
Photo: Will Waldron
Blood specimens which will be tested for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
Blood specimens which will be tested for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
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Kyle Carson of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, selects blood specimens to test for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus and mosquito borne Zika virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
lessKyle Carson of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, selects blood specimens to test for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus and mosquito borne Zika virus at a lab in the David
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Susan J. Wong, director of the Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory at Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, speaks during an interview on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at the David Axelrod Institute in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
lessSusan J. Wong, director of the Diagnostic Immunology Laboratory at Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, speaks during an interview on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at the David Axelrod Institute in Albany, N.Y.
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Mary Marchewka of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, tests blood specimens for antibodies to Powassan and West Nile viruses using a microsphere immunoassay at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
lessMary Marchewka of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, tests blood specimens for antibodies to Powassan and West Nile viruses using a microsphere immunoassay at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on
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Danielle Hunt of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, tests blood specimens for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
lessDanielle Hunt of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, tests blood specimens for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8,
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Jonathan Wolpaw, director of the National Center of Adaptive Neurotechnologies, left, and research scientist Gerwin Schalk on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at the David Axelrod Institute in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)
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From left, Dr. Jill Taylor, director of Wadsworth Center, Dr. Jonathan Wolpaw, center director and Dr. Howard Zucker, commissioner of health cut a ribbon during an open house at newly designated NIH National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies at David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
lessFrom left, Dr. Jill Taylor, director of Wadsworth Center, Dr. Jonathan Wolpaw, center director and Dr. Howard Zucker, commissioner of health cut a ribbon during an open house at newly designated NIH National
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Research Scientist Lynn McCane, left, sits at a computer to monitor volunteer Devon Barlow on motion capture treadmill during an open house at newly designated NIH National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies at David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 in Albany, N.Y. The treadmill is a gait analysis system that measures a person's gait before and after physical therapy. The room has multiple cameras mounted on wall. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
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Joachim Frank, a Columbia University professor who won the nobel prize in chemistry last year, discusses his work during an event at the Albany Capital Center on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. Frank at one time was a scientist at the state's Wadsworth Center in Albany. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
lessJoachim Frank, a Columbia University professor who won the nobel prize in chemistry last year, discusses his work during an event at the Albany Capital Center on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. Frank
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Joachim Frank, a Columbia University professor who won the nobel prize in chemistry last year, discusses his work during an event at the Albany Capital Center on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. Frank at one time was a scientist at the state's Wadsworth Center in Albany. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
lessJoachim Frank, a Columbia University professor who won the nobel prize in chemistry last year, discusses his work during an event at the Albany Capital Center on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. Frank
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Site near Albany Med best for Wadsworth, report says
Albany
Consultants hired by the state have suggested that 18 acres of land off New Scotland Avenue near Albany Medical Center would be the best site for a proposed new $750 million Wadsworth Center, the state's public health laboratory.
In a report filed with the state, the consulting firm Deloitte found that the best place to build a new and consolidated Wadsworth campus would be near its existing David Axelrod Institute building at 120 New Scotland Ave.
State lawmakers approved $750 million over the past two budget cycles to fund construction of a new Wadsworth campus that would bring together several labs onto one consolidated campus. Wadsworth currently has operations at at the Biggs Lab at Empire State Plaza, at the Axelrod Institute on New Scotland Avenue and in Guilderland at the Griffin Laboratory.
Wadsworth is one of the best-known state-run public health labs in the country and works on fighting diseases and other public health concerns in addition to serving as a general lab for the Department of Health. The funding for a new Wadsworth campus included funding to develop private sector partnerships in the biotech fields as well, which could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment.
Deloitte, which was hired to do an analysis on where to place a new Wadsworth campus and study other aspects of the project, also found that other top sites would be the University at Albany's Health Sciences Campus in East Greenbush (formerly known as the East Campus) and the Harriman State Office Campus in Albany.
However, the New Scotland Avenue site where the Axelrod Institute is located was identified as the best site, especially since it is near Albany Med and Albany Medical College, the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center and the Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
St. Peter's Hospital is less than two miles away.
The proposed 18 acres are located next to or near the Axelrod Institute building, the report states, although no specifics are given on which parcels specifically would be needed and who currently owns them.
"This analysis found Expanded Axelrod, Harriman Campus, and SUNY East Campus as the most favorable options for varying reasons," the Deloitte report states. "Each of these potential sites comes with tradeoffs that require consideration during the decision-making process. However, strategically consolidating Wadsworth into a campus or facility that is proximate to other existing life sciences assets and nearby space suitable for future partnership investments would let Wadsworth best serve its role as a catalyst for cluster growth. In this case Expanded Axelrod would be the most favorable option."
Other sites that were considered were the Rensselaer Technology Park in North Greenbush, the Vista Technology Campus in Slingerlands and the SUNY Polytechnic Institute campus in Albany.
Also under consideration was the so-called Noonan Lane site in Albany near Exit 23 of the Thruway that was once pitched for a casino. The former Kenwood Convent off Route 9W was also considered.
Deloitte filed its report with the the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Empire State Development and the state Department of Health on March 19.
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Report-Expanded-Albany-campus-best-for-Wadsworth-12925435.php
