CUVS signs lease for 20,000 s/f at BLT's Harbor Point

Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine has signed a 10-year lease with Building and Land Technology to establish Cornell University Veterinary Specialists (CUVS), a satellite referral and 24-hour emergency care hospital located at 880 Canal St. that will employ 40 veterinarians and staff. The hospital is expected to open in early 2011 and will provide veterinary specialty and emergency critical care services to patients referred by their local veterinarians. CUVS will not engage in general practice and will be the largest and most comprehensive university-affiliated veterinary specialty/emergency and critical care, satellite facility established to date. The decision to open a referral/emergency clinic in the New York metro area was an outcome of the college's strategic planning process that involved many outside stakeholders, members of the college community, and veterinarians. CUVS will be housed in a 20,000 s/f building, as part of the $3 billion LEED-certified Harbor Point mixed-use urban redevelopment project, which also includes a new Fairway supermarket, 4,000 new luxury apartments, numerous office buildings, and the worldwide corporate headquarters for Starwood Hotels and Resorts. The facility will include a tiered auditorium and overnight rooms for rotating students and residents. It will also allow Cornell to effectively deliver continuing education programming to veterinarians in the New York metropolitan area.