休斯顿莱斯大学 Arc 大楼动工 近20万平方英尺、2028年完工
德克萨斯州休斯顿市消息：莱斯大学11月6日为 Ion 区 Arc 大楼破土动工。这座近20万平方英尺、七层的科研与企业创新办公楼位于休斯顿 Ion 创新区，与 Ion 大楼共享广场，莱斯大学将作为主要租户入驻约8万平方英尺、约占40%。
大楼将为莱斯大学及其他机构提供灵活的实验室与办公空间，让研究人员与企业、初创公司、投资人与高端人才近距离协作，把科研发现转化为实际应用。
项目由莱斯房地产公司开发，预计2028年第二季度完工，现已开放预租。动工仪式正值莱斯大学宣布全校人工智能计划之后，该计划将招聘75名跨学科学者、扩充相关课程与学位。
Rice University Breaks Ground on the Arc Building in Houston's Ion District, Nearly 200,000 Square Feet Due in 2028
Houston, Texas — Rice University broke ground on November 6 on the Arc building in the Ion District. The nearly 200,000-square-foot, seven-story research and corporate innovation building sits in Houston's Ion innovation district, shares a plaza with the Ion building, and Rice will be its anchor tenant, occupying about 80,000 square feet, or roughly 40 percent.
The building will provide flexible laboratory and office space for Rice and other institutions, allowing researchers to work closely with companies, startups, investors and top talent to turn research discoveries into practical applications.
The project is being developed by Rice Real Estate Company, is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2028, and is now open for pre-leasing. The groundbreaking follows Rice's announcement of a university-wide artificial intelligence initiative that will recruit 75 interdisciplinary scholars and expand related courses and degree programs.
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