The University of South Alabama Medical Center is leasing land to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences for the construction of a new forensics facility. The facility is being built next to the USA Medical Center's rear parking lot.
The crime lab and medical examiner's office had been operating in the east wing of the USA Medical Center for 30 years. After outgrowing the space, the hospital sold the old research building to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, leasing them the ground under it. Since then, they have demolished the structure and are in the progress of rebuilding the new forensics facility.
