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The University of Winnipeg is constructing the 155,000-sf Science Complex and Richardson College for the Environment in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Supported by an $18 million federal infrastructure grant, the $59 million project will house advanced research and teaching laboratories, classrooms, and offices. A minimum of LEED Silver certification for sustainable design will be sought for the project. Ground was broken on the project in November of 2008 with completion expected by March of 2011.

Michigan State University is building the $90 million Secchia Center in Grand Rapids. Construction began on the facility in April of 2008 with occupancy expected in fall of 2010. The seven-story, 180,000-sf facility will house MSU’s College of Human Medicine and will include teaching labs, classrooms, offices, and student areas.

Northwestern University is planning to construct a $200 million biomedical research facility for the Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Located on the Streeterville campus of Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the facility will connect to the existing Lurie Medical Research Center. A medical office tower providing between 500,000 sf and 700,000 sf will also be constructed at the site.

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College broke ground on a $26 million biotechnology education and training facility in Kannapolis, N.C., in May of 2009. Designed by Creech and Associates, the 62,000-sf building is being constructed on the North Carolina Research Campus by developer Castle & Cooke. Occupancy is expected in August of 2010.

Lonza Group will begin construction in early 2010 on a cell therapy production facility in Singapore. Located in the Tuas Biomedical Park, the CHF 30 million project will house cGMP cell therapeutics manufacturing facilities. Completion is expected in early 2011.