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Drexel University is planning to construct the $55 million Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design in Philadelphia. The 143,000-sf project involves the renovation of two existing facilities to house consolidated instructional and administrative space for programs in digital media, arts management, fashion design, interior design, product design, and architecture. Administrative occupancy will begin in fall of 2009 with academic programs commencing in the facility in fall of 2010.

Presbyterian Healthcare is building a $100 million hospital in Mint Hill, N.C. Construction began on the 50-bed project in summer of 2008 with completion expected in fall of 2010. The facility will include an emergency department with 16 treatment rooms, 38 acute care medical surgical beds, 10 observation beds, four ICU beds, a laboratory, and an imaging center. The project will feature four surgical operating rooms with nine first-stage recovery bays and 22 admission, preparation, and second stage recovery rooms.

Royal DSM N.V. opened the DSM China regional headquarters and R&D campus in January of 2009. The 26,000-sm facility is located in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park in Shanghai and has attained LEED Gold sustainable design certification. Royal DSM N.V., a life and materials sciences company based in the Heerlen, Netherlands, will house 600 employees in the new facility.

Memphis VA Medical Center initiated a $6 million renovation of its animal research facility in December of 2008. The 38,000-sf project includes the 14,000-sf Veterinary Medical Unit (VMU) and 24,000 sf of basic research space. The renovation will add 10,000 sf to the VMU and will increase laboratory and animal housing space for research on mice, rats, and rabbits. The project is slated for completion in mid-2010.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine will relocate the Brain Sciences Institute to 25,000 sf of laboratory space in the John G. Rangos Sr. Building in Baltimore. Located in the Science + Technology Park at Johns Hopkins, the project was developed by Forest City-New East Baltimore Partnership. The facility will be the center of the Institute's operations as well as housing labs and offices for the NeuroTranslational Program.