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Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) opened the $107 million Western Regional Medical Center in Goodyear, Ariz., in December of 2008. Sited on 25 acres, the 24-bed hospital will provide traditional and alternative cancer therapy for up to 300 patients a day.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is expanding its animal research and storage facilities in White Cross, N.C. An animal storage building and a well and water treatment plant is slated for completion in early 2009. The University is also planning to construct additional storage, research, and treatment facilities at the Research Resources Facility site for dogs, pigs, rodents, and sheep.

Florida Atlantic University is initiating a $44 million renovation of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce. The project includes construction of a marine mammal hospital and 30,000-sf of laboratory space and extensive renovation and replacement of existing facilities. The project will accommodate environmental, biomedical, and water quality research.

The Wistar Institute opened a $1.1 million molecular screening facility on its Philadelphia campus in December of 2008. The facility was created in partnership with the University of the Sciences as the centerpiece of the Center for Chemical Biology and Translational Medicine. Using advanced screening technologies, scientists will be able to identify and characterize new molecules and compounds to create therapeutic drugs.

Griffith University is building a national climate change adaption research facility on its Gold Coast City campus in Queensland, Australia. Slated for completion in 2010, the sustainably-designed project has been awarded $59 million in federal funding. An $18 million water research facility will also be built in partnership with the Queensland Government and the Gold Coast City Council.