The biotech industry atop Torrey Pines mesa will soon have another facility for conducting stem cell research. Four research facilities along North Torrey Pines Road have formed a non-profit organization to collaborate on stem cell research called the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, with plans to build a $127 million facility by November 2011. The consortium is a collaboration between The Scripps Research Institute, The Salk Institute, the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). The Sanford Consortium broke ground on the facility in January on the corner of North Torrey Pines Road and Torrey Pines Scenic Drive on land owned by UCSD. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will commemorate the facility along with San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and City Council members on March 26. Lankford and Associates, LLC, based downtown, is managing the property and Hensel Phelps Construction Company, based in Colorado, is building the structure. The building will feature environmental-friendly systems like reclaiming 50 percent of its water, using natural ventilation and plenty of natural light. The facility will be gold certified by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). The facility includes a 16,000-square-foot vivarium, a 4,000-square-foot auditorium and laboratories. Scientists will come from the consortium’s four research facilities so the non-profit does not plan to hire new employees, according to Michele Vives, spokeswoman for Lankford & Associates.