Construction is underway on Harvard Medical School’s Building C following a $75 million gift from Ernesto S.M. Bertarelli. The renovation project will modernize the 119-year-old building.

The New Research Building, which opened on Sept. 24, 2003, covers 525,000 square feet and cost approximately $260 million to build, according to an article in The Harvard Gazette.

As USF&G; prepares to shift its headquarters to Mount Washington from the 36-story building at 100 Light St., planners who played key roles in its creation recalled yesterday what a pivotal ...