A total of 4,400 square feet on the 6th floor of 4-6 Washington Place was renovated to create office and meeting spaces for the newly established Center for Soft Matter Research. The space houses 13 offices for faculty, research staff and visitors, which ring an oval lounge/work area for informal meetings and discussions. An adjoining conference room is separated by a large glass door that opens to adccommodate large gatherings in the combined space. In addition, a gut renovation of 4,500 square feet on the 8th floor of the Meyer Hall of Physics at 2 Washington Place transofmred outdated laboratories into a state-of-the-art laser and chemical synthesis laboratoroy for the Center. The project created a chemical synthesis lab with six fume hoods, an open laser lab with six optical tables, multiple offices for research staff and a meeting area for the research team. In addition, the behind-the-walls mechanical, electrical, and pkumbing systems were replaced, and windws were installed to open up the exterior building walls.