(ABC 6 News) -Tuesday, Mayo Clinic announced that a new 11-floor, 176,000 square foot research building will be the newest addition to Downtown Rochester.

Funded in part through a gift of $49.3 million from the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation as well as other generous benefactors.

The building is set to open near the end of 2023, and will be located at 3rd Street SW and 4th Avenue SW with underground connectors to the Opus and Baldwin Buildings.

“Research is the engine that drives advances in medical care, and the new facility will enable the team-based scientists of Mayo Clinic to continue finding care solutions for patients.”

“Research is a key pillar of our 2030 strategy,” says Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., Mayo Clinic’s president and CEO. “We’re committed to advancing more cures, connecting more patients to our expanded expertise, and transforming health care for people everywhere. And that transformation starts with research.”

The new building’s high-profile exterior showcases Mayo Clinic’s commitment to transformative biomedical research. The integrated work environment continues the legacy of team science and collaboration with incremental facilities for basic and translational cancer biology as well as other areas of scientific inquiry.

The building initially was announced in 2019 as a four-story building. The pandemic experience has demonstrated the need to grow and accelerate scientific advancements, and science is conducted in physical space. 

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