The National Weather Center atrium.

Two Partners Place
Construction on this 56,000-square-foot office building began in November 2005 and was completed in 2007. The facility houses the university’s Center for Applied Social Research, K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal, and Center for Spatial Analysis as well as private companies, including Atmospheric Technology Services Company Inc.

Three Partners Place
Construction on this 75,000 square-foot office building began in late 2007 and was completed June 2009. The facility houses the offices of three UniversityVice Presidents– the Office of Technology Developement, University Research Cabinet, and the Office of the Vice President for Research as well as the Office of Research Services, the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth, Intellectual Property Management Office, Commerce and Investment Venture Oppotunites, and the Office of Export Controls. It is also home to a number of private companies such as Dow Lohnes, RiskMetrics Group, and Weather DecisionTechnologies, Inc.

Four Partners Place
Plans call for this facility to eventually house Nanjing Automobile Group Corp.’s MG subsidiary research and development facility.

Life Sciences Research Center
This first phase of this project will provide the university’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry with teaching and research laboratory space, and will contribute to the synergy of the research campus initiatives by providing high-end analytical support services essential to the growing research campus community. Construction of Phase I of the project, a 141,000-square-foot facility, is expected to begin in summer 2008.

Stephenson Research and Technology Center
National Weather Center
One Partners Place
Two Partners Place
Three Partners Place
Four Partners Place
Life Sciences Research Center

Stephenson Research and Technology Center
The Stephenson Research and Technology Center is a major component of a multi-phase project supporting interdisciplinary programs in biosciences, bioengineering and the OU Supercomputing Center.

The $27 million research facility, completed in 2004, includes 94,600 square feet of reconfigurable laboratory and office space to accommodate rapidly changing programs and new initiatives. It houses 251 faculty and student researchers working in a wide variety of disciplines, including chemistry, zoology, microbiology, botany and engineering.

SRTC also hosts events and meetings in the high-tech Board Room and Seminar Room.

The building was designed to give identity to individual research groups but also to provide great flexibility and stimulate cross-disciplinary interactions. Twice daily, the Stephenson Center’s popular Café DNA serves as a hub for the building’s inhabitants to relax, share ideas and conversation and enjoy complimentary refreshments.

National Weather Center
The 244,000-square-foot National Weather Center opened its doors in September 2006. One of the largest facilities of its kind in the world, it houses 12 OU, state and federal organizations with more than 650 employees, faculty, researchers and students.

The center accommodates OU’s academic and research programs in meteorology and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Norman-based weather research and operations programs.

The University programs in the center include:

• School of Meteorology
• Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
• Center for Spatial Analysis
• Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
• Oklahoma Climatological Survey
• International Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Research

The NOAA organizations include:

• National Severe Storms Laboratory
• National Weather Service Forecast Office
• NEXRAD Radar Operations Center
• Storm Prediction Center
• Warning Decision Training Branch

The College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences administers the facility, where the first classes were offered in fall 2006.

One Partners Place
The 50,000-square-foot One Partners Place opened in fall 2004 and is anchored by Weathernews Americas, which is privately owned by Japanese parent company Weathernews Inc.. Weathernews is the largest publicly traded private weather company in the world.

Other private companies currently or soon to be located in the facility include Vieux & Associates Inc., Basic Commerce and Industries Inc., and Atmospheric and Environmental Research Inc..

University entities housed in the facility include the vice president for and office of Technology Development, Integrated Robust Data Services and the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. The second floor of the facility, completed in February 2007, houses the university’s radar innovations lab, and academic outreach office.