The University of Alabama at Birmingham has broken ground on a $190 million facility for the Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine and the College of Arts and Sciences.

The Biomedical Research and Psychology Building will house research faculty from the Heersink School of Medicine and the Department of Psychology.

The eight-story, 228,735-square-foot facility will include wet and dry research laboratories and research support spaces, which will provide the flexibility necessary for investigators from various disciplines to utilize the space.

The venture received $152 million in federal funding.