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MedImmune will expand its existing 361,000-sf headquarters campus in Gaithersburg, Fla., with the construction of a 250,000-sf facility. Construction of the seven-story building will begin in 2009 and reach completion in late 2011. The facility will provide pharmaceutical laboratories and offices for up to 600 employees. MedImmune is a subsidiary of AstraZeneca.

Kettering University will begin construction in 2009 on the LEED-certified Science and Technology Incubator in Flint, Mich. Designed by SHW Group, the 9,000-sf research and office facility is slated for completion by year-end 2009. The project includes a business center, a technology-rich conference room, café, and reception. Wet and dry research laboratories, each with a footprint 700 sf, can be easily reconfigured or expanded.

DePaul University will open the $40 million Monsignor Andrew J. McGowan Science Building in January of 2009. Located on the University’s Lincoln Park campus in Chicago, the four-story, 129,000-sf facility features 23 research labs, eight teaching labs, five tiered classrooms, and rooftop greenhouses. The sustainably-designed building houses the department of chemistry as well as classes in biology and environmental science.

The University of Queensland is relocating the School of Veterinary Science from Brisbane to Gatton, Australia. Housing teaching and research facilities, the $100 million project is slated for completion in late 2009. The $33 million Centre for Advanced Animal Science, funded by the Queensland Government, is also under construction in Gatton.

Good Samaritan Health Center completed its new healthcare facility in Huber Heights, Ohio, in December of 2008. Created in partnership with Alter+Care and the city of Huber Heights, the two-story, 50,000-sf project houses outpatient services, primary and specialty care, imaging, laboratory, physical therapy, and women's health. The facility was designed by TVS Architects and App Architecture with Danis Construction Company as general contractor.